Connect Newsletter Aebi Schmidt UK | Winter edition

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BANES upgrades winter fleet with Stratos spreaders Newcastle City renews like for like Swingo fleet

Heathrow relies on Schmidt for clear commitment

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Managing Director, Richard Bryant, on gearing up for the winter season with Aebi Schmidt. A big thank you

A warm welcome to our winter newsletter in We have again received excellent support from In this issue which we hear from customers throughout airports across the country, from the largest in From the Top 02 the country about how and why they use our the south, Heathrow, to Glasgow, north of the BANES upgrades winter fleet with Stratos gritters 03 equipment to get the job done. border, and are delighted to hear how widely New upgrades for Street King 660 05 they appreciate the job our winter maintenance BEAR replaces ageing vehicles with Stratos III 07 We hear from long-standing customers such as equipment does for them. finds new ASP is up to the challenge 09 Newcastle City Council, which has carried out a Heathrow relies on Schmidt for clear runway commitment 10 fleet renewal programme for its fleet of Swingos, A huge thank you for all the support our customers London City Airport turns boosts winter resilience fleet 12 replacing 11 five-year-old models with 11 brand new have shown us in 2019 and we are looking CC ready to take the cold call 13 examples of our best-selling compact sweeper. forward to another successful year in 2020. Newcastle City renews like for like Swingo fleet 14 Peterborough City Council cleans up with Cityjet 15 And from new customers such as Bath and Uttlesford District Council opts for new Cleango 16 North East Somerset (BANES) Council, which has Super service north of the border 17 upgraded its winter maintenance fleet with eight Talking Technical 19 Worcester City Council turns to Swingo for city clean 20 new Stratos III gritters, complete with AutoLogic Richard Bryant Guildford Borough Council gives SK660 Thumbs up 21 and the Winter Reporting system. Managing Director. Aebi Schmidt in the Community 20

02 Council Update aebi-schmidt.co.uk BANES upgrades winter fleet with Stratos spreaders

Bath and North East Somerset (BANES) Council has upgraded its winter maintenance fleet with eight new Stratos III gritters from Aebi Schmidt, complete with AutoLogic and the Winter Reporting system.

BANES has opted for seven final shortlist of three suppliers, operated by VolkerHighways, who Mercedes-Benz 18T Arocs 4x4 including the incumbent. are currently working with the Stratos III 6m3 gritters and one However, the quality of the council on their Highways Term Mercedes-Benz 26T Arocs 6x6 Schmidt machines won the day, Maintenance Contract to ensure Stratos III 9m3 gritter for its winter and the council opted to outright it meets its statutory duties in maintenance fleet. The council purchase, rather than lease, the terms on keeping the highways selected the Schmidt equipment new equipment. and byways snow and ice free after going out to tender under The new gritters will be throughout the winter months.. the TPPL (The Procurement Partnership Limited) framework The council is responsible for gritting 263 miles across agreement, and then selecting a nine different routes out of a total of 683 miles

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Bath and North East Somerset The nerve centre of the spreader is the state-of-the art Evolution Smart (ES) covers an area, two thirds of control panel, which monitors the machine at a rate of 2,000 times per belt which is green belt, stretching revolution and makes continual adjustments at 100 times per second to from Bristol and Bath south to ensure accuracy is maintained. the Mendip Hills, and east to the Cotswolds and the Wiltshire border. The council is responsible for gritting 263 miles across nine different routes out of a total of 683 miles, some 38% of all roads, with a huge variety of adopted surfaces to treat, ranging from the centre of the heritage city of Bath to A class and B-class country roads and even some remote rural roads. Craig Jackson, BANES’ Highway Maintenance and Drainage Manager who led the tender process, said: “We have been very impressed with the build quality of the Schmidt machines, which we specified with the latest Euro6 complaint Mercedes chassis and four and six wheel drive. of its plus points is the accuracy of adjustments at 100 times per The GPS navigation guides the the correct route is gritted correctly “We have already used them spreading, and the machine uses second to ensure accuracy is spreader driver along the correct every time, regardless of who is on three runs so far this winter, and a closed loop hydraulic system maintained. All of the time, these route and the spreading settings the driver,” said Craig Jackson. so far so good. We expect them to to operate the conveyor belt and adjustments are fully road speed- occur automatically, enabling the BANES has also selected the be active now right throughout the the spinner independently of each related. driver to fully concentrate on the Schmidt Winter Report, a web-based winter season,” he said. other. The ES control panel also traffic without being distracted telematics system which shows the The Stratos III has been The nerve centre of the integrates seamlessly with the by the spreading process, thus user where the spreader has been deliberately designed with ease spreader is the state-of-the art Schmidt AutoLogic system, an increasing road safety. and where it is currently spreading of maintenance and low costs Evolution Smart (ES) control panel, easy to use, automatic spreading “We have found that AutoLogic in real time. It is fully integrated in mind. It is easy to wash down which monitors the machine at system with GPS-guided routing, is not only safer for our drivers as with the ES control panel, requires and maintenance points are very a rate of 2,000 times per belt which BANES has selected for all it allows them to concentrate fully no other hardware or software and accessible for greasing. Another revolution and makes continual its new machines. on the road, but it also ensures that gives just one point of contact.

04 Schmidt Street King 660 aebi-schmidt.co.uk

Aebi Schmidt has introduced a series of new upgrades for its state-of-the-art truck-mounted Street King 660 sweeper that make further improvements to its already outstanding performance.

The SK660, which is designed to fit any standard two-axle sweeper chassis, has attracted orders from new and existing customers who have been won over by its stunning array of special features and stand-out USPs, faster working times and lower operating costs. The new updates are designed to make the sweeper’s operation better still and, in many cases, have been made in response to customer requests and operator feedback. A case in point is the new factory-developed high pressure, lower cost water system, which is run from the Deutz auxiliary engine and produces a flow of 30 litres per minute at 150bar of pressure at the same time as sweeping is being carried out – ideal for tackling tricky clean-up operations. Another new feature allows the side channel brushes to be fully extended or fully retracted much faster than before through the use of the central joystick– another feature which users have asked for to improve sweeping operations around obstacles or in tight areas. New upgrades for Street King 660

05 Schmidt Street King 660 aebi-schmidt.co.uk

The SK660’s suction nozzle Aebi Schmidt has also comes fitted with a debris developed a new SK660 flap which now can be lifted demonstrator on an Iveco ML incrementally or opened fully chassis to compliment that which and tilted to tackle larger debris has already been developed using or greater volumes, such as the a DAF LF chassis. fallen leaves we are currently The objective it to give experiencing across the country. potential customers a choice The new specification also of chassis when ordering the features two LED sidelights which sweeper, and anyone interested provide a crescent-shaped arc in trying out the new version, of illumination and which has which is Euro 6 compliant and has proved very popular with councils, a 12-speed automatic gear box, contractors and airports who should contact your local sales handle clean-up and sweeping manager to find out more and operations at night, as they light- book a demonstration. up a much wider field of vision. As before, the SK660 comes Aebi Schmidt is now rolling out complete with Aebi Schmidt’s this feature to other items of its sophisticated ES control panel as equipment, including the popular part of its standard specification. Swingo compact sweeper and on Through a highly visual 7in touch some airport equipment. screen, this is not only easy to Other upgrades include the use, intuitive and completely Street King’s 2.9 litre auxiliary flexible, but its simplicity reduces engine, by German precision training to a minimum. And thanks engineers, Deutz, which has to its clever diagnostics capability, proved to be ultra-reliable and it can readily fault-find and report efficient and which drives the fan potential problems at the push of and other functions. a button. This now meets the latest The ES control panel – now EuroMot Stage 5 emissions’ standard throughout much of Aebi standard, giving lower CO2 Schmidt’s product line-up – makes As before, the SK660 comes complete with Aebi Schmidt’s sophisticated ES emissions without impacting the new Street King extremely control panel as part of its standard specification. Through a highly visual 7in performance. At the same time, operator-friendly and continues the design of the auxiliary fuel tank to evolve and develop as the touch screen, this is not only easy to use, intuitive and completely flexible, has been optimised to allow for heartbeat of the machine. but its simplicity reduces training to a minimum. faster refueling.

06 Council Update aebi-schmidt.co.uk BEAR Scotland replaces ageing vehicles with Stratos III

BEAR Scotland has opted for the latest Stratos III spreaders from Aebi Schmidt to replace a number of ageing spreaders on its winter maintenance fleet to ensure that it is geared up for every eventuality that the Scottish winter can throw at it.

BEAR Scotland, which has been After going to a final shortlist, Kevin Parkins, Fleet Manager at “The majority will be working contracted to maintain motorways BEAR Scotland, which is based in BEAR Scotland, commented: “This on the North East network, and trunk roads throughout the Perth, Scotland and is responsible new order of spreaders from Aebi including routes on the M90 Highlands by Transport Scotland, for managing and maintaining Schmidt takes the number on our from Perth down to junction 3 at an agency of the Scottish both the North East and North winter fleet to 35 out of a total fleet Halbeath and the A90 from Perth Government, went out to tender West motorway and trunk road of 100. Most of them will travel to Aberdeen, where the weather at the start of the year to replace a networks, selected 10 pre-wet between 20,000 and 30,000km a can be severe, with another on the number of ageing spreaders on its Stratos III 9m3 spreaders mounted year depending upon the severity M80 from Stepps to Haggs. We 100-unit winter maintenance fleet. on DAF CF 370 chassis, and of the winter. also cover Keith to on supplied by Lothian DAF. the A96,“ he said.

This new order of spreaders from Aebi Schmidt takes the number on our winter fleet to 35 out of a total fleet of 100. Most of them will travel between 20,000 and 30,000km a year depending upon the severity of the winter.

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Parkins explained the thinking gives very accurate spreading,” behind the choice of chassis to he said. twin with the Stratos III spreaders. One of the key benefits of “We opted for DAF chassis the Stratos III is its state-of-the- because they have a good support art ES control panel, which really network throughout the Highlands. controls everything the machine We also have a very good does. The advanced nature of relationship with Donald Kerr, who the system means that not only runs the Aebi Schmidt Scottish can the Stratos be controlled in a service centre in Bellshill - so that precise and safe manner, but that gives us good support and back-up the control panel also acts as a for our fleet,” he said. diagnostic, calibration and remote In line with BEAR Scotland’s access service tool. contract guidelines, the Stratos Parkins has been fleet III spreaders have been specified manager at BEAR Scotland with a pre-wet system that mixes since 2013 and in that time has salt with brine from appropriate seen some very severe winter tanks prior to its application. conditions. This makes the salt stick more “We never know what the quickly to the treated surface Scottish winter weather is going in addition to accelerating and to throw at us. Last year was a extending its effect. Since this relatively mild winter. But it was technique involves hardly any only really mild in comparison bounce and scatter, it is very with the very severe winter we cost-effective and environmentally had the year before, when the friendly. winter was prolonged by the Feedback from drivers on the infamous ‘Beast from the East’ new equipment had been very “Who knows what this winter positive, said Parkins. will throw at us? But, we do know “We like the ES control panel that we will be well prepared for which is very easy to use and every eventuality,” he said.

One of the key benefits of the Stratos III is its state- of-the-art ES control panel, which really controls everything the machine does.

08 Airport News aebi-schmidt.co.uk Glasgow Airport finds new ASP is up to the challenge

Glasgow International Airport found a new ASP sprayer de-icer from Aebi Schmidt was vital in helping keep runways and other concrete areas ice-free during some of the worst winter conditions on record.

Who will forget the now infamous 30mph and with maximum spraying ‘Beast from the East’ which saw widths ranging from 3-30m. bitter easterly winds sweep down The spray arms deliver de-icing from the icy depths of Siberia and materials of varying strengths, via Scandinavia and leave much of the either double or triple nozzle rows, country ice and snow-bound for from tanks with a capacity of up to several weeks? 20,000 litres, to provide accurate, At the time up to 45cm of snow even distribution and reliable de- fell over one three day period and icing. closed the airport completely for With the ASP, Glasgow two days. also specified Schmidt’s smart “These were the worst AirportLogic GPS-guided spraying conditions at Glasgow Airport control and guidance system, which in living memory and were very not only clearly identifies areas challenging for all concerned,” which have already been sprayed, confirmed Louise Hurst, thus reducing wastage, but also Procurement Manager (Seconded). highlights optimum spreading paths Glasgow Airport had taken to be as effective as possible. delivery of a new Schmidt 24m ASP “The Schmidt sprayer de- sprayer de-icer just before the bad icer with the GPS guided control With the ASP, Glasgow also specified Schmidt’s smart AirportLogic GPS-guided weather arrived, not realising what system was key to us being able spraying control and guidance system a key role it was going to play in to keep the airport open and fully keeping the airport operational only operational during the very worst ground temperatures were down that also includes Aberdeen and between Glasgow and London’s a few weeks later. of conditions, and it joined another to minus three degrees to ensure Southampton Airports, Glasgow three main airports – Heathrow, Designed specifically for similar machine we originally all surfaces were thoroughly de- handled some 9.7m passengers in Gatwick and Stansted – plus routes keeping runways clear and ice-free, ordered in 2009,” added Louise iced and safe to operate from, and 2018, just under the record number to Dublin and Amsterdam, available the ASP is available as both a fix- Hurst. that any further snow was quickly of 9.9m in 2017, with more than through a number of airlines, mounted or demountable variant for “We were using a de-icing melted,” she said. 98,000 aircraft movements. including British Airways, easyJet trucks, operating at speeds of up to mix of 40gm per square metre as Part of the AGS Airports Group Most popular routes were and Loganair.

09 Airport News aebi-schmidt.co.uk Heathrow relies on Schmidt for clear runway commitment

Heathrow, the UK’s busiest airport with over 80 million passengers and almost 480,000 flights a year, relies on Aebi Schmidt winter equipment to play a key role in helping keep its runways and stands snow and ice-free during the winter season.

The airport adopted the “By taking this latest recommendations of the Begg ASP, we can effectively Report in 2010, commissioned do the job of two by the then British Airports Authority and following the Winter machines with just Resilience Enquiry, in targeting the the one, improving maintenance of snow and ice-free our efficiency rates, surfaces all year round – and in the keeping our runway time nine years since the report was down to a minimum published has tripled the size of its and maximising the winter maintenance fleet to over 160 pieces of dedicated winter deployment of our equipment. resources.” As a result, even the infamous newest addition to the Heathrow Beast from the East in winter winter maintenance fleet is the season 2017/2018 failed to close latest generation ASP airport the airport, which in normal sprayer from Aebi Schmidt. The conditions sees an aircraft landing new ASP, which has a mammoth or taking off every 45 seconds. 20,000 litre capacity of de-icing So, as one of the world’s material and a 24m boom width, most important airports, keeping takes the number of pieces of Aebi “With a plane taking off or we can effectively do the job of runways, the ASP combats ice both Heathrow fully functional for Schmidt equipment to over 50 on landing every 45 seconds, our two machines with just the one, preventively and curatively using liquid as long as possible is clearly of the Heathrow winter fleet. aim is always to be as efficient improving our efficiency rates, de-icing materials and is available as paramount importance, especially Neil Pritchard, Head of as possible and to minimise the keeping our runway time down to both fix-mounted and demountable during the festive period that we Operations Transformation, amount of time we spend on our a minimum and maximising the variants for trucks. With operating are now entering when seasonal Planning, Performance and runways – a prerequisite as one of deployment of our resources,” speeds of almost 30mph. it also passenger numbers inevitably start Transformation- Airside and Airport the world’s busiest airports. he said. offers maximum spraying widths to increase. Operations, explained the thinking “By taking this latest ASP, Designed specifically for ranging from 3m to 30m.. To help meet this objective, the behind the latest acquisition.

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seams and with already over 200 as possible, to make the maximum which have to be registered before they stands, expansion of the airport would use of our existing resources, and are allowed access. Neil is a fan of Aebi Schmidt winter seem to be necessity – including the reduce inefficiency and downtime. So “We want to go above and beyond equipment for a number of reasons. building of a third runway? the choice of our equipment is very our current objectives and move from “It’s fit for purpose, technologically Neil is a firm advocate. “Heathrow important,” he said. diesel to all electric vehicles,” says advanced, with a simplicity of use and expansion is set to create tens of Also of great importance to Neil Pritchard. good quality which equals reliability. thousands of new skilled jobs, boost Heathrow is the use of clean energy “We are already looking at all- “We also have great feedback from British exporters by billions and and a reduced carbon footprint. The electric Swingo precinct sweepers from our operators about its ease of use and, generate the competition and choice airport’s sustainability strategy – Aebi Schmidt, and we currently have if we want to add in additional pieces that will lower airfares for passengers. Heathrow 2.0 –commits to a public over 100 electric vehicles on our own of equipment, the transition is easy This plan gives Britain the springboard Ultra Low Emissions Zone to be vehicle fleet. We see further significant with commonality of controls requiring to succeed in the world and is the exact implemented in 2022, and a special investment in moving to electric very little in additional operator training – boost our country needs now. airside Ultra Low Emissions Zone soon vehicles and equipment over the next which in turn saves us time and money,” “As we are at, or near, capacity after. five years. he said. at the moment, that increases the Currently there are some 5,000 “And we will be working with With Heathrow bursting at the emphasis for us to be as efficient vehicles operated by both the airport our partners at Heathrow to support and its suppliers and partners, all of strategies that will enable this to happen,” he added.

11 Airport News aebi-schmidt.co.uk London City Airport turns to Aebi Schmidt to boost winter resilience fleet

London City Airport, in the heart of the capital’s Docklands and less than seven miles from the city centre, has turned to Aebi Schmidt to help boost its winter resilience programme, after being caught out by the ‘Beast from the East’ nearly two years ago.

The 2017/18 winter season was weather will hit around late January 50 of our staff in its use, using particularly severe in the UK and, or early February,” said Head of weekly drills and Aebi Schmidt’s like most airports in the country, Transportation, Donie Braddick, who ‘train the trainer’ approach,” said London City, which handled is responsible for the procurement Donie Braddick. more than 4.8 million passenger of “anything with wheels” at the London City is currently movements in 2018, was closed for airport, which is the fifth-busiest by undergoing a five-year, half a billion a short period of time. passengers and aircraft movements pound transformation that started in The Airport, which operates a serving the London area. 2018, which includes a new terminal single 1,500-metre (4,900 ft) long The ASP will boost a winter building, eight new standing runway, has now taken delivery of a resilience fleet which includes a areas, a parallel taxi-way and other new generation ASP airport sprayer number of Aebi Schmidt 5.6m TJS infrastructure developments. from Aebi Schmidt. (towed jet sweepers) – the first To help keep the development The new ASP, which has a of which was supplied a decade areas free of FOD (foreign objects 660 will allow us to sweep the cutting-edge ES control panel 7,500 litre capacity of de-icing ago but is still going strong. More debris) the Airport has now airport both airside and landside which, through a highly visual 7in material and a 15m boom width, recent additions include two of Aebi ordered a new Street King 660 continuously on a touch screen, is not only easy mounted on a Mercedes-Benz Schmidt’s highly acclaimed 6.4m airport specification truck-mounted daily basis, and as and when we to use, intuitive and completely Arocs 1830 4x2 truck, hasn’t yet steel airport snowploughs mounted sweeper from Aebi Schmidt, which require it.” flexible, but its simplicity reduces seen active service – but already on 430bhp Mercedes-Benz Arocs is expects to take delivery of The medium-sized Street King training to a minimum. several operational teams have four wheel drive trucks. next Spring. 660 is designed to fit any standard “We will train our teams in its been thoroughly trained in its use in “Aebi Schmidt equipment “We have previously outsourced two-axle sweeper chassis, and use using the same methodology anticipation of severe weather later is industry leading so we are all our sweeping requirements to brings an array of special features we have used for other Aebi this winter. confident that we have gone for a third party supplier, but wanted and stand-out USPs, faster working Schmidt equipment and expect to “While we don’t expect to the best in a grown-up approach to take it back inhouse to give times and lower operating costs. have it fully functional by late Spring use it in December, the long term to tackling our winter maintenance us greater control,” said Donie It is also extremely operator next year,“ added Donie Braddick. forecast is predicting that any bad issues. So far we have trained over Braddick. “The new Street King friendly thanks to Aebi Schmidt’s

12 Council Update aebi-schmidt.co.uk Lincolnshire County Council ready for winter

Lincolnshire County Council has turned once again to a combination of Aebi Schmidt Stratos III spreaders and Mercedes-Benz Arocs for one of the toughest jobs in transport – clearing the roads of snow and ice through the winter.

Story credit Intercounty Truck & Van The authority has boosted its fleet the Council’s Network Resilience in preparation for the onset of the Manager. cold season, by taking delivery of “We’ve previously relied four new 26-tonners from Dealer on 32-tonne gritters with 10m3 Intercounty Truck & Van. hoppers to keep these roads open. All Arocs 2635 models, they Those trucks employed a ‘pre-wet’ are powered by 7.7-litre ‘straight- salt system, which meant they also six’ engines which generate 260 had to carry heavy liquid tanks. kW (354 hp) and drive both rear “We’ve now switched to an axles via Mercedes PowerShift alternative method which entails automated manual transmissions. using salt impregnated with The new trucks are fitted with molasses. This helps it stick to Schmidt Stratos III grit hoppers and the road, and is highly resistant spreading equipment, as well as to being blown or washed away. mounts for plough blades. It therefore negates the need for Lincolnshire County Council’s water tanks and means we can put gritting fleet now extends to 47 the same size of body on a smaller, vehicles, approximately two thirds 6x4 chassis – which results in a of which are based on Mercedes- welcome cost saving.” Benz chassis. In a break from its The vehicles are equipped with previous acquisition method of Schmidt’s AutoLogic computer- leasing, however, the authority has controlled spreading systems, concentrate fully on the road and Schmidt/Mercedes-Benz gritters anticipate having no difficulty in purchased its latest trucks. into which their routes can be traffic conditions enhances safety. are extremely reliable, and are selling them on for a good price. “While most of our county is programmed in advance. The “The double-drive 26-tonne engineered to stand up to the job Like all local authorities our priority quite flat, the Lincolnshire Wolds spreaders then deposit the correct Arocs is the perfect truck for this extremely well. is to achieve the most cost- area of hills and steep valleys is not amount of salt onto each section demanding role,” continued Mr “They’re also very good value effective solution for our council far from the and prone of road automatically. As well Redford. “Salt and machinery in terms of their total cost of tax-payers’ money, and when it to very bad weather conditions as improving efficiency, the fact are not natural allies, but we ownership – even after a long comes to gritting trucks Mercedes- in winter,“ said Darrell Redford, that this frees up the driver to know from experience that working life of 10-15 years we Benz is our preferred chassis.”

13 Council Update aebi-schmidt.co.uk Newcastle City renews like for like Swingo fleet

Newcastle City Council has carried out a fleet renewal programme for its fleet of Swingos, replacing 11 five-year-old models with 11 brand new examples of the best-selling compact sweeper.

The Council went out to tender The drivers liked the to access, such as multi-storey car under the TPPL (The Procurement high and comfortable parks and underground car parks, Partnership Limited) framework driving position, the all- while its compact dimensions agreement in a process that ensure it remains manoeuvrable in involved not only senior managers round visibility, easy to any tight location, especially around and decision-makers, but use controls and the air street furniture and other obstacles. technicians and drivers as well. conditioned cab. Situated on the banks of They reviewed models from a the River Tyne and covering an number of manufacturers before assessment process. Users liked area of 114square kilometres, opting for the Swingo again, the standard tyres, which made Newcastle is a university city with replacing the fleet on a like-for-like replacement straightforward, and a population of around 300,000, basis on a outright purchase, five the fact that, in a high maintenance with a large diversity of highways, year replacement cycle. environment, the Swingo was byways, shopping centres and Newcastle City Council fleet straightforward to maintain by both pedestrianised areas. manager Peter Morton, who led the mechanics and drivers alike. “Although Newcastle is quite a tender process and is responsible The drivers liked the high and compact city, being about 10 miles for a fleet of 750 vehicles, ranging comfortable driving position, the all- across and six miles wide, we have from cars to HGVs, said: “We round visibility, easy to use controls a variety of different surfaces think the most appropriate way of and the air conditioned cab. The which we need to keep clean at all carrying out a procurement of this Swingo also offers high suction times,” said Peter Morton. nature is to involve everyone from power thanks to a hydraulically “These include cobbled areas, the decision-maker to the end user. driven high-performance suction tarmac pavements and block-paved “That way a decision isn’t fan which gives a nearly stepless squares where larger sweepers made simply on a cost basis, but adjustment of the suction power. to guarantee clean and green and sweeping in the modern urban would cause damage with their is also made from the perspective With over 6,000 machines sweeping in any location. environment, like Newcastle city wider tyres. But the size of the of the people actually driving and delivered worldwide, the Swingo Highly versatile, efficient and centre. Swingo, and its manoeuvrability maintaining the machines,” he said. is a firm favourite with local flexible, with low costs of operation For example, the fully adjustable and flexibility, make it ideal for The Swingos attracted a series authorities and is powered by twinned with high performance, the undercarriage allows easy cleaning and sweeping these of positive comments during the the latest Euro 6c diesel engine Swingo is ideally suited for cleaning sweeping in typically difficult areas areas,“ he said.

14 Council Update aebi-schmidt.co.uk Peterborough City Council cleans up with Cityjet

A state-of-the-art high pressure cleaning machine from Aebi Schmidt UK is currently hitting the streets of Peterborough, helping to keep pavements, streets and walkways looking clean and tidy.

Aragon Direct Services, the new areas clean, for the wellbeing of name for Peterborough City our residents, visitors and city’s Council’s trading company which economy. I’m confident this new has taken over delivery of key machine will prove a real asset services, has bought a new Cityjet for us.” hot jet street washing machine, The Cityjet, which has a water produced by Peterborough-based capacity of 1,240 litres, will be Aebi Schmidt. mainly used in pedestrianised The machine, which contains no areas in the city centre but can be chemicals and uses a high pressure mobilised to other suitable areas if jet of hot water to clean roads, appropriate. pavements and street furniture, It uses high pressurised jets of became operational last week. hot water - similar to a domestic Councillor Marco Cereste, pressure spray which you might Peterborough City Council’s cabinet use to clean a patio, but on a larger member for waste, said: “This scale. type of machine is very effective at David Strachan, Area Sales cleaning stone and paved surfaces Manager for Aebi Schmidt UK, said like we have in Cathedral Square. the Cityjet 3000HP was perfect It brings it up almost like new, so for cleaning away heavy stains and I’m looking forward to seeing it in spillages in city centre areas. action. “Thanks to its twin diesel boiler, “The fact that the machine is the Cityjet can produce water chemical-free means we can be heated up to 90 degrees and can sure that no long-term damage is tackle even heavy duty stains and caused to any of our pedestrianised spills, such as oil and grease, to areas. leave the area clean again - without “We are fully committed to having to resort to using chemicals The drivers liked the high and comfortable driving position, the all-round keeping our streets and public of any kind.” visibility, easy to use controls and the air conditioned cab.

15 Council Update aebi-schmidt.co.uk Uttlesford District Council opts for new Cleango

Uttlesford District Council in rural Essex has opted for a new Cleango mid-sized sweeper from Aebi Schmidt to help keep the towns and villages under its jurisdiction clean and tidy.

Uttlesford, a local government 6c compliant diesel engine and width of 670 mm and a debris flap, has won praise from the Uttlesford its larger hopper, which means it district covering almost 250 offering speeds of up to 40mph, means it is perfect for picking up operators. spends more time working and less square miles, is uniquely run by a this high-performance sweeper is larger debris. Dave Strachan, Area Sales dead time travelling to be emptied collection of local officials called the ideal for cleaning roads in towns and At the same time, a towed Manager, added: “The Cleango has and which, in turn, gives increased Residents of Uttlesford, and has its industrial areas – and the perfect disc brush system takes up little an increased working cycle due to efficiency and productivity.” head office in the market town of solution for tackling Uttlesford’s space underneath the cabin and is Saffron Walden. The district includes cleaning challenges. attached in front of the front axle, London Stansted Airport within Uttlesford Fleet Manager Danny while the flexible brooms enable its boundaries, which is the area’s Johnson explained: “After reviewing different sweeping ranges and largest employer. the payloads and gross vehicle readily adapt to individual street The Council operates a street weight of a number of sweepers, conditions. cleansing fleet of nine machines in and carrying out a value assessment In terms of providing driver a total fleet of 80 different vehicles, with Dave Strachan, our area sales comfort, the cabin is specially ranging from light commercial to manager, we decided to go for the mounted and sound-proofed to lights goods vehicles. Cleango 500.” reduce noise and vibration, while It already operates two of Aebi It has proved to be a good comfortable all-round glazing Schmidt’s extremely popular Swingo decision. ensures high visibility of the work compact sweepers, but wanted a “In the three months we have and traffic area. sweeper that was mid-way between been operating the Cleango, we Add to this an ergonomically a precinct sweeper and a channel have had very good feedback from designed driver seat, modern sweeper to tackle some of the tricky our operators about its performance, heating and air conditioning system, cleaning jobs it faced. payload and drivability, along with a height and tilt-adjustable steering The answer lay in the new mid- its manoeuvrability, comfort and column, and a user-friendly menu size Cleango 500 sweeper which excellent all-round visibility, “said control via a central display, and combines the holding capacity of a Danny Johnson. it’s little wonder that the Cleango large mounted sweeper, with a 5m³ The Cleango is ideal for tackling hopper, and the flexibility of an agile big cleaning jobs with its high The Cleango is ideal for tackling big cleaning jobs with its high performance and nimble compact sweeper. performance suction fan which, suction fan which, combined with a suction nozzle width of 670 mm and a Now available with a Euro combined with a suction nozzle debris flap, means it is perfect for picking up larger debris.

16 Schmidt in Scotland aebi-schmidt.co.uk

sweeping machines, with a team Who are your main customers Super service north of the border of six field-based service engineers north of the Border? always on call to look after We provide quality, efficient and customers’ requirements. reliable machines to service the Aebi Schmidt provides a dedicated customer support and service offering to its many Located on an industrial estate summer and winter needs of Scottish customers. We talk to Service Manager Scotland, Donald Kerr, about the which is home to most of the our many customers across key outstanding service that he and his team offer to customers north of the Border. major truck manufacturers that markets, including local councils Aebi Schmidt works with, such and authorities, international Can you tell us more about mobile engineers. Our objective, as and the North of England in the as Mercedes-Benz and DAF, this airports and corporate customers. the Scottish parts and service it is with customers throughout the fastest possible time and with the makes it easier to carry out chassis In Scotland, we work with 32 centre? British Isles, is always to provide maximum level of service. conversions and fit gritter bodies local authorities plus contractors For our many customers in our Scottish customers with The service centre provides more readily on site. such as Balfour Beatty, Bear Scotland, we operate a dedicated outstanding, instant and exemplary customers throughout Scotland The service centre regularly Scotland, Amey and Transport for parts and service centre near customer support. with rapid delivery and ready carries out this kind of work and Scotland, providing summer and Glasgow, with a service manager, Situated in Bellshill, just outside access to key parts, and carries is currently handling around 10 or winter maintenance equipment and assistant service manager and six Glasgow, and with easy access to around half a million pounds worth 11 conversions a year on behalf of we have relationships stretching the main motorways, our service of parts at any one time. municipal customers. back many years with most of and parts centre is ideally located From this central location, we them. to service the whole of Scotland can easily supply parts or provide servicing for our extensive portfolio of winter maintenance and road

The service centre provides customers throughout Scotland with rapid delivery and ready access to key parts, and carries around half a million pounds worth of parts at any one time.

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We also work with all of seen a number of key benefits Scotland’s major airports. These thanks to our centrally-located Although we are a include, Aberdeen International, service centre, while our team large company, we Glasgow International, Glasgow of field-based mobile engineers adopt a small family Prestwick, Edinburgh International, puts us in a unique position to be approach with all Highlands and Islands based in able to respond quickly to all our our customers Inverness, along with two MOD customers’ needs. bases at RAF and We aim to deliver a first-time to provide them RAF Leuchars. fix every time. It’s all part of going with outstanding And we can meet their service the extra mile on the customer’s customer service. and parts requirements faster and behalf and we aim to provide our more easily thanks to the location customers with long-term clearing of the service centre and its easy and sweeping solutions to allow access to most of the major arterial them to work more effectively and routes. economically.

How do you ensure you provide Tell us more about your approach great service to customers to customer service? throughout the year? We pride ourselves on our ability In even the worst of winter to deliver a dedicated service conditions, our fleet of factory- that focuses on their individual trained service engineers can requirements. And when it comes quickly reach even the most remote to providing a first rate customer of Scottish customers, while their support service, we interact with well equipped mobile service units, our customers directly, and not with a stock of the most commonly through third parties, if they have every confidence in our products, Total Lifetime Care (TLC) - a unique ensures that all our customers’ needed parts, are on call around the an issue. there are occasions where a repair sales and service programme that sales and service needs are met clock. Although we are a large may be required. offers a long lasting commitment to the highest standards, and our The use of GPS satellite company, we adopt a small family We undertake to repair or to customer care, designed to mobile engineers can tackle any navigation allows the service approach with all our customers replace any faulty parts completely help our customers maximise the problem on the ground as it arises. engineer nearest the customer to to provide them with outstanding free of charge, while we also operational life of their equipment Our philosophy is to provide be the first responder and routed customer service. provide our customers with a 24- and provide exceptional value for our customers with the very best to the exact spot where they are During the first 12 months of hour emergency technical support money and complete peace of levels of customer service which needed - whatever the weather and operation, all Aebi Schmidt products hotline. mind at the same time. goes hand in hand with the quality the prevailing road conditions. are covered by a comprehensive At the heart of our service Our dedicated team of fully and reliability of the equipment we Our Scottish customers have warranty because, while we have commitment to our customers is trained in-house support staff supply.

18 Schmidt Telematics aebi-schmidt.co.uk Talking Technical

UK Technical Sales Manager, David Harvey, takes a look at how the latest telematics technology can help operators work faster and smarter.

“Aebi Schmidt Telematics provides all the salting activities quickly and Infra & Green Report you with smart information to allow clearly from your spreader fleet to Monitoring gives you an insight you to operate in a much smarter ensure that all routes have been into the actual quality of your way. Now you can track, log and accurately treated. Live monitoring public spaces. All measurements report on the performance and of activities as they’re carried are immediately accessible after operation of your fleet using the out show exactly what is being they are recorded, and clear and latest GPS technology and on- put onto the roads in their exact transparent reports update you board diagnostics for really smart locations with detailed reports on on the performance achieved and results. all salt consumption. where improvements are possible. Telematics is the technology Schmidt Airport Report: This of sending, receiving and storing provides a real-time overview of AutoLogic information relating to remote all airport support activities so AutoLogic is Aebi Schmidt’s highly objects, such as gritters, sweepers that you always know exactly acclaimed, state-of-the-art and and runway cleaners, to optimise where your de-icing and sweeper easy-to-use automatic spreading the performance of your fleet. vehicles are located and you can system, which utilises GPS-guided Up-to-the minute mobile data respond quickly and flexibly to navigational routing to guide the Thanks to the GPS technology, the AutoLogic is converted into practical and emergencies. The report provides spreader driver along the route with system is able to accurately recreate dosage and useful management information immediate access to information the spreading settings occurring spread rates to ensure the optimal amount of salt to provide intelligent feedback that on your consumption of anti-freeze automatically. It is rare now for our is spread, thus maximising the effectiveness of is quick, easy and transparent to compounds and your proof of Stratos spreaders to be specified treatments and reducing wastage. use. As a result, customers can execution is always available online. without this system. switch quickly and smoothly from Schmidt Infra & Green AutoLogic enables the driver to straightforward for the driver. lack of previous route knowledge planning activities to monitoring Report: This module is divided into fully concentrate on the prevailing The route is driven once to no longer poses a problem when their implementation or reporting two stand-alone applications. Infra traffic conditions without being collect the settings for spreading assigning drivers. on performance. & Green Report Street Sweeping distracted by the spreading and the route data is fed into the AutoLogic provides optimal There are a number of shows you quickly and clearly process, thus increasing road ES control panel. At the start of spreading settings, flexibility in telematics modules available: where your sweepers are and safety. Full integration with Aebi the next spreading application, staff deployment and allows even Schmidt Winter Report what they are doing at any given Schmidt’s ES control panel makes the driver selects the route and the most complex routes to be Telematics: One click shows you moment. its use very uncomplicated and follows the directions, so that perfectly spread.

19 Council Update aebi-schmidt.co.uk Worcester City Council turns to Swingo for city clean

Worcester City Council is employing three brand new Euro 6-compliant Swingo 200+ compact sweepers from Aebi Schmidt to keep the city spick and span for its millions of visitors.

Worcester is a major tourist 5.00am in the city centre. By the attraction with more than three time most visitors have arrived, million visitors a year visiting the this area will already have been city to see the world-renowned thoroughly swept and cleaned with cathedral, the river Severn flowing the Swingos. through its centre, the sporting After the initial early morning facilities that include country shift, on Mondays-Fridays the cricket, rugby and horse racing, and Swingos go to work in the wider the quality shopping on offer. area of the city centre and the With so many visitors a year, outlying areas of Worcester. keeping the city – especially the The Council’s initial Swingo, pedestrianised centre – looking which has been used since 2016, clean and tidy is one of the City was ordered with an optional Council’s top priorities. scrub deck, and Environmental Replacing an existing fleet Operations Manager (Waste & of compact sweepers, the new Fleet) Kevin McFeeley specified Swingos are being used on a daily an interchangeable scrubbing deck basis by the city’s Street Scene as an option for one of the new team and join an existing machine machines as well. and to get rid of whatever they anything, anywhere. become the City Council’s in-house the Council has used for the last Kevin said: “The Swingo leave behind, and decided to Nicholas Cox and Dave trainer. two years, taking Worcester’s fleet can easily be converted from a specify one of the new machines Drummond from the city sweeping Street Scene Manager Mark of Swingos to four. sweeper to a scrubber with the use with a scrub deck as well, in order team and Karl Rolf from general Baylis said: “The addition to The Council ordered the new of the optional scrubbing deck. This to double our cleaning power.” street scene operation have been our fleet of these three Swingo Swingos after evaluating them is very simple to do and can be The drivers like the comfort trained in the use and maintenance machines means our city centre through a formal procurement easily changed by one man. and air conditioning of the of the Swingos, and are now using sweeping crews have tools at process. “We have found the scrubber ergonomically-designed Swingo them to make a real difference in their disposal to deliver excellent Operating every day, the Street to be invaluable to clean up after cabs, the tight turning circle, and the city centre. Ron Davies from services to the visitors and Scene team’s first shift begins at the late night revelers in the city the Swingos’ ability to clean up the city centre team has also residents of Worcester.”

20 Council Update aebi-schmidt.co.uk Guildford Borough Council gives SK660 Thumbs up

Guildford Borough Council has found that a recently-delivered Street King 660 truck-mounted sweeper is perfect for tackling the heavy duty cleaning and sweeping jobs it faces, especially during the leaf-fall season, one of the busiest times of the year.

The Council bought the Street array of special features and stand- King 660 earlier this year to out USPs, giving faster working replace an existing road sweeper, times and lower operating costs. following an evaluation process It is also very operator friendly which saw several rival machines thanks to Aebi Schmidt’s cutting- trialled and then rejected. edge ES control panel which, Guildford BC Fleet Manager through a highly visual 7in touch Andy Mintrum, who is responsible screen, is not only easy to use, for a fleet of 200 road-registered intuitive and completely flexible, vehicles, including everything from but its simplicity reduces training motor bikes to 26 tonne dustcarts, to a minimum. said: “We wanted a medium-size Guildford Borough Council sweeper that was manoeuvrable, sweeper driver, Jason Hitchcock, operator friendly and capable of said the machine had proved tackling the jobs we were going perfect to tackle both the town to throw at it. The Street King has centre and the narrow country ticked all our boxes. lanes that the Council faced due to “Our team love it, it’s very its relative compactness. easy to drive and to operate, “We start a typical shift with and it has certainly proved man two hours from 5.00-7.00am in the enough to tackle the cleaning and town centre, and then tackle some out exactly where you want it King so highly and, like many of comfort which make it as easy to sweeping jobs in the town centre of the outlying areas for the rest to be and is a real pleasure to our customers, has found it to operate as possible from a driver and the outlying areas of the of the shift up to around 1.30pm, drive. It also has excellent suction be the perfect tool for the job – point of view. Borough that we are responsible going out as far as the Borough performance and is very easy especially during a heavy leaf fall “Not only that, but it sweeps for,” he added. boundary. to maintain. We think it’s a real season as we are experiencing faster, misses less, works longer The Street King is designed to “We’ve found it ideal for the winner,” he said. now. and allows the operator to drive fit any standard two-axle sweeper job, and its size has been perfect Richard Bryant, Managing “The Street King has a faster, making it the perfect chassis – in this case, Guildford for some of the country lanes in Director of Aebi Schmidt UK, compact, flexible design, high partner for tackling the heavy duty selected a Euro 6 compliant DAF our area. It has been very well said:”It’s great news that Guildford hopper capacity, clean engine sweeping and cleaning jobs that chassis – and boasts a stunning thought out, everything is set Borough Council rates the Street technology and superb driver the Council faces,” he said.

21 Aebi Schmidt in the Community aebi-schmidt.co.uk

Aebi Schmidt backs Winners of ‘name the gritter’ competition Christmas Tree Appeal A big thank you to the staff and pupils with their winning name. It was a tough competition to judge of Underbank Primary School in South The winning names were: The Grittist and further thanks are owed to the Aebi Schmidt once again backed the 2019 Rotary Club of Lanarkshire who helped the team at the Snowman, Little Snow Fleet and Snow members of the Amey M8DBFO team Stamford St Martin’s Christmas Tree Appeal to provide Amey M8DBFO (Design, Build, Finance, Trooper. who took time out to pick the winning Christmas presents and cash donations to needy and Operate) unit name three of their new Amey Highway Operatives Darren entries. disadvantaged children in the local community. gritter fleet just in time for the end of McAdam and Kenny McColm spent time And in a late announcement – Aebi Last year’s Appeal saw around 1,100 presents and Winter 2018/19 and ready for Winter answering the children’s questions and Schmidt will again be providing prizes significant cash donations donated from a variety of 2019/20. showing them the vehicle. for a new series of gritter competitions businesses and individuals, collected and delivered to a As a major supplier of the company’s Even tackling tricky subjects like how that Amey will be running across its variety of organisations, including Peterborough Family winter service vehicles, Aebi Schmidt does salt work, and why does my dad various Scottish contracts competition Action, Stamford Homestart, Downs Syndrome, Boston assisted with the competition by always toot the horn at you because you this winter. So the message to all the Pilgrim Hospital, The Rudolf Appeal and Peterborough donating a number of prizes for the drive slowly...? received very diplomatic schools taking part is: “get your thinking Prison - Mother & Baby Unit. winners - including toy gritters badged answers and were a credit to Amey. caps on!” Aebi Schmidt has been backing the Appeal for the last 10 years, and this year staff were invited to spend The winning names were: The Grittist Snowman, Little Snow Fleet and Snow Trooper. between £5 and £10 on presents for the children, gift wrap them and deliver them to the Rotary Club organisers ready for distribution to help spread a little Christmas cheer. “Without the kindness and generosity of local businesses to Peterborough, many disadvantaged children would have received very little or nothing at all on Christmas Day,” said Wes Cripps, Parts Supervisor at Aebi Schmidt, who helped organise the Appeal, we are delighted to once again support this fantastic cause.

Rotary Club of Stamford St Martin’s Pupils from Underbank Primary School picked the names for three of the Schmidt gritters from the Amey winter fleet.

22 Your contacts at Aebi Schmidt UK

Managing Director Area Sales Managers Richard Bryant 07824 608 239 Nigel Armstrong 07970 125 238 Diane Curran 07970 125 206 Customer Service Manager Paul Pudney 07584 235 184 Christopher Wilkinson 07971 359 387 David Strachan 07870 267 209

Service Manager Scotland­ Key Account Manager Airport Donald Kerr 07970 125 227 Mike Moore 07748 931 762

Customer Support Manager Key Account Manager Katherine Daunt 01733 363 395 Martin Foster 07799 071 612

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