I Stoke City FC took delivery of their GPS guided robot line marker from Origin Amenity Solutions , the TinyLineMarker ( TLM ) Sport .
PITCH & LINE MARKERS
The TinyLineMarker Sport
Stoke City FC save hundreds of man hours marking out their training pitches with robot
t ’ s been nine months since
I Stoke City FC took delivery of their GPS guided robot line marker from Origin Amenity Solutions , the TinyLineMarker ( TLM ) Sport .
Andy Jackson , Grounds Manager for the football club says , “ we are more than happy . It has been a fantastic buy for the club .”
Andy who has been at Stoke City FC for the last 27 years manages a team of 12 grounds staff who are trained to use the Tiny Sport . He adds , “ using the robot is so easy , it makes life so much simpler and helps us manage the business much easier and more efficiently .”
The club has nine grass training pitches , “ before the robot we used a spray line marker and it took two people half a day to initial mark each pitch , the TLM
Sport does the same job in 20 minutes . This is a massive saving in time and resources which enables us to get more jobs complete at the same time . In the summer we will be overmarking the pitches two or three times a week , the labour savings we are making , to deploy elsewhere , are just incredible .”
TinyMobileRobots is marketed and distributed exclusively in the UK by Origin Amenity Solutions which brings together four leading industry names - Headland Amenity , Rigby Taylor , TurfKeeper . com and Symbio .
Packed with a range of innovative features , the TLM Sport is a GPS guided robot designed to make line marking projects as reliable , streamlined , and effortless as possible . Its low weight enables it to be lifted easily by one person , its small size means it can fit into a regular sized car and be transported from one location to another easily .
Andy adds , “ It is important for the club to stay at the forefront of technology . Robots for line marking is definitely visionary and the way forward . It really isn ’ t going to take very long for the robot to pay for itself .”
“ What I really like about the robot is the flexibility it offers ; it does so many things . For example if one of our training coaches wanted training grids , we can produce that really quickly and easily – it ’ s just no problem at all .”
The football club also use the Impact paint supplied by Origin Amenity Solutions , “ I ’ m really happy with the paint . It works perfectly with the robot . It produces nice bright white lines and
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