For the love of diesel – CEO details road to Swiss Machinery

Imagine Guyana without electricity or water for a day. Homes, hospitals, hotels, restaurants and all industries would be affected.
Trucks, tractors, bulldozers, excavators, trawlers, skidders and loaders, would all be parked.
The nation would be in total distress.
One man’s interest to the benefits of diesel has led to the establishment of Swiss Machinery. Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Swiss Machinery, Harold Beharry believes that diesel power should never be taken for granted because it is the backbone of production in the entire world.
Without diesel power, the wheels of industries will grind to a halt including but not limited to transportation, agriculture, gold mining, forestry, marine, hotels and many other businesses, which will result in millions of dollars of revenue and thousands of jobs lost, seriously affecting the economy of our country.
Invented in 1897 by German mechanical engineer Dr Rudolf Diesel, the diesel engine was created as a compressed ignition engine that works with a piston which compresses air and injects oil-based fuel into the superheated air, causing spontaneous combustion of the fuel.
Today, the word diesel is associated with power, hence the name “diesel power”.
Swiss Machinery’s passion for diesel has pushed it to be the only company in Guyana that is involved with diesel engine from the storage tank until the process is completed, when smoke exits the exhaust.
Some of Swiss Machinery’s contributions to diesel includes stocking tested and proven quality parts for almost all diesel engines, cleaning diesel storage tank by applying the principle of the human kidney (the fuel passes through a system which captures water and sediments in the fuel and returns the clean fuel back into the tank and the process continues until the entire tank has clean fuel which is now healthy food for the engine to maintain good performance), the repairing and rebuilding of critical engine components such as engine blocks, engine heads, crankshafts, fuel pumps, fuel injectors, turbocharger, water pumps and there is even a surgery department where they provide metal stitching on large units in the fields where welding cannot provide the answer.
Additionally, there is diagnostic testing and repairs to the diesel engine’s electrical system, in field repair to worn excavator buckets and arms pivot holes, complete rebuilding of engines and general machining and fabricating engine parts.
In order to minimise down time, the company went to the extent of establishing a shipping and procurement company in Miami called “HAB-IT” to purchase and air freight parts that are not available locally.
HAB-IT’s fast delivery has rewarded it with the slogan “if you have to have it HAB-IT”
The diesel engine is amazing because it is a copy of the design of the human body. It has a breathing system, cooling system, feeding system, filtration system, power system and finally the exhaust system, all working in coordination to provide diesel power.
For example, the excavator’s arm and bucket is a copy of the human hand, from the shoulder, elbow, wrist and the teeth on the bucket represent human fingers
The track on a bull dozer or crawler machine is a copy of the human foot with the links representing our toes.
The fuel pump is a copy of the human heart and the list goes on and for that reason, Swiss Machinery does not consider the company as a service industry but a diesel clinic with diagnostic facility to find cause of failure and apply tested and proven solutions to bring new life to defective engines and components.
Diesel power is the life blood of the nation and the intention of Swiss Machinery is to keep diesel engines in good health to continue to support Guyana.
Today, the company is proud to say that it is well positioned in the diesel world to follow and apply new innovations for new and improved electronic diesel engines.
And after 46 years, Swiss Machinery has earned itself the title as the only one-stop diesel solution company in Guyana.