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Axell
“ Overall, we’ ve restructured the entire organization. Acquisitions have been key to this, as they have expanded our footprint and our capabilities. We’ ve been able to enter new markets, create faster and more specialized technologies, and build talent and depth in critical areas. Most importantly, they’ ve helped us to evolve from just a regional manufacturer to a global end-to-end solutions provider.”
Moving into this new era, PBE Axell remains focused on manufacturing the best electronic safety products and delivering data and communication infrastructure services across multiple industries.“ We offer a multitude of products across safety and wireless communications,” Kyle confirms.“ Our largest safety offer is a collision avoidance system that prevents accidents on large construction equipment. Originally designed for mining environments, the system adapts easily to regular construction sites.” This system, which is a complete proximity alert system( PAS) for above and below ground detections, enhances workplace safety by reducing the risk of collision through asset and personnel detection and warning.“ This is our fastest growth product line. I would say that we have seen approximately 40 percent growth from last year and it looks likely to continue growing.”
Beyond safety solutions, PBE Axell works in communications infrastructure.“ We provide our Omnia Railroad Tunnel Communication & Data product to the North American train sector,” Kyle elaborates. Developed by PBE to meet Tier 1 Freight rail’ s unique coverage, performance and maintainability requirements, Omnia is actually three systems in one – positive train control, tunnel and service voice, and distributed power.“ This means the tunnel is talking to the train, knowing where the train is at all times.”
The final element of PBE Axell’ s safety offer is tagging and tracking. Installed in over 100 underground systems, these solutions accurately identify the location of personnel and equipment. They increase productivity and efficiency, reduce energy consumption, and improve safety of workers.
Complementing its safety and communication offerings, PBE Axell offers resilient distributed antenna systems( DAS), LTE, leaky feeder and wireless networks. Ensuring ease of implementation, particularly during the challenging construction phase, these solutions are designed to meet the unique needs of modern industries whilst providing versatility and adaptability – both essential to changing conditions.“ The company has had a long history on the communications side with analogue distributed antenna systems and leaky feeder systems, but the world has evolved to be more and more digital,” Greg explains.“ We’ ve now introduced digital technology into our wireless communications DAS systems, which has provided more features and frequencies for our customers, a better user interface, lower power requirements, and improved signal quality.”
“ Our new digital DAS platform is an exciting opportunity that’ s come onto the market,” Kyle adds.“ Offering enhanced wireless coverage, the DAS brings multiple benefits, including support for multiple cellular and 5G technologies, higher network capacity and speed and improved wireless coverage in areas with poor signal reception.“ Analogue technology has limitations. Our digital product is much simpler to build, more reliable, and more customizable for the customer. We can dial in the solution for them and build it significantly faster.”
Case studies of past implementations demonstrate the significant projects that have utilized PBE Axell solutions. From Heathrow Terminal 5 and the London Olympic Park to the Burj Khalifa Tower in Dubai and Lincoln & Holland Tunnels in New York, PBE Axell clearly addresses the needs of clients that require the best in reliability,
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