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 Fleets containing Metso and Cat construction and mining machines working in tandem, supported by Barloworld Equipment, can provide a formidable competitive edge in quarrying, construction demolition, road building, recycling, bulk earthworks, diamond digging, mining and mining contracting. In addition to new and used earthmoving equipment sales, Barloworld Equipment’s rental fleet incorporates selected Metso units. As with Cat products, support for Metso machines in the field can include product selection and application, operator instruction and support, and complete lifelong equipment management incorporating extensive parts and logistics availability.  |
| In 2008 Barloworld Power was appointed the sole Southern African dealer for MaK diesel engines, significantly expanding our marine and terrestrial engine solutions capability. |  |
| MaK is a highly respected brand for container vessels and bulk tankers and for vessels serving the offshore oil and gas industry. Offering main propulsion and auxiliary engines up to 16 000kW, MaK complements the Cat and Perkins product lines that serve mainly the commercial and pleasure craft segments of the marine market. Website: www.barloworldpowersystems.co.za |
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Customised power solutionsBarloworld Power is a division of Barloworld Equipment that delivers solutions incorporating new, used and rental configurations to a wide spectrum ofpower requirements. |
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Serving the retail market with standard "off the shelf" generator set products to meet smaller applications. At the other end of the scale Barloworld Power has in-house design and engineering capabilities (electrical, mechanical and civil) to customise solutions to any power need including mining applications, large projects to supplement grid power and marine propulsion. Stand alone power plants are generally between 5mW and 30mW per installation. After sales supportAfter sales offerings incorporate 24 hour service capability in marine, commercial engines, electric power generation and locomotive support. Maintenance contracts are tailored to customer requirements for standby, prime and continuous power applications and can include technical analysis inspections and condition monitoring. RentalA complete range of Cat generators, ranging from 15KVA to 2000KVA single units are available for rent. Generators can also be synchronised to provide permanent power solutions with backup. The units are reliable, safe, easy to transport and operate. Rapid response backup is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Generator rental serves three major purposes:* Emergency power in case of a utility breakdown * Standby power * Events power to power up lights, audio, video and hospitality. * Lighting masts are also offered for mining, events and construction applications. Website: www.barloworldpowersystems.co.za
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Barloworld Equipment is committed to providing quality construction and mining equipment to our industry.
We will achieve our vision by:
- Developing globally competitive, diverse, empowered and passionate people;
- Delivering quality products;
- Providing mining and construction equipment management services with cost effective solutions.
The vision of Barloworld Equipment is to be the market leader by providing customers with the lowest total owning and operating cost over the life of construction and mining machinery.
At Barloworld Equipment, we consider Health & Safety an essential Core Value in conducting our business. The health, safety and well-being of our employees is of utmost importance and as a company, we will continually work to ensure all employees also regard this as an essential Core Value.
At Barloworld Equipment, we believe that the co-operation of all employees is essential in achieving a high standard of accident prevention. This is why we empower our staff to continually improve and spread the safety message by ensuring they themselves work safely and in accordance with the company’s safety procedure requirements and legislative requirements.
www.safety.cat.com
A division of Caterpillar, called Customer Safety Services has created safety.cat.com to provide our customers and employees with information spanning the entire Cat product line, promoting safety in all that we do. Visit this website today!
Barloworld PowerCustomised power solutionsBarloworld Power is a division of Barloworld Equipment that delivers solutions incorporating new, used and rental configurations to a wide spectrum of power requirements. |
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MaK Diesel EnginesMak Diesel Engines logo In 2008 Barloworld Power was appointed the sole Southern African dealer for MaK diesel engines, significantly expanding our marine and terrestrial engine solutions capability. |
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Metso - Construction and MiningBarloworld Equipment distributes a comprehensive range of Metso mobile crushing and screening plants for construction and mining in all of its Southern African territories and in Portugal and Spain. |
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Professional Services Group
Whilst brand and build quality are key issues, boosting bottom line performance should be your overriding consideration in earthmoving machine selection. In this respect, profitability is impacted by seven major factors that must be taken into account, of which the purchase price is the least significant.This point is well illustrated in the below graph.
The Barloworld Equipment Professional Services Group provides customers with two interlinked services designed specifically to positively impact the first and most important four factors on the above graph. These are:
- Improve fleet productivity & availability.
- Improve machine productivity & availability.
- Lower operating cost.
- Improve utilisation.
These are daily factors of consideration when owning earthmoving equipment and machinery.
The Professional Services Group works on the premise that lowest cost per cubic metre or ton = lowest possible hourly costs ÷ highest possible hourly productivity.
A low machine retail price can be wiped out in a few months if the productivity of the machine is not optimised.
Earth Moving Fundamentals
Included in the Professional Services group are:
1. The Product and Applications Group: this is managed by product specialists who bring many years of combined expertise to optimise customer profitability.
2. The Operator Academy: the academy offers professional training and accreditation to Cat Machine Operators.
The common factor linking the Product and Applications Group to the Operator Academy is skills development. This is for the benefit of customer employees who are operators to site supervisors and senior engineers. Barloworld Equipment’s applications and training experts aim to spend their time where it counts most; on customer sites, where they can assist your employees in achieving optimum equipment usage through a combination of correct site layout, application of the machines to the relevant jobs, and correct operating procedures.
This helps to advise on how haul road gradients affect production, bucket design, size, cycle times and tyre choice. This includes bringing in international Caterpillar experts to help perfect operating techniques.
New, Used and Rental – integrated solutions
Rent or purchase new or used construction and mining equipment from Barloworld Equipment.
Designed to keep pace with your business requirements, Barloworld Equipment has developed a suite of flexible ownership and/or rental options to ensure that you always have the optimum mechanises solutions.
In addition to new equipment sales, Barloworld Equipment's CAT Certified Used programme caters for customers in the market for low hour machines backed by a comprehensive Caterpillar warranty. A high percentage of these machines are ex-CAT Rental Store fleet units.
Meanwhile, the Barloworld CAT Rental Store meets the needs of customers seeking to rent mining and construction machines for specific applications and usually for shorter term projects. Rental periods are typically 30 days or longer, with the option to enter into a Rental with Intention to Purchase (RIP) agreement. RIP programmes are ideal for start-up operations with limited upfront access to capital.
The CAT Rental Store
The Barloworld Equipment CAT Rental Store is the industry leader in the rental of large construction equipment and mining machinery, as well as below 20-ton general construction machines for building sites, landscaping and other smaller applications. A comprehensive range of compressors is also available for rental.
All repairs and maintenance of rental units are carried out by Barloworld Equipment's trained service technicians in the workshop or in the field.
A high utilisation, rapid roll-out policy is pursued to maintain a young, healthy rental fleet and provide stock for our CAT Certified Used (CCU) offering.
CAT Certified Used
CAT Certified Used (CCU) is a low hour CAT machine sourced exclusively from Barloworld Equipment's rental fleet and
sold >with a 12-month warranty. The benefits are cost savings, conformity to strict Caterpillar standards and immediate
availability.
The CCU brand makes CAT machines accessible to many smaller and emerging businesses that need Caterpillar reliability
and quality but do not have sufficient capital to invest in new CAT machines.
Because CCU machines conform to strict technical requirements, their overall health is guaranteed and hence they are safer to operate and less likely to need costly after sales support than most used machines available in the market.
Barloworld Equipment runs a continuous process improvement program, based on Lean 6 Sigma, which aims to give the customer what they want, when they want it and at the right cost. The program has improved and continues to improve Barloworld Equipment’s effectiveness in key areas.
As part of 6 Sigma, a ‘War on Waste’ campaign aims to reduce the amount of wasted costs that are produced in our day-to-day activities. The campaign has captured the imagination of many employees and resulted in significant savings across the business.
