COMPANY PROFILE

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COMPANY PROFILE
Trident South Africa (Pty) Ltd 414 Peddie
Street Wadeville Ext 6 Germiston South Africa Tel
27 11 902 6737 Fax [phone] E-mail
tridentsa_at_icon.co.za Web Site www.tridentsa.co.za
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• BRIEF HISTORY
• Trident South Africa has a long standing history
  and was founded in 1969 under the name Trident
  Engineering by Roger Calvert, John Curnick and
  Richard Curnick. Colin Willliams joined in 1984
  to head up the spare parts division and in 1995
  Mike Calvert and Tommy Webster joined to start
  Tridents international sales division. Rob Steel
  followed in 1997 as technical director. These
  shareholders have worked side by side and have
  developed Trident into a well established
  engineering concern which services many
  prestigious companies both locally and abroad.
• Trident has also over the years looked to broaden
  its product base by acquisition and joint
  venture. During the latter part of 1997, Trident
  formed a joint venture with Bateman Industrial
  Holdings and a license agreement was concluded
  with THE GOODMAN EQUIPMENT COMPANY of Chicago
  USA, to manufacture and supply the entire Goodman
  range of locomotives in Africa. In April 2000
  this technology was purchased by Trident and
  Trident owned the Goodman Technology for the
  entire continent of Africa. The world rights for
  the entire range of Eimco Rocker Shovel loaders
  were also acquired by Trident in 1997. To further
  expand the products range the assets, including
  all the intellectual property of Daelian
  Engineering was acquired in 1998. In May 2001
  Trident purchased the joint venture interests
  held by Bateman Industrial Holdings and the name
  Trident Engineering was changed to Trident S.A.
• May 2003 saw a new dawn for Trident when THE
  GOODMAN EQUIPMENT COMPANY of Chicago ceased
  operations. Trident as ever conscious of the need
  to support a considerable delivered base of
  equipment decided to acquire the global
  manufacturing and distribution rights for all new
  Goodman equipment. It did not take Trident long
  before an entirely new and very much improved
  Goodman loco became available. The Millennium
  Locomotive
• Trident, to ensure that the vast number of
  Locomotives being used in the western hemisphere
  continued to be supported, and that any new
  requirements were swiftly met, teamed up with
  Williams Distribution a veteran mining supply
  company based in Akron, Ohio USA. Together with
  Williams Trident now provide new and support
  current equipment globally.
• Trident has since its inception in 1969 played a
  major role in industry at large. Today, together
  with its new shareholders and dedicated team of
  directors and staff, Trident S.A. is poised to
  continue its contribution towards the economy of
  our country.

The Trident Locomotive and Loader manufacturing
facility.
Tridents Head Office in Wadeville near
Johannesburg .
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WADEVILLE FACILITY
Tridents facility in Wadeville near Johannesburg
is situated in the industrial heartland of South
Africa. This means that Trident is ideally
situated near suppliers, services and
infrastructure vital to maintaining the efficient
manufacturing process that Trident has today.
Our plant consists of highly advanced automated
machine shops, design and development
departments, assembly bays and quality
controlled streamlined parts stores to service
our clients worldwide. Trident S.A. employs in
excess of 250 people and has a total of 8600
square meters of manufacturing workshops. The
company is controlled by owner management.
The Locomotive and Air Loader production shop is
the heart of Tridents operation and it is here
that equipment is manufactured and reconditioned
for the domestic and international mining
industry.
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The Motor division specializes in the manufacture
and repair of DC traction motors. The facility
has a workshop area of 1200 m2 and employs 35
people. It is equipped with a large VPI plant,
walk in oven and comprehensive inspection and
testing facilities. All motors are dynometer
tested on full load for one hour prior to
shipment.
Armature, interpole and field coils are formed
and wound on site to the original manufacturers
specifications.
Quality is core to Tridents manufacturing
philosphopy and as a result all parts and
manufacturing processes are subjected to
stringent inspection routines and vigourous
standards are applied.
The Trident parts distribution centre is
responsible for supply of parts to the domestic
and foreign markets and to the Locomotive, Air
Loader and Winch production lines.
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CONTACT INFORMATION
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PRODUCTS
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MONO ROPE WINCHES
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GOODMAN LOCOMOTIVES
Our range of Goodman and Trident locomotives are
designed using state of the art 3D C.A.D software
and the units are completely manufactured and
tested at our Wadeville plant.
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LOCOMOTIVE FOCUS!
15 TON 2M188B TROLLEY LOCOMOTIVE 250V
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LOCOMOTIVE SPECIFICATIONS
TYPE 15 ton 2M188B Trolley locomotive POWER
SUPPLY Overhead line 250 volt DC OPERATING
MASS 15 000kg DRAWBAR PULL STARTING 3 000kg
(coefficient of adhesion 0,2) DRAWBAR PULL
RUNNING 2 800kg at 11km/hr (at the motor one
hour rate) NO OF TRACTION MOTORS 2 TOTAL
POWER 90 kW MOTOR RPM 380 at 11km/hr GEAR
RATIO 1481 WHEEL DIAMETER 838mm MINIMUM CURVE
RADIUS 20m creep, 30m at operating speed WHEEL
BASE 1 727mm OVERALL DIMENSIONS LENGTH 5
200mm WIDTH 1 400mm HEIGHT 1 850mm RAIL
GAUGE 610 or 762mm (other rail gauges
available)
MOTOR SPECIFICATIONS
TYPE 188B VOLTAGE 250 CONTINUOUS
CURRENT 87 amps WINDING Series INSULATION
Class H ARMATURE BEARINGS Ball FIELD
COILS 4 INTERPOLES 4 BRUSH
HOLDERS 2 MINIMUM RAIL GAUGE 610mm AT THE
MOTOR ONE HOUR RATING (95C) POWER 45kW CURREN
T 205 amps RPM 380 TRACTIVE EFFORT 1
400 kg LOCOMOTIVE SPEED 11km/hr
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OPTIONS
ELEVATE MOTORS MULTIPLE HEADLIGHTS ENCLOSED
DRIVERS CAB OPEN DRIVERS CAB BOLT-ON DRIVERS
CAB TOOLBOX FLASHING WARNING LIGHT BATTERY
OPERATION
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LOCOMOTIVE FOCUS!!
27 TON 2M188B TROLLEY LOCOMOTIVE 500V
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LOCOMOTIVE SPECIFICATIONS
TYPE 27 ton 4M 188 Trolley Line
locomotive POWER SUPPLY Overhead Line 500 volt
AC OPERATING MASS 27 000kg DRAWBAR PULL
STARTING 5 400kg (coefficient of adhesion
0,2) DRAWBAR PULL RUNNING 4 480kg at 28km/hr
(at the motor one hour rate) NO OF TRACTION
MOTORS 4 TOTAL POWER 360kW MOTOR RPM 770 at
28km/hr GEAR RATIO 1778 MINIMUM CURVE
RADIUS 25m creep, 60m at operating speed WHEEL
BASE 1727mm (on bogey) 4166mm (between
bogies) OVERALL DIMENSIONS LENGTH 8105mm WIDTH
1830mm HEIGHT 1965mm RAIL GAUGE 610,762 or
914mm (other rail guages available)
MOTOR SPECIFICATIONS
TYPE 188B VOLTAGE 500 CONTINUOUS
CURRENT 87 amps WINDING Series INSULATION
Class H ARMATURE BEARINGS Ball FIELD
COILS 4 INTERPOLES 4 BRUSH
HOLDERS 2 MINIMUM RAIL GAUGE 610mm AT THE
MOTOR ONE HOUR RATING (95C) POWER 90Kw CURREN
T 210 amps RPM 770 TRACTIVE
EFFORT 1400 kg LOCOMOTIVE SPEED 21km/hr
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OPTIONS
ELEVATE MOTORS MULTIPLE HEADLIGHTS ENCLOSED
DRIVERS CAB OPEN DRIVERS CABBOLT-ON DRIVERS
CAB TOOLBOX FLASHING WARNING LIGHT BATTERY
OPERATION
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EIMCO LOADERS
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TRIDENT LOADERS