Bell Equipment is now offering specialist services to all industries through its newly formed division, Bell Heavy Industries (BHI).
Bell Equipment has almost seventy years of demonstrated expertise in complex engineering, heavy fabrication, and machining for its own range of material handling equipment. The growth of Bell as a well-established mining, earthmoving, forestry and agriculture equipment manufacturer, both in South Africa and in terms of exports around the world, is a testament to the skills available and the quality of products that are made in Richards Bay.
The 45 000m² undercover manufacturing area in Richards Bay, South Africa, complies with the ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management System and welds to the internationally recognised ISO 3834-2 Appendix 10 standards. It is well equipped with specialist machines including both horizontal and vertical CNC (computerised numerical control) machining centres, 5-axis boring machines, laser cutters, high-definition oxyfuel and plasma cutters, bending brakes, and advanced welding technology. A blasting plant, phosphating tanks, sealed spray booth, galvanising bath, and an automated powder coating installation are available to take care of surface treatments.
The Bell team in Richards Bay of over 800 machinists, welders, and assemblers is among the best in the country thanks to the company’s own training centre, which plays a crucial role in internally developing world-class skills from the surrounding community. This is complemented through their highly skilled team of welding, quality, and industrial engineers, along with onsite calibration facilities, equipment to perform material checks, and a number of highly specialised co-ordinate measuring machines.
Bell Equipment’s manufacturing operation is 55% black-owned and 24% black women-owned. Over the years Bell has established a global supply chain with access to world-class suppliers. Procurement staff are well skilled in international logistics and our strategic sourcing department has strong commodity expertise, which ensures stringent input cost control. Source