Safetech Fence
Protect the work zone. Keep the trains running.
Safetech Fence is a patented barrier that separates a work zone from an open adjacent line. Each post clamps to the rail, so a small crew puts up 100 m in under 10 minutes, with no digging and no heavy plant. Made by Rail Safety Constructions in the Netherlands and supplied in Australia by Melvelle.
100 m
In under 10 minutes
Posts and barriers are carried in by hand and clamped on. They come down just as fast at the end of the shift.
No digging
Clamped to the rail
No excavation and no disturbed ballast, so the track stays as it was and the crew breathes less dust.
1.95–2.55 m
From track centre
Seven offset settings in 100 mm steps put the barrier where the job needs it.
2 parts
Posts and barriers
Fibreglass-reinforced red-and-white barriers slot into steel posts and lock in with a wedge.
- Up to 100 m installed in under 10 minutes
- Clamps to the rail: no digging, no heavy plant
- Barrier set 1.95–2.55 m from the track centre
- Complies with EN 16704-2-2
- Used by Deutsche Bahn, Strukton, VolkerRail and Colas
Technical specifications
Barrier
- Offset from track centre
- 1.95–2.55 m, 7 settings (100 mm steps)
- Barriers
- Upper and lower, fibreglass-reinforced composite
- Marking
- Red and white, 45° stripes
- Posts
- Steel, clamped to the rail
- Post spacing
- About 2.4 m (3.0 m max)
On site
- Install rate
- Up to 100 m in under 10 minutes
- Fixing
- Rail clamp, no excavation
- Emergency access
- Barriers lift out to open a gap
- Storage & transport
- Stackable frames, forklift or crane-truck loading
Compliance
- Standard
- EN 16704-2-2
- Patent
- European patent 3670742
- End of life
- Steel, polyethylene and composite parts all recyclable
For Australian networks
- Supplied and supported in Australia by Melvelle, Newcastle NSW.
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