The Graco hydraulic pump is a new industry standard for industrial and vehicle lubrication. The Dyna-Star supplies lubricant (grease) to the adjustable injectors lubricating the bearings on the vehicle. The pump uses the existing low pressure hydraulic power source on the vehicle to lubricate itself delivering longer life and increased reliability.

The Graco Dyna-Star pump system is designed for both injector and progressive divider block systems. During normal operation of the vehicles are subjected to excessive vibration as a result of their harsh operating environment, this vibration has in the past caused competing pump systems to fail.

The Graco Dyna-Star hydraulic piston pump has an innovative vertically orientated design; an improvement on the horizontal design as the vertical orientation ensures continuous operation of the pump and the greasing system on the vehicle. The Graco Dyna-Star reservoir is manufactured out of a thick 12 gauge steel and is powder coated ensuring better durability.

The Dyna-Star reservoir has a 50% greater capacity which means less refill cycles and longer machine availability.

Flosolve Solutions is proud to be involved in the Jwaneng Cut-8 project, based on their expertise in their field Flosolve manufactured & supplied on a turnkey basis numerous hose reel stands fitted with Graco self retractable hose reels and Wiggins Service Couplings. Flosolve also supplied various electrical fluid transfer and evacuation pumps, waste oil tanks, Wiggins ZZ9A1 diesel nozzles as well as two mobile Skid units that will be utilised in the new EMV & LDV workshops respectively.  The equipment supplied by Flosolve will be used for the new Komatsu 930e trucks that the mine is procuring, by 2016 the mine will have 80 of these trucks in operation.  Read More

Bucyrus International, Inc. is a world leader in the design and manufacture of high productivity mining equipment for surface and underground mining. BUCYRUS surface equipment is used for mining coal, copper, iron ore, oil sands and other minerals, and underground equipment is used primarily for mining coal.

Bucyrus strive to be the preferred supplier in the mining industry by achieving continuous improvement in all facets of their business performance; consistently delivering reliable and competitive products/services which meet and exceed the expectations of our customers.

In 1952, Bucyrus introduced the first commercially accepted electric Rotary Blasthole Drill, changing mining productivity forever. Bucyrus has continued to improve upon the technology and design to offer the most reliable, productive and cost effective means of drilling in mining operations. A few noteworthy refinements include programmed drill control, rack and pinion pull-down and hydrostatic propel drives.

Flosolve (Pty) Ltd recently installed two Orlaco Camera systems on a Bucyrus blasthole drill for the Anglo Kleinkoppie Mine. The Orlaco cameras were chosen as they are robust and are able to handle drill vibrations and extreme mining conditions. One of the Orlaco cameras is installed on the platform where the drilling takes place; this area tends to be unsafe and needs to be monitored at all times. A second camera is installed on the tower where the drill bits are changed. A selector switch is installed which allows the operator to easily switch between the two cameras and have an all around view of all the danger areas on the drill. The operator can easily monitor what is happening and in case of a problem stop the drill immediately to prevent any accidents and to ensure safe operation of the drill. All activity is recorded using a DVR system and in case of an event or a near miss the footage can be used to determine where and how problems arose. The recorded footage is also very useful for training purposes.

All Orlaco installations are carried out by trained Flosolve technicians, in the unlikely event of a system problem; Flosolve technicians are on hand to rectify the situation immediately. The customer has the peace of mind that his investment will be covered through the Flosolve company and product warranty should that ever be required. Flosolve offer a 12 month guarantee on all workmanship, as well as the Orlaco factory warranty of 150 000 operating hours on camera’s and 15 000 operating hours on monitors.

For additional information contact Tinus Greyling at Flosolve (Pty) Ltd. On or e-mail sales@flosolve.co.za.This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

The Rally to READ is an important rural literacy education project that supplies South Africa’s most remote schools with resources and training aimed at improving literacy levels where the need is the greatest. Your loyal support has been the mainstay of this project which is transforming the learning environments of the project schools.

Objective reviews of the current status quo of the programme were carried out during the past Rally year through an external evaluation conducted by Viv England, an independent consultant, and through an internal baseline study, carried out by Bertus Matthee from READ Educational Trust. Congruent results from two separate sources indicate that your funding has had a significant impact upon these schools.

THE EXTERNAL EVALUATION BY VIV ENGLAND revealed that the Rally to Read programme is a well managed, co-ordinated and administered project which offers high quality teaching materials, training and classroom support. As a consequence, principals and teachers are most enthusiastic about the programme which is indicated in the effective teaching approaches adopted and the way in which classrooms create a “print rich” environment.

The effective teaching observed has given rise to the development of high levels of learner competence in basic reading skills and developing competence in high order reading skills. However, learners’ writing skills need to be significantly improved as their performance in writing lags behind their reading ability.

In conclusion, therefore, it is evident that the Rally to Read programme has made a significant contribution towards improving teaching and learning at the schools evaluated in this study.  
(Viv England)