It was just a late LinkedIn update from Richard Broch : an automatic spray had run of the railat a gerbera agriculturist , due to a want of upkeep so a immediate mending was necessary .
job , action …
With some lashing strap Richard , upon comer at the raiser ’s , bring off to get the machine back in its place and fixed . Happy grower , because the job was done quickly , and happy Richard , because he likes to ' work out on site ' . " I sell my own time and noesis . "
… and restore with a new set of wheel .
ready to hand nurseryman ’s sonThat is something Richard has been doing for over five year now , with his fellowship BrochKlus Mechanisatie . January 2nd , this year , he had the 5th anniversary . Not that he was n’t active in gardening before that , by the means , because for a long time , Richard worked at provider Nic . Sosef , until this caller went belly-up .
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" I ’m a nurseryman ’s son , and it was discovered too soon that I was pretty handy . I ’ve always potter a lot , even as a small fry . I did n’t want to be a raiser though , but with the study I do now , testing almost everything with SKL ( Dutch organisation for quality demand of agricultural proficiency ) , from atomiser examination to construction , installing and maintaining , I ’m still always cultivate in gardening . "
Malfunction in automate greenhouse is disastrousFor bang jobs , Richard daily drives ' all through the Westland and surroundings ' . " The client is in problem when he calls me , and does n’t need a mechanic in two or three days , he needs one now .
And that I do , like with spray equipment , when the raiser is bond to a tight agenda and repair is needed quickly . Plus , with the growing and automization of companies , a malfunction can easily be disastrous for a refinement . "
Custom madeIt ’s not just haste jobs , that ’s about a quarter of the study for which Richard goes to the nursery . He makes his own installations , too , like a customs duty made sprayer in both ornamentals and glass greenhouse refinement of vegetables .
" Every greenhouse is unlike , which often asks for a customization of existing equipment to verify the machine can force back over the heating tube or a boom can equip in the lattice . In that example , I often adapt the nozzles and the bonanza in such a way that the cultivator can lick with it in his greenhouse . "
BinderNext to that , Richard build installations himself , too , latterly for example in cooperation with CleanLight which issue UV - disinfect lights . " They supply the ignitor , and I make an software with the lightness in it for the growers , for representative a tunnel for cart or intern transport disinfecting , to forestall for illustration the Tomato Brown Rugose Fruit Virus ( ToBRFV ) .
" But you could also think about decontaminating a ligature from a salesman at the entryway of the company or the cock of a mechanic come to repair something . easily safe than sorry ! "
TechniciansAnd maybe , Richard would like to start developing and building machines all by himself in the futurity . " But , as awesome as I call back that gradation would be , I would have to have sure thing about the vengeance of the costs that you get when developing something new . "
Until then , there ’s plenty of maintenance , because how new a machine may be , maintenance always needs to be done . Richard does that for an ever increase amount of agriculturalist . " I do n’t do upkeep contract , I just go there depend on the use of the machines by the cultivator and the hours that they work .
Real technician are becoming rare in the greenhouse horticulture . That ’s one reason it ’s so important that the grower keeps investing in this sector " , concludes Richard , say one last thing ; " Just call for information , because the above is just a small-scale portion of what we do . "
For more information : BrochKlus Mechanisatiewww.brochklus.nlRichard Broch[email protected]+31 ( 0 ) 6 41014714
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