KENWOOD TWO-WAY RADIOS FROM GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS BEAT EXCESSIVE DUST AND WATER EXPOSURE

Mining by its very nature is a particularly dirty activity. In essence, it requires a number of activities that produce large amounts of dust and to a lesser extent, ambient moisture.

“In a nutshell, mine operations are required to move earth to uncover mine reserves, irrespective of whether they are strip, underground or opencast mines. The production of dust is evident in a number of instances: Mining processes require extensive blasting to detach the ore from the mine body; huge mine vehicles travelling around on a mine property produce large amounts of dust when they are in transit and when they load and offload raw materials; mine property landscapes are typified by extensive, open areas where unimpeded wind blows dust everywhere,” says Sean Mervitz, Sales Manager at

Global Communications (an Elvey Group company and part of the Hudaco Group of companies) companies), Kenwood’s distributor for Sub-Saharan Africa.

Stringent performance testing of these MILSTD and IP certified radios, with IP54/55/67 and 68 rating, includes water immersion testing. The ruggedness and durability of these radios has resulted in Global Communications having the confidence to offer a five-year warranty (terms and conditions apply) on the selected models in the range.

Read how the management of a large open cast coal mine, the primary coal supplier to South Africa’s national electricity services, upgraded from an existing analogue MPT-1327 radio communications system to improve the signal quality to the full extent of the coverage area.
*Standard 5 year warranty terms and conditions apply