With the arrival of more luxurious and complex greenhouses , the complexity of malfunction has increased . So , there is plenty of body of work for Ruud van de Munckhof , who has been play for himself for a year now with his caller Nature Technics . He sells climate computers and suffer grower with ' smaller ' glasshouse in pillow slip of malfunction that are not always find fault up directly by the enceinte company . Troubleshooting is the specialty of the man who has worked in the horticultural installation world for year . As Ruud puts it , " That ’s where the devil is these day , with all that technology . "
What gets stuck in horticultureWhen his last employer , Codema , survive bankrupt , the entrepreneur asked himself the question : What is the sticking point in horticulture ? What is there a need for ? Small companies are often at the back of the queue with big companies when it make out to solutions to breakdowns . Greenhouses are becoming more luxurious and complex , and so are breakdowns . " merchandising can be done by any company , but work out complex crack-up is another matter . "
And it is on the latter that Ruud has pore . cultivator and large fellowship can approach him . " companionship do n’t always make the selection to invest in grooming or stave for dislocation that occur very seldom . As a party , you then can not solve such breakdowns with scale , for object lesson . " Ruud started investing in such thing with his company , and he found that his work is picked up by companies anyway .
Linked canvases and more challengesDuring the vigor crisis , many additional canvas were mounted in the greenhouse . Linking those blind cloths was then an excellent job for Ruud . Communication failure are also becoming more topical , according to Ruud . As are ghost failures , which are becoming more frequent . With his equipment and knowledge , Ruud can point in a direction where the result can be sought . Sometimes the answer is so complex or specific that Ruud has to involve other company , such as a fiberglass installer . Not connecting textile decently electrically can also stimulate failures in the longsighted run .
" The bigger the problem , the better I like it , " he articulate .
Installers do not always have the knowledge or resource to solve complex failures . " I then say , I ’ll do it , and I can do it , " he says . Sometimes , the technician spend two weeks at a situation in the mental process . Customers also regularly call him postulate : help me . Ruud seldom goes abroad for tenacious periods of a time , but the technician does not shy out from a three - hour drive from his home location in Griendtsveen .
Old systems and cannabis farmsThe technician often replaces honest-to-goodness systems that are no longer supported by new ones . The owner of Nature Technics also has come breeders and cannabis nurseries as client , and it strikes him that there can be an incredible amount of engineering in these not always very large greenhouse . In doing so , Ruud reach it clear what the journeying is that customers have to go through . " I give them a piece of advice , and sometimes it comes out that customers are slaked with a Hotraco production . But other times , it comes out that they in reality necessitate Hoogendoorn or Sercom equipment . "
trace failuresIt is detectable that raiser regularly experience ghostwriter breakdowns . These are failure in which the cause is not well-defined . Occasionally , it turn out during a equipment failure like this that there is a whole laundry inclination of what is untimely . " There is then not one thing make the damage , but one overlaps the other . The upshot is that a sure part of the mood computer , or a purpose of it , is not serve properly . Customers then number to me and ask : come to my greenhouse and see what specter malfunction there is . When I get there , I run into that customers got raw cloths , wireless frequency - controlled rooter , wireless lighting , and lead lighting . That creates a lot of interference . I then go point by point . "
It ’s courteous that you’re able to control it all with these new organisation , but they are also all disruptive factor in a greenhouse , feel Ruud . " One enquiry then is : How well grounded is the greenhouse ? In 2011 , such a question was not relevant at all . Now it is , with all those wireless system that come across within the greenhouse structure . communicating organisation and measuring equipment nibble up those signals . I am receive that more and more often . "
Ruud van de Munckhof : " I make elaborate digital work orders with photos . "
AmbitionRuud ’s dream is to grow in sales of Hotraco products for small greenhouses . He also want to start offering outside aid so that a local mechanic can work the problem with distant assistance . He require to start using a roadmap for this . He ca n’t do that alone , and he hope to train someone internally for that in due course . " I also want to start supervising more commission operations , " he say .
Pipes and hoses under culture guttersRecurring breakdowns can cost a lot of money . Ruud severalize of a grower who had installed tubes and hoses as aeration under the cultivation gutter . That did n’t make , and there were only breakdowns . " Three mechanics had already been there to solve the job . I looked into the greenhouse , and in just a few transactions , I saw possibilities to fix the problem . This autumn , I may go and help the client straight . Otherwise , the grower would have cleared the costly system because he was course up with failures . "
For more information : Ruud van de MunckhofNature TechnicsTel . : +316 8115 4746[email protected]www.naturetechnics.com
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