Rajant Corporation and Becker Wholesale Mine Supply Announce Strategic Partnership
April 16 2014 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
Sabine Mine Selects Partners to Install High,
Bandwidth Kinetic Mesh Network Technology to Improve Operational
Logistics and Enhance Safety at Their Surface Mine
Rajant Corporation, the pioneer of Kinetic Mesh Networks, and
Becker Wholesale Mine Supply (WMS), the leading supplier of mining
electrical products and services in the Western Hemisphere and a
subsidiary of Becker Mining America, today announced a strategic
partnership. As part of the agreement, Becker WMS now offers
Rajant’s Kinetic Mesh technology to help solve its mining customers
broadband communication network challenges worldwide.
Becker WMS is the world’s largest supplier of underground mining
communication systems, and had been looking for additional
solutions to fit their growing demand for high availability, rugged
and flexible broadband network solutions for surface
applications.
“During the past 18 months, we’ve seen a significant uptick in
the number of customer requests for rugged, highly scalable
broadband communication solutions that can be rapidly deployed
across multiple moving assets in surface mine operations,” said
Bill Hensler, President of Becker WMS. “Since we were familiar with
Rajant and their field-proven line of ultra-reliable, flexible
kinetic mesh networking solutions, this partnership just seemed
like a natural fit. We look forward to growing this partnership and
exceeding the expectations of our customers.”
The strategic partnership is already delivering results as
Rajant and Becker WMS were recently selected to deploy Rajant’s
Kinetic Mesh Network in North American Coal Corporation’s Sabine
Mine. The previous network installation needed to be replaced and
the Sabine Mine team was looking for a unified approach that
delivered not only a reliable, scalable wireless network but also a
robust support team.
“It is critically important to our long-term success that we
partner with distributors and resellers who share the same
commitment to providing top-tier communication network solutions as
well as superior customer service and support,” said Bob Schena,
President and CEO of Rajant Corporation. “This shared vision with
Becker WMS, was crucial in being selected by Sabine mine. Not only
did our technology excel, but Becker WMS and Rajant were able to
offer a high-level of onsite support to get the network up and
running in a matter of hours, assuring the mine that they made the
right choice.”
“The manufacturer and distributor reps were extremely helpful in
the initial rollout of the Rajant equipment—they went above and
beyond what I have ever seen,” said Matt Hampton, Electrical
Supervisor at Sabine Mine. “The product support, not that we’ve
needed much, has also been second to none since. The Rajant gear
and software is easy to learn and use.”
Like many of Rajant’s successful surface mine installations,
Sabine Mine is spread out over a very large area. It has two active
pits with four drag lines, and consists of multiple vehicles,
equipment and personnel dispersed over rugged terrain. This created
a critical need for a highly flexible, self-configuring network
that could establish and maintain a secure connection across
multiple moving assets with no down time.
“The Rajant mesh system can be summed up in just a few words -
It works, and it is easy to setup,” said Jason Murray, Manager of
Information Technology at Sabine Mine. “I think those properties
should be the first thing you are looking for in field equipment.
You don’t want to spend a lot of time troubleshooting equipment
(who has time for that?). The Rajant system took just a few days to
roll out, and it worked from day one. It has been working without
issues since we installed it. I would recommend it to any
location that needs a new wireless mesh system in the field.”
Since the originally installation at Sabine mine, the company
has continued to expand its Rajant network, by adding 10 more nodes
across the second pit.
About Becker Wholesale Mine Supply
BWMS is based in the western Pennsylvania community of North
Huntingdon with additional location in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada and
is the industry’s go to group for mining communications from leaky
feeder systems to the latest in Wi-Fi technology and more.
Becker Wholesale Mine Supply currently boasts over 500 systems
in North America as well as nearly three decades of experience
servicing the needs of mining and tunneling operations all over the
world.
Our products are complete turnkey solutions from design to test
and termination. MSHA Part 23 approved, they are also easy to
install and backed up by the best warranty in the business.
More about BWMS’ solutions and outstanding customer
service—before, during, and after the sale—can be found at
www.beckerwms.com
About Rajant
Rajant Corporation enables secure communications-on-the-move
through a portable meshed wireless network that can rapidly
reconfigure and adapt in real-time. Rajant's BreadCrumb® Wireless
solutions provide networks for Military, Mining, Oil & Gas,
Homeland Security, First Responders, Railroads, Telecommunications
Service Providers and Public Safety and provide voice and data
communications across a meshed, self-healing network. Rajant's
BreadCrumb network nodes communicate with IP based client devices
such as laptops, PDAs, video cameras, satellite terminals,
networked radios, RFIDs and sensor devices. Please visit
www.rajant.com or call (484) 595-0233.
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