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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...

Austin Engineering is a leading designer and manufacturer of mining equipment, including the reputable JEC and WESTECH brand, bringing more than 50 years’ experience in engineering and manufacturing equipment for the mining industry. Austin partners with top companies and OEMs to engineer customised solutions to mining challenges. Its highly sought-after quality products include dump truck bodies, buckets, tyre handlers, ancillary equipment, engineering solutions and a new range of patented, innovative water tanks. Austin Engineering’s range of water tanks are designed with an innovative baffle which greatly reduces the effects of surging to allow a more stable and safer operating water tank option. Baffles?are flow-directing vanes or panels used in tanks to direct the flow of?fluids?for maximum efficiency. The baffles interlock in an eggcrate formation providing accuracy in manufacturing with increased structural...