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Teng Tools can stand up to a lot Anyone who quest
ions whether Teng Tools roller cabinets can stand up to a lot should pay a visit to the copper mine at Aitik in Gällivare, Sweden. There you will fi nd some 30 Teng Tools cabinets being used for the repair and maintenance work of all kinds of very heavy machines and vehicles. And according to the staff that are using them the cabinets meet their demands very well in both functionality and quality. Aititk copper mine, owned by the Swedish company Boliden AB, is situated 15 km south east of Gällivare in the northern part of Sweden. The mine is the largest open cast mine in Scandinavia and is also one of the largest copper mines in Europe. Aitik has around 570 employees as well as some subcontractors and is Gällivare County’s biggest private employer today. Around two years ago the workshop that looks after repair and maintenance was looking for a good mobile tool concept and Teng Tools complete tool cabinets were their preferred choice. Can stand tough environments - We are very satisfi ed with the cabinets, says Daniel Söderberg, team leader for Mobile machines, a department that can be described as the mines own in house workshop when it comes to servicing in Aitik. The cabinets are easy to organise, they are at the right price level and the quality is perfectly good enough, even for our needs. You should know that we have very high demands as we work in a tough environment with heavy machines, explains Daniel. Daniel’s guys, around 6 persons, are responsible for the ongoing maintenance and repair of graders, wheel loaders, crawler tractors together with some smaller machines. To help Daniel and his crew also have subcontractor PON Mining who have full service contracts with regards to the repair and maintenance of all Caterpillars bigger trucks and wheel loaders. PON Mining has 35 men that work in shifts to take care of the fl eet of 30 trucks, carrying from 200 to 320 tons, as well as wheel loaders. 30 cabinets Together they have more than 30 complete TCMM1001N Mega Master 1,001 piece tool kits. All the kits are then added to with air tools and miscellaneous special tools to suit each repairman’s unique needs and function. One might say that we completed and refi ned the cabinets with some bigger tools and larger sizes, explains Daniel Söderberg. His colleague at PON Mining, Tomas Savolainen, who is a buyer and responsible for spare parts has also only good things to say about the tool concept. - What made us decide for Teng Tools was the complete solution of high quality to a reasonable price. One might say that we got a lot of tools for the money. And you might say that Teng Tools can stand up to a lot. 4