The first locally designed and manufactured IS certified USB to RS485 media converter is now readily available for general use on the South African market. This innovative new media converter has been developed by Booyco Electronics and complements the company’s existing range of IS products which are available on an “off the shelf” basis, or as part of a comprehensive installation. Read the rest of this entry »

Booyco Electronics is forging ahead with the introduction of the unique Driver State Sensor (DSS) at various mines in southern Africa and recently received its biggest order to date from an open pit coal mine in Mpumalanga. This follows successful trials conducted on the mine’s Cat 777 haul trucks, during which 597 combined driving hours were monitored. Booyco has already started equipping the mine’s haul trucks with the DSS system. Read the rest of this entry »

Booyco Electronics has introduced the first locally designed and manufactured IS certified USB to RS485 media converter — suitable and readily available for general use on the South African market. This innovative new converter complements Booyco Electronic’s existing range of IS products which are available on an “off the shelf” basis, or as part of a comprehensive installation. Read the rest of this entry »

Booyco Electronics’ patented mechanical Advanced Tamping Device is rapidly becoming the tamping method of choice for both management and labour, based on its simplicity and ease of use — and the fact that it is not subject to human error. No preparation is required and there is no wastage. Read the rest of this entry »

The application of alternative battery technology by safety warning system company Booyco Electronics has resulted in the development of an intrinsically safe (IS), uninterruptible power supply (UPS), which offers reliable performance under the harshest operating conditions.  Read the rest of this entry »

The uptake of man-machine interface technology in the mining industry is poised to increase exponentially, against a background of increasing pressure to progress more rapidly towards achieving Zero Harm, an industry-wide desire to eliminate collision-related fatalities in the mining industry and imminent legislation that will enforce the installation of some form of proximity detection system on moving equipment and vehicles in underground mines. Read the rest of this entry »

Electronic safety equipment specialist Booyco Electronics has just released two next-generation environmental sensing instruments developed specifically for the South African mining industry. Read the rest of this entry »

Electronic safety equipment specialist Booyco Electronics (Pty) Ltd was established in response to the mining industry’s need for quality collision warning systems. Since inception, Booyco Electronics has expanded its original product range to include telemetry and a broad spectrum of innovative safety-related monitoring systems. Read the rest of this entry »

The handheld version of Booyco Electronics’ ESI range has everyone talking, and this is chiefly because it is able to accommodate up to three “plug and play” sensors, typically CH4, CO and O2. Read the rest of this entry »

At Murray & Roberts Cementation, safety enjoys the top slot in the list of priorities. “As part of our concerted safety drive, we have now established the use of collision warning systems as a pre-requisite for all new operations,” Neil Lane, engineering services executive, says. “No project will be permitted to start without such a system in place.”  Read the rest of this entry »