A long-stan­ding machi­ne sup­pli­er of Hoba had tho­rough­ly dealt with the requi­re­ments of the inten­ded unit. It took two years until this sup­pli­er final­ly rejec­ted the pro­ject, but made a recom­men­da­ti­on in our favour. We took up the chall­enge – basi­cal­ly spea­king, this machi­ne should be capa­ble of per­forming tasks that would other­wi­se have requi­red three machines.