The hundred thousandth AfroxPac 35 has left the Afrox production line, confirming the emergency underground breather as the favoured self-contained self-rescuer (SCSR) used on South African mines.
The production of the milestone AfroxPac35 confirms the success Afrox has had in establishing itself in a market where it had no presence little more than a decade ago.
AfroxPac35 is an emergency-breathing device, which provides miners with a supply of life-saving oxygen in the event of an underground emergency, such as a fire, explosion or poisonous gas leak.
Afrox’s general business manager safety, Mike Twine, said the production of the 100 000th AfroxPac35 was a credit to the Afrox self-rescue division development team and to customers who had shown faith in the innovative product.
... to continue reading you must be subscribed
