RPM Rustenburg Brake Maintenance Training
Client: RPM Rustenburg
Location: North West Province
Completed: May 2005
RPM Rustenburg appointed TSD Consulting Services to:
- Train maintenance personnel in order to improve maintenance procedures on hopper wagons
- Assess personal competency in terms of safety standards
- Compile maintenance procedure to conform to acceptable railway standards.
RPM Rustenburg Slow Loading Controller Assessment
Client: RPM Rustenburg
Location: North West Province
Completed: May 2006
RPM Rustenburg appointed TSD Consulting Services to:
- Assess the use of hump and slow loading controllers in order to improve hopper profiles when loading running ore
- Recommend improvements to locomotives and operations that could solve loading problems.
RPM Rustenburg Incident Database
Client: RPM Rustenburg
Location: North West Province
Completed: 2006 to 2007
RPM Rustenburg appointed TSD Consulting Services to:
- Develop an IT database to record all incident and accidents within the Mine's surface railways environment
- Include the facility to automatically compile quarterly and annual safety reports to the RSR as well as mine management.
RPM Rustenburg Locomotive Procurement
Client: RPM Rustenburg
Location: North West Province
Completed: August 2005
RPM Rustenburg appointed TSD Consulting Services to:
- Assist with the compilation of tender specifications for procurement of new locomotives
- Aid with the evaluation and adjudication of prospective suppliers
- Provide the necessary support to enter into an agreement with the supplier.
RPM Rustenburg Brake Rigging Rectification
Client: RPM Rustenburg
Location: North West Province
Completed: February 2006
RPM Rustenburg appointed TSD Consulting Services to:
- Investigate the cause of brake related problems encountered on hopper wagons
- Find and recommend solutions to rectify the problems.
Sasol Secunda Exchange Yard Upgrade
Client: Sasol Secunda
Location: Mphumalanga
Completed: October 2006
Sasol appointed TSD Consulting Services to:
- Find conceptual alternatives for upgrade of the current exchange yard and operations with Spoornet, in order to handle increased future tonnages
- Recommend the best alternative and associated phased implementation.
Xstrata Coal Locomotive Replacement Study
Client: Xstrata Coal
Location: Mphumalanga
Completed: August 2005
Xstrata Coal appointed TSD Consulting Services to:
- Assess specific requirements pertaining to railway operations
- Research and investigate leasing and retail options in the locomotive market, which includes factors such as maintenance facilities, infrastructure and train operations
- Analyze the findings and prepare a report for budget purposes.
