Tag: Systems

  • Zühlke supports GVB Group with digitalization

    Zühlke supports GVB Group with digitalization

    Zühlke, the innovation service provider from Schlierem, is working with experts from Gebäudeversicherung Bern(GVB Group) to further develop digital processes within the company. According to the media release, GVB already has a digital claims process co-developed by Zühlke, the processing of claims. Now, further customer interfaces and processes are to be digitized, such as damage inspection, it continues. In addition, the functions of the existing platform are to be expanded and increasingly integrated.

    Digital damage inspection decisively reduces the manual effort, according to the press release. The majority of cases are now handled via the enhanced platform, he said. This leads to increased satisfaction on the part of the end customer. The app will be continuously improved step by step after the first launch. Customer suggestions serve as a central guideline in this process.

    The joint team of specialists from the GVB Group and Zühlke first conducts a preliminary technology evaluation study and develops prototypes using Flutter, a development kit from Google. A Flutter program should be able to run on different target platforms without major adaptations.

    An initial MVP, the first stage of a development for practical use, will be implemented as quickly as possible, step by step and close to the target group, Zühlke says. Regular interviews with GVB Group valuation experts then provide valuable feedback. Subsequently, the MVP is developed into a widely used app with a larger range of functions.

  • HighStep delivers new lift generation to customers

    HighStep delivers new lift generation to customers

    HighStep Systems AG , based in Dietikon, has delivered up to seventeen units of the latest generation of its service lift to customers. These include the transmission system operator 50Hertz from Berlin, the Dutch technical service provider SPIE and the Swiss wind turbine company Agile Wind Power . According to the CEO of Systems AG, Alexander Luft, further deliveries to China, for example, are to take place in the coming months. He emphasizes: "We are pleased that after intensive development work we have brought the first lifts of the new generation onto the market. This is a fundamental further development in close cooperation with TÜV Süd in order to meet the increased requirements in terms of standards and quality.”

    The HighStep Lift is considered the world's first mobile, battery-powered service lift for buildings and masts of all kinds. It is intended to enable efficient, safe and ergonomic ascent and descent, thereby drastically increasing the safety and productivity of employees. The capacity is 3000 meters altitude, people or material weighing up to 150 kilograms can be transported. Among other things, the new generation brings an even higher level of safety thanks to a separate fall protection runner and other new safety functions.

    The system consists of two components: an aluminum rail as a system carrier and a selectable climbing device, the HighStep Easy and the portable HighStep Lift. In terms of application, the focus is on electricity pylons, wind turbines, transmission towers and industrial plants. A total of several thousand installations are in operation worldwide – primarily in Europe and also in Asian countries. Customers include the Swiss transmission grid operator Swissgrid , the European high-voltage grid operator TenneT and the Chinese energy company State Grid Corporation of China . yvh