Hytec Services Africa installs fluid dispensing system for remote Tanzanian mine

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Hytec Services Africa (HSA) recently completed the supply and installation of a lube and coolant dispensing system at African Barrick Gold’s North Mara gold mine in Tanzania. The dispensing system enables more responsive, immediate and efficient servicing and maintenance capabilities for the mine’s heavy mobile material handling fleets, comprising haul trucks, graders, loaders and shovels.

The system covers the complete fluid management and distribution process, from the bulk offloading of fluids from tankers into 20 000 litre holding tanks, as well as the steel pipe infrastructure for transfer into remote hose reels, from where machine services can be carried out.

The dispensing system consists of seven steel dispensing lines dedicated for engine oil, transmission oil, two variants of hydraulic oil, coolant, compressed air, as well as a waste oil pipe for the safe removal of used oil from the site. Grease points were also provided. Each oil and coolant flow is filtered through Bosch Rexroth duplex filters, while the bulk tanks are protected with Hy-Pro desiccant breathers.

HSA, together with Hytec, executed the design and layout of the entire dispensing system. All the stands for the bulk offloading pumps, filter stands, waste oil pumps as well as the cabinets for hose reels were designed and built by Hytec. Hytec’s Installation and Servicing departments were involved in the pre-assembly of pipework in South Africa, as well as its final installation on site.

HSA coordinated the project, including the logistics of delivering materials, equipment and personnel to the site. The remoteness of the North Mara site, located near the Kenyan border, required three days’ travelling to reach from South Africa, presenting numerous logistical hurdles to contractors, and requiring meticulous planning in the assembly of components, pipework and tool loads for transport to the site.

Components for the project were supplied by several Hytec Group companies, including Hydraulics & Automation Warehouse, Hytec Fluid Technology and Tectra Automation, while Hytec’s drafting, project and work-shopping services provided integral project engineering functions.

For more information contact Gary Shaw, Hytec Services Africa, +27 (0)11 573 5460, [email protected], www.hytecgroup.co.za

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