Smart engineering with digital twin technology

The smart use of data is becoming increasingly pivotal to Babcock’s engineering business, coupled with extensive engineering knowledge and technical expertise to support complex projects.

A large part of finding solutions to Babcock’s customers’ challenges relies on developing a digital twin to improve operations, increase efficiency and provide predictive maintenance alerts before problems occur in real time.

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Here you can catch up on latest Babcock news, partnerships and client reviews.

Oct

New TADANO rough terrain crane on SA soil

Babcock delivered the first brand-new TADANO GR-700EX-4 Rough Terrain Crane to a long-standing mining customer. The 70-tonne hydraulic rough terrain crane is the first one to arrive in South Africa, and one of the first to be sold world-wide.

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Sep

Smart engineering with digital twin technology

Sep

The green standard for material handlers

Customers are increasingly realising the benefits of SENNEBOGEN'S quality German-manufactured machines suitable for a diverse range of applications in South Africa’s steel mills, scrap metal, ports, pulp mill and saw mill industries, among others.

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Aug

Babcock clears clinkers using Cardox technology

Finding innovative solutions for its customers is all in a day’s work for Babcock, which recently employed safe and highly effective gas expansion technology to eliminate clinkers from two ash bunkers and a bottom ash hopper at a coal-fired power plant.

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Aug

Atlantis Mining chooses new Volvo R60D rigid haulers

The power of simplicity matched by solid customer support has drawn Atlantis Mining to Babcock once again, as the opencast coal mining subcontracting company continues to grow its fleet of Volvo Construction Equipment supplied by Babcock.

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Jul

Babcock prevails under pressure

Following a rupture on the mainsteam piping system on one of the units at a major power station, Babcock’s Ntuthuko Engineering division, along with two other major boiler companies, was part of a competitive bidding process to develop a proposal in a very short period of time to repair the piping system as quickly as possible to the strictest of international standards.

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Oct

09

New TADANO rough terrain crane on SA soil

Babcock delivered the first brand-new TADANO GR-700EX-4 Rough Terrain Crane to a long-standing mining customer. The 70-tonne hydraulic rough terrain crane is the first one to arrive in South Africa, and one of the first to be sold world-wide.

Read more >>
Sep

15

Smart engineering with digital twin technology

A large part of finding solutions to Babcock’s customers’ challenges relies on developing a digital twin to improve operations, increase efficiency and provide predictive maintenance alerts before problems occur in real time.

Read more >>
Sep

03

The green standard for material handlers

Customers are increasingly realising the benefits of SENNEBOGEN'S quality German-manufactured machines suitable for a diverse range of applications in South Africa’s steel mills, scrap metal, ports, pulp mill and saw mill industries, among others.

Read more >>
Aug

26

Babcock clears clinkers using Cardox technology

Finding innovative solutions for its customers is all in a day’s work for Babcock, which recently employed safe and highly effective gas expansion technology to eliminate clinkers from two ash bunkers and a bottom ash hopper at a coal-fired power plant.

Read more >>
Aug

12

Atlantis Mining chooses new Volvo R60D rigid haulers

The power of simplicity matched by solid customer support has drawn Atlantis Mining to Babcock once again, as the opencast coal mining subcontracting company continues to grow its fleet of Volvo Construction Equipment supplied by Babcock.

Read more >>
Jul

27

Babcock prevails under pressure

Following a rupture on the mainsteam piping system on one of the units at a major power station, Babcock’s Ntuthuko Engineering division, along with two other major boiler companies, was part of a competitive bidding process to develop a proposal in a very short period of time to repair the piping system as quickly as possible to the strictest of international standards.

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Project Stories

This section showcases key projects where Babcock has literally moved mountains to deliver on its client promises.

Nov

Standby power generator solution for ZAC

Babcock will soon be installing the largest Volvo Penta powered synchronised standby power generator solution in South Africa at Zululand Anthracite Colliery’s (ZAC) mine near Ulundi.

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Oct

Fatigue assessment of a boiler steam drum

Babcock’s engineering business conduct a fatigue assessment of a 200MW boiler steam drum in the context of a life extension study to determine if the boiler could be used until 2035.

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Aug

Design evaluation of a main steam spherical header

Babcock's engineering team enlisted to perform a design evaluation of a main steam spherical header using finite element analysis.

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May

Brownfields system replacement

As part of a responsible maintenance philosophy, a client with six 665 MW coal fired boilers, conducted extensive metallurgical surveys on its dated mainsteam piping.

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Oct

Zululand Anthracite Colliery (ZAC)

Zululand Anthracite Colliery (ZAC) achieves 5 800 machine hours on each of the seven Volvo construction machines purchased from Babcock.

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Jun

Babcock displays staying power

During the five-month project Babcock successfully managed over 2 100 employees and contractors on-site, executing more than 22 000 internal butt welds, as well as successfully replacing a modular economiser and turbine loop piping.

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Nov

28

Standby power generator solution for ZAC

Babcock will soon be installing the largest Volvo Penta powered synchronised standby power generator solution in South Africa at Zululand Anthracite Colliery’s (ZAC) mine near Ulundi.

Read more >>
Oct

22

Fatigue assessment of a boiler steam drum

Babcock’s engineering business conduct a fatigue assessment of a 200MW boiler steam drum in the context of a life extension study to determine if the boiler could be used until 2035.

Read more >>
Aug

19

Design evaluation of a main steam spherical header

Babcock's engineering team enlisted to perform a design evaluation of a main steam spherical header using finite element analysis.

Read more >>
May

29

Brownfields system replacement

As part of a responsible maintenance philosophy, a client with six 665 MW coal fired boilers, conducted extensive metallurgical surveys on its dated mainsteam piping.

Read more >>
Oct

26

Zululand Anthracite Colliery (ZAC)

Zululand Anthracite Colliery (ZAC) achieves 5 800 machine hours on each of the seven Volvo construction machines purchased from Babcock.

Read more >>
Jun

22

Babcock displays staying power

During the five-month project Babcock successfully managed over 2 100 employees and contractors on-site, executing more than 22 000 internal butt welds, as well as successfully replacing a modular economiser and turbine loop piping.

Read more >>

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Smart engineering with digital twin technology

The smart use of data is becoming increasingly pivotal to Babcock’s engineering business, coupled with extensive engineering knowledge and technical expertise to support complex projects.

Media

New TADANO rough terrain crane on SA soil

Smart engineering with digital twin technology

The green standard for material handlers

Babcock clears clinkers using Cardox technology

Atlantis Mining chooses new Volvo R60D rigid haulers

Babcock prevails under pressure

New TADANO rough terrain crane on SA soil

Smart engineering with digital twin technology

The green standard for material handlers

Babcock clears clinkers using Cardox technology

Atlantis Mining chooses new Volvo R60D rigid haulers

Babcock prevails under pressure

Project Stories

Standby power generator solution for ZAC

Fatigue assessment of a boiler steam drum

Design evaluation of a main steam spherical header

Brownfields system replacement

Zululand Anthracite Colliery (ZAC)

Babcock displays staying power

Standby power generator solution for ZAC

Fatigue assessment of a boiler steam drum

Design evaluation of a main steam spherical header

Brownfields system replacement

Zululand Anthracite Colliery (ZAC)

Babcock displays staying power

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Smart engineering with digital twin technology

The smart use of data is becoming increasingly pivotal to Babcock’s engineering business, coupled with extensive engineering knowledge and technical expertise to support complex projects.

Media

New TADANO rough terrain crane on SA soil

Smart engineering with digital twin technology

The green standard for material handlers

Babcock clears clinkers using Cardox technology

Atlantis Mining chooses new Volvo R60D rigid haulers

Babcock prevails under pressure

New TADANO rough terrain crane on SA soil

Smart engineering with digital twin technology

The green standard for material handlers

Babcock clears clinkers using Cardox technology

Atlantis Mining chooses new Volvo R60D rigid haulers

Babcock prevails under pressure

Project Stories

Standby power generator solution for ZAC

Fatigue assessment of a boiler steam drum

Design evaluation of a main steam spherical header

Brownfields system replacement

Zululand Anthracite Colliery (ZAC)

Babcock displays staying power

Standby power generator solution for ZAC

Fatigue assessment of a boiler steam drum

Design evaluation of a main steam spherical header

Brownfields system replacement

Zululand Anthracite Colliery (ZAC)

Babcock displays staying power

About us

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Project Stories

Media

Our People

contact us

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