Business profile
With extensive experience in safety and efficiency solutions for transport and off-road vehicles,Groeneveld brings its innovative range to the rail industry
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he Groeneveld Group has been active in the development, production, marketing and sales of pioneering products and services in over 30 countries for more than 40 years. Its extensive product range provides customers with tried-and-tested solutions for automatic maintenance and active safety.
The dangers of working on or around the railway track can be difficult to mitigate. Surroundings can vary immensely from location to location and maintenance and repairs are conducted using heavy machinery 24/7. Safety is paramount, and the industry is increasingly embracing technologies to improve conditions for workers and passengers.
As a manufacturer of its own products with a heavily-financed R&D division, Groeneveld is well-positioned to adapt its tried-and-tested active safety and automatic maintenance solutions to railway applications. To ensure full complicity with the industry’s stringent regulations, the company has spent
years building strategic relationships with the leading manufacturers and agencies in rail maintenance. These knowledge-sharing co-operations resulted in the implementation of new ideas and processes at Groeneveld’s specialist training and technology centre in Gorinchem in the Netherlands. The company has now launched rail-specific ranges of its core products:
• Greensight – the innovative active safety concept
• Oilmaster – a leading automatic oil management system
• Twin – the dual-line automatic greasing system
Greensight: greater vision for the railway track
Greensight is Groeneveld’s active safety concept, a comprehensive driver aid system that has been tested and proven in a demanding range of transport, haulage and off-road applications. The Greensight system gives vehicle operators a range of additional local awareness devices,
including ultrasonic sensors, cameras, a smart alarm and a full-colour monitor. Gary Hewitt, Groeneveld’s managing
director, said: ‘Whatever its working environment, every vehicle has its blind spot, a space within its immediate vicinity that can’t be seen by the driver. These invisible areas increase the risk of damage to vehicles or equipment, as well as the risk of injury to personnel. Greensight provides the operator with accurate information about the space around the vehicle, enabling better decision-making and improving the overall safety profile. ‘Now optimised for railway use and with the relevant standards and requirements for working on the tracks, the ultrasonic sensors can be adjusted to cover a larger or smaller area to suit a particular vehicle,’ he added. In 2011, Balfour Beatty approved the system for Close Range Monitoring as part of its Zero Harm Safety Award scheme, which aims for absolute employee safety in their working environments. A number of major European equipment manufactures
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