REGIONAL REPORT | AFRICA
Paterson Simons works throughout West Africa
Volta dam, and now generates thermal power also. Pasico Ghana, a subsidiary of Paterson Simons, in the latter part of 2023 completed an installation of an overhead crane at VRA’s thermal energy plant in Aboadze, Ghana. The crane is a 62t/15t model from
Konecranes. To reduce shipping costs the crane was ‘spliced’ by Konecranes to enable containerised shipment, and assembled on site by the Pasico team before lifting into position. The crane is rated for outdoor use above the thermal plant in a harsh coastal environment and will be used for lifting the rotors, each of approximately 50t, for maintenance and repairs, and to offload containers and lift other heavy items as and when necessary. This is the second Konecranes Overhead Crane at VRA Aboadze. The first, of similar
62t/15t capacity, was installed, also by Paterson Simons, in 2017. In addition to the overhead cranes, over
the years Paterson Simons has supplied forklifts, mobile hydraulic cranes and aftermarket support to Volta River Authority. The company also offer crane certification, overhead crane operator training and inspections across the West and Central African region. Vanguard, based in Johannesburg,
provides a lifting, transporting, moving and installation service to the heavy industry and infrastructure markets. It owns and maintains the largest fleet of heavy lift equipment in the southern hemisphere including stand jacks, and hydraulic lift systems. The company lays claim to the highest non-crane-assisted lift on the African continent, with the lifting of a 90m-long, 1,200-ton conveyor section at the First Quantum Mine in Zambia: the final position was 60m from ground level. More recently, with the lifting and
placing of the press crown onto the last press in the five-press Jier tandem line at the Ford Motor Company in Silverton Pretoria, Vanguard officially completed the heavy lifting of what is the biggest tandem line to be installed in South Africa. The fully assembled crown and lifting gear weighed in at 367t and in order to clear the tie bars had to be lifted to a height of 14.75m.
Vanguard installed heavy presses at Ford in Pretoria.
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