Benoni, Gauteng
Custom engineering and fabrication, built in-house in Benoni.
Design, fabrication and finishing under one roof. From precision laser cutting to embedded control systems and full mechanical builds, we engineer equipment that holds up where it is sent.
- Six capabilities in one workshop
- 3-year structural warranty on the Badger Toolbox
- Field-tested in mine-site conditions
Capabilities
Custom engineering and fabrication, handled end to end
Six capabilities sit on one workshop floor in Benoni. Design, cut, weld, wire, coat and assemble all happen in-house, which is why a drawing change on Tuesday does not cost a fortnight waiting on an outside supplier. See how they come together in our six-step development process, or on the Badger Toolbox.
- One supplier, one point of accountability
- No handover delays between trades
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Mechanical Engineering
Robust, field-ready mechanical solutions tailored for industrial use.
- Custom component design
- CAD modelling and structural analysis
- Full mechanical assemblies
- Built for harsh environments
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Electronic Engineering
Integrated control and embedded systems designed to thrive under pressure.
- PCB layout and prototyping
- Embedded firmware development
- Custom control panel builds
- Electrical systems integration
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Product Design and 3D Modelling
From concept to CAD, we turn ideas into real-world, testable solutions.
- Concept to model pipeline
- 3D CAD modelling and rendering
- Mechanical and aesthetic refinement
- Ready for prototyping
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CNC Laser Cutting
High-precision cutting for steel, aluminium and more. Fast, repeatable and local.
- CNC programming and setup
- Mild and stainless steel cutting
- Custom brackets and enclosures
- Short lead-time delivery
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Powder Coating and Finishing
Durable, corrosion-resistant finishes done in-house for quality and control.
- Industrial-grade powder coating
- Weather-resistant finishes
- Batch runs or one-offs
- Available in multiple colours
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Assembly and Prototyping
Rapid prototyping and final assembly for turnkey product delivery.
- Full product builds
- Field testing and quality assurance
- Functional prototypes
- Ready-to-deploy solutions
Flagship product
The Badger Bakkie Toolbox, built for mine-site reality
When your bakkie is your mobile workshop, failure is not an option. The Badger Toolbox is cut from heavy-gauge steel, sealed against dust-choked haul roads, and finished in five corrosion-fighting powder-coat colours. It is the field-tech solution built to outlast the vehicle beneath it.
Lids cut from 6 mm checker plate
Five powder-coat colours
- Khaki
- Safety orange
- Blue
- Grey
- Silver
Dual-stage powder coat, applied in our own booth in Benoni rather than sent out, which is how the finish stays under our control.
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6 mm Checker-Plate Lids
A non-slip deck strong enough to stand on, or to mount a vice.
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Gas-Strut Quick Access
Pop the lid one-handed, even in gloves, grab your gear and get back to work.
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Dual-Stage Security
Marine-grade compression latches plus hidden pad-lock loops deter site theft.
Technical specifications
- Construction
- 2.0 mm mild-steel shell, 6 mm checker-plate lids
- Coating
- Dual-stage powder coat in khaki, safety orange, blue, grey or silver
- Lid safe-load
- 150 kg, so it safely doubles as a standing platform
- Drawer payload
- 250 kg, 1 m slide-out, sealed roller bearings
- Ingress rating
- IP54 dust and splash protection
- Mounting
- Bolt-through chassis rails, or an optional slide-out bed
- Lighting
- Pre-wired 12 V LED strip, optional extra
- Warranty
- 3-year structural, 1-year finish
How we build
Six steps from an on-site problem to deployed equipment
Nothing here starts with a catalogue. It starts with someone showing us a machine that does not do what the job needs. The six steps below are the same route every Badger build takes, and they are the reason a Badger Toolbox and a one-off radar trailer come off the same floor to the same standard.
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On-Site Assessment
We meet you where the equipment works, watch the problem happen, and write down what the build has to survive before anyone draws a line.
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3D Design and Drafting
Full CAD assemblies, exploded views and workshop-ready blueprints for every part, so nothing important gets decided on the floor with a grinder.
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Engineering and Assembly
CNC plasma cutting, sheet-metal bending, MIG and TIG welding, galvanising and rust-proofing, all under our own roof and our own quality control.
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Finishing and Reveal
Components come together, the colour you chose goes on, galvanised parts are prepped for longevity, and the build is cleaned and checked before you see it.
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Quality Assurance
Every weld, the fitment of every moving part, the electronics, hydraulics and solar, and an operational stress test under load, before it leaves Benoni.
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Field-Tested, Client-Approved
Delivered fully assembled, calibrated and fine-tuned on your site, then walked through with the team who has to use it every day.
Why us
Why engineers choose Badger Equipment
Five reasons, in the workshop's own words, with what each one actually means on a job. If a build has to be right the first time because the site is a long drive from the workshop, these are the parts that matter.
We don't just build gear, we build confidence in every component.
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Trusted engineering partner for complex challenges
Mechanical and electronic engineering sit on the same floor, so a problem that is half structure and half control system does not need two suppliers and an argument about whose fault it is.
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Custom-built systems for real-world industrial demands
Nothing starts from a catalogue. The specification is written from what the equipment has to survive on the day, which is why the first step of every build happens on your site and not at a desk.
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Proven performance in harsh mining environments
Equipment built in Benoni goes underground and has to keep working there. That is the condition every material choice, every weld and every ingress rating on this page is written against.
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Full-service offering: design, build, deliver
Assessment, CAD, cutting, welding, wiring, coating, assembly and commissioning on your site, in that order, by one team. No handover between trades is a week nobody loses.
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Locally manufactured, globally reliable
Built here, so a modification, a spare or a second unit does not start with an import lead time. The drawings stay in the same building as the machine that cut the parts.
Built to order
Built to order, from a single bracket to a full control panel
Six things this workshop builds to order. Every one of them is made to a drawing rather than pulled off a shelf, and every one can be a batch or a single part for one machine.
- Toolbox systems
- Custom control panels
- Laser-cut parts
- Powder-coated finishes
- Embedded electronics
- Mounting and bracket solutions
Featured build
Custom Bakkie Toolbox
Waterproof, lockable, field-tested.
The one product here you can order as it stands. Everything about it, from the plate thickness to the drawer payload, is published on its own page.
See the Toolbox specificationsFeatured solution
Embedded Control Panel System
Designed for harsh mining environments.
Panel builds with the firmware and the wiring done in-house, so the enclosure, the board inside it and the loom between them are all drawn by the same people.
Ask about a panel buildOur work
Our work, photographed where it ended up
Built tough. Prototypes forged from precision and tested for performance. The gallery is not a mood board, it is the workshop's own record of what it has built.
What the gallery holds
Badger's own photographs of Badger's own jobs, the deployment highlights among them. Nothing in it comes from a stock library and nothing is borrowed from a supplier's brochure.
- Deployment photographs, taken where the equipment went to work
- Badger's own images throughout, no stock library and no renders
Answers
Questions people ask before they order
Seven answers, every one of them the real answer rather than a way of avoiding the question. Where the honest answer is that it depends on the drawing, it says so.
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Where is Badger Equipment based?
In Benoni, Gauteng, at 77 Wattle Road. Design, fabrication, coating and assembly all happen on that one floor, so a change to a drawing does not have to travel between suppliers before it becomes a change to the part.
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Do you build one-offs, or only standard products?
Both. The Badger Toolbox is a standard product you can order as it stands. Most of what leaves the workshop is designed for one client and one problem, and powder coating runs as a batch or as a single part.
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Can you work from drawings I already have?
Yes, and we can draw it from scratch instead. Product design and 3D modelling is one of the six things done in-house, so a sketch, a CAD file or a machine that keeps failing are all workable starting points.
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What does a build cost, and how long does it take?
There is no list price, because there is no standard build. Send us the problem and you get a price and a lead time quoted against the drawing rather than a number guessed over the phone.
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What warranty comes with the Badger Toolbox?
Three years structural and one year on the finish. The structural cover is the one that matters on a haul road, and it is the longer of the two on purpose.
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What colours can I have it in?
Khaki, safety orange, blue, grey or silver, in a dual-stage powder coat applied in our own booth rather than sent out to a third party who has never seen the rest of the build.
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How does a project actually start?
With an on-site assessment. We come to where the equipment works, watch the problem happen and write the requirements from what we see, which is how six real faults on one trailer became six lines in a drawing.
Start a project
Start a project with the Benoni workshop
Tell us what the equipment has to do and where it has to do it. If the problem is easier to show than to describe, we will come and look at it.
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Call the workshop
The fastest route for a job that is already on a deadline.
079 573 5870 -
Email a drawing
Send a CAD file, a photograph or a sketch on the back of a docket.
reception@badgerequipment.co.za -
Come to the floor
See the laser bed, the welding bay and the powder-coat booth.
77 Wattle Road, Benoni AH
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