Inflatable fall protection system

Work safely at height

Many manufacturing and maintenance facilities use scaffolding and platforms to work at height. Local safety requirements are always followed. A common issue is preventing people, tools or equipment from falling through unprotected openings.

Because you can't always have a scaffold or platform attached to an object that needs to be maintained, manufactured or repaired, there is often a long narrow opening there, which can lead to unwanted incidents. Tools or equipment can fall between them and employees can be injured or, worse, fall between them.

Commonly used in train maintenance

The flexible inflatable connections are mainly used for train maintenance in depots, to improve working conditions and safety. Buitink Technology's inflatable fall protection systems are also used during the final assembly of trains in the production process.

Solution for sealing unwanted holes

Buitink Technology has come up with a solution to close these unwanted openings with an inflatable fall protection system.

The inflatable fall protection system is cleverly mounted on the platform or scaffolding, after which it is connected to the air system. This air system fills the bellows with air until the correct pressure is reached. In this way, the bellows fills the space between the platform or scaffolding and the object to be repaired or maintained. In our pictures, this object is, for example, a train carriage. But it could just as easily be a tall trailer, camper van or aircraft fuselage.

After use, the bellows can be vacuumed by the same air system, after which the object can be moved. Both filling and emptying take a short time.

Automated filling and vacuum process

By adjusting the air system to the specific application and volume of the bellows, this entire filling and vacuuming process can be fully automated. This also ensures that no errors can occur and that the work can be carried out safely. The dimensions are in most cases never exactly the same, Buitink Technology is able to design, manufacture and install a suitable solution for any situation.

Benefits of the Buitink Technology Fall Protection System

• The prefabricated system can be installed plug and play anywhere in the world;
• Supplied including air installation or set to local air system;
• Robust and fully automatic system;
• Can be used on all platforms and scaffolding;
• A system that greatly improves work safety;
• Assembly by our own Buitink Technology assembly team;
• Or by our own construction department under the supervision of Buitink Technology's assembly team;
• Fast filling and vacuum times;
• Special customization always possible;