STATION MODERNISATION AND EQUIPMENT
The Bridge Non-
conductive platform for Alstom
Martin Brooke of Bratts Ladders explains how its products have enabled better and safer working in a variety of rail environments.
ever heard of us? No reason why you should. We have only been manufacturing since 1895 and are one of the best kept secrets in the access industry.
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Based in Nottingham, we have been supplying the rail industry with ladders, steps and platforms for over 60 years. We manufacture mainly non-conductive glassfi bre and timber access equipment but can also supply products in aluminium and steel.
Alstom wanted to improve access whilst working under and around trains, so we designed and built a simple, safe, non- conductive working platform that they have found invaluable.
We also manufactured a step to enable the cleaners to access carriages more easily and safely with hoovers.
We have designed an SLS (Safe Ladder System), to allow maintenance on the front of trains. A pair of industrial suckers stick to the glass or any smooth surface to prevent movement.
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maintenance teams, we designed
different types of timber SLS to access the pantographs for servicing.
The majority of carriages carry a ladder to enable passengers to disembark in an emergency. We make those.
‘The Bridge’ is brilliantly simple. A Glassfi bre access system that will span any obstacle, enabling safe working with minimum disruption. A number of companies were having problems working over desks, machinery and work benches. They now use ‘The Bridge’, a three-section kit, adjustable for height, that folds fl at for storage and transportation.
‘The StepUp’ can be used anywhere you need a low-level, fold-away platform, to work two-handed whilst maintaining three points of contact.
All the ladders and steps featured in the Unipart Rail catalogue are made by Bratts.
We also supply access equipment to many other rail companies including Network Rail, Bailey Rail, London Underground, Thales, Balfour Beatty, Amec, Amey,
Southeastern Trains, South West Trains, First Great Western, DLR, Bombardier and Siemens.
We worked with the Health and Safety Executive to help produce the Work at Height Regulations and the HSE Guidance for Employees. We can therefore advise on ladder and stepladder use within these procedures.
We also sit on the B/512 Ladder and Stepladder Standards Committee at the British Standards Institute with the HSE, BERR, Trading Standards and our EEC partners. The British Standard Kitemark (BS) is only awarded to products that pass strict regular testing. This guarantees continuous audited quality. EN131 alone does not. All of our glassfi bre products also comply with ANSI 14-5 and ESI 13-1.
Our track record is proven; we still maintain the timber ladders we made for one utility over 27 years ago!
FOR MORE INFORMATION
T: 0115 986 6851 / 2221 E:
sales@brattsladders.com W:
www.brattsladders.com
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