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The Netherlands is on the eve of a major replacement and renovation of many bridges and locks. It is crucial to engage the right partner with specialist knowledge to support and relieve the burden. Pilz is such a partner. Thanks to years of experience in the design, construction, renovation and maintenance of such movable 'wet infrastructure' objects, Pilz offers solutions for issues in the field of machine and functional safety of bridges and locks.
The hands-on mentality and in-depth specialist knowledge is the distinguishing factor here. Arjan van Bommel, manager of engineering and operations at Pilz: "There is so much knowledge in house with us. I always say: with our engineering department we can go to the moon and back!" Eduard van Loenen, business development manager at Pilz adds: "In the field of applications in infra, we have an experienced team that has a huge dose of hardware and software knowledge, as well as electrical engineering knowledge and knowledge in the field of market requirements. All under one roof so that as a partner we can support our customers from advice to implementation."
Van Bommel: "Pilz developed several applications and tested them extensively and then standardized them. The advantage of this is that the solution is generically applicable and only an object-specific stroke needs to be applied to it. Not only cost-effective, but this also allows you to be very competitive and predictable in your planning so that you have little risk of overrun. Besides the so-called building blocks as standard solutions, we are also very strong in customized solutions. No challenge is too crazy for us. We come up with solutions for challenges the industry faces."
"The infrastructure world faces a major task of renovating or replacing many bridges and locks," says Van Loenen. "A lot of money is available for this until 2034, but the question is whether there are enough people and resources available to complete these projects on time and within the desired lead times. That is why it is important to seek collaborations and work with standardization to execute projects efficiently and quickly. We are happy to step into a tender phase together with a party in order to determine in good time what the contractor will do themselves and what they want to put down to Pilz. Parties that have the ambition to take up a piece of the market but do not have all the expertise on board themselves at the application level. Parties that focus on system integration, for example, and are looking for a partner with knowledge of control technology, application management and CE supervision." Van Bommel adds: "With our years of experience in the field of bridges, locks and barriers -we have already done about a hundred of them- we can think along with you about what the objects have to comply with according to the current standard and state of the art. What is feasible and applicable and in a way that they are immediately future-proofed. Because that is very important in infra," he knows. Van Loenen: "We are very innovative in the field of product development. With a lot of synergy in components and choices of components, you can produce faster, so your stock is in order which allows you to deliver quickly and flexibly, manage and reduce risks." He concludes, "We really are the supplier of knowledge, expertise and technology in the field of machine safety and control within the 'circle of safety' of bridges, locks and barriers."
