
Take a Load Off Your Mind
In a complex and fast-changing space like the world mining sector, there is a single common understanding: no two mine sites or operations are the same. The challenges, though not dissimilar, each require a tailored and bespoke solution – and no truer exemplar of this is there than the shifts underway in the development of lightweight OEM attachments. The once heavyweight champion of this space – both literally and otherwise – was a kind of OEM standard, one-size-fits-all approach. Now though, it’s a lightweight approach to truck bodies and OEM attachments that has muscled in on a big world market. Leading the charge is Austin Engineering. Mechanical engineers like Deon Wessels have been a part of this shift. He and…