Safe Maintenance and Cleaning at Waste Incineration Plants
For many years, we have worked for various waste incineration plants across the country. March is a time when our clients schedule major maintenance stops every year. At the start of a stop, the incinerator is turned off, after a prescribed cooling period, our rope access specialists can enter the boiler and perform a safety cleaning. During this, we inspect the walls and remove all loose parts to prevent them from falling down. After the deployment of our rope access team, scaffolding can be safely placed in the boiler and we can proceed with the maintenance work.
During maintenance stops, we are also deployed for various maintenance work at locations that are difficult to reach, such as work in confined spaces, painting at height or factory cleaning where no scaffolding or aerial work platform can be placed.
Additional benefits of rope access / abseiling techniques
Working safely at height
Rope access is the safest way to work at height. A.T.I. Abseiltechnieken works exclusively according to IRATA and VCA guidelines. This means that all our personnel are trained to perform work at locations that are difficult to reach. Statistics collected worldwide by IRATA since the association’s inception show that the work/(near) accident ratio with rope access work is almost zero. Especially when compared with conventional aerial work methods.
Time savings
The required abseiling materials and tools are often easy to take to the work site. Once on site, the ropes can be installed at the appropriate anchor points and our rope access techniques allow us to quickly position ourselves at the desired location. Compared to erecting and dismantling scaffolding or deploying a crane, this is a huge time saver.