Heights Altrex Magazine Heights 2017 | Page 12

SPECIALs 12 Altrex & Ravo Custom-made production line You’ve undoubtedly seen them. The cleaning trucks that clean the streets and tidy up the city centres. RAVO The process Benelux, maker of the compact, cleverly designed trucks, Cooperation and forward thinking asked us to work with them on a similarly smart solution. The issue was clear. The solution needed in-depth Access solutions to streamline the production process, consideration. Together with the people from RAVO. make it safer and lighten the load of the workers. They know better than anyone, the exact requirements Customisation, in this case. And certainly a challenge. But we love challenges at Altrex. of the workplace and the process. And together, you can come up with a genuinely customised solution. A production line full of innovative solutions Just like every situation, the request from RAVO was unique. There is no standard when it comes to custom- made. In a production line such as this, where every week ten cleaning trucks are constructed in consecutive stages, safety and well thought out access solutions are vital. This was also the conclusion of the Labour inspectorate when he paid a visit on location. Safety could be improved and separate, standard access equipment were being used. It was a definite challenge. The work on the production line takes place at various heights and next to, on and around the trucks themselves. This requires working bridges, walkways and industrial platforms that connect seamlessly into the production process. Altrex put its mind to the task in order to fulfil the legal regulations and norms, the requirements of RAVO and its employees. Specific and innovative. Technical drawing An Altrex engineer from our Customer Solutions department visited the location to gather information and draw a solution ‘in the field’. The result? a clear technical structural drawing.