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Modifications and dedicated projects

Technology matched to your project's requirements

Not every project can be delivered with catalogue devices alone. When the site's requirements, the way it communicates or integration with existing infrastructure call for an individual approach, we develop GORKE solutions further or design a new device.

The starting point may be a system built from available devices, a modification of an existing platform or a solution developed from scratch. We translate functional and technical requirements into the system architecture, the choice of technology and a plan that leads to deployment.

Since 1999 we have been developing radio electronics with our own design and production facilities. We combine electronics and software design with prototyping, testing and preparing devices for repeatable production.

  1. 1Requirements and architectureWe define the functions, operating conditions, power supply, communication, integration and planned scale of the solution. We assess feasibility and decide whether the right path is a configuration of catalogue devices, a modification of an existing design or a new project.
  2. 2Prototype and verificationWe build a prototype and check the key functions, the communication and how it works with the other parts of the system. The test results are the basis for refining the electronics and software further.
  3. 3Preparing for deploymentWe refine the design, the software and the testing method. We prepare what is needed to launch and run repeatable production.

The result is a solution prepared for a specific site, task and planned project scale — instead of a device the project has to be adapted to.

Selected projects

Solutions designed for real-world conditions

Not every installation can be built from a ready-made scheme. The distance between buildings, the building's construction, the number of users, the way work is organised or the environmental conditions often call for existing devices to be developed further or for a dedicated solution.

The projects below show how GORKE technologies have been used in hotels, care facilities, residential developments, industrial plants and outdoor installations.

DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel & Conference Centre Warsaw

Assistance-call system for a dispersed hotel complex

  • about 20 toilets
  • several buildings
  • LX communication

The system handles assistance calls from accessible toilets for people with disabilities located in different parts of the hotel and conference complex.

The reception desk that receives the calls is in a different building from some of the rooms it covers. Because the site is so extensive, the LX system was used, allowing communication between distant points of the installation. Every call can be passed to the central service desk without a separate system for each building.

The project shows that a single call system can cover a dispersed complex in which the monitoring point and the places where events occur are in different buildings.

Assistance-call system for a dispersed hotel complex

Katowice

Access management on a housing estate

  • 9 buildings
  • over 2,000 remotes
  • remote administration over IP

The system controls access to the two shared entrances to the estate and to the gates of each building's underground car park.

Each resident uses one remote to open the shared barrier and the car park gate assigned to their part of the estate. Permissions are granted individually, so a remote operates only the access points its owner is entitled to use.

The system was set up to handle more than 2,000 remotes. Adding new users, changing access rights and disabling lost or outdated remotes are done on the developer’s side. The installation is administered remotely over an IP network, which makes day-to-day management of the growing estate easier.

Access management on a housing estate

Residential care home

Nurse call system for a group of care buildings

  • 4 buildings
  • 150 rooms
  • 120 bathrooms
  • about 200 residents

For this extensive care complex, a system was prepared that lets residents call staff from both their room and the bathroom. The installation covers four buildings, including a three-storey administrative and social wing.

The system uses IP communication between the parts of the site and 13 gateways serving the individual areas of the installation. Calls are shown on four operator panels and sent to 20 pagers carried by staff.

The solution was matched to the layout of the buildings and the way staff work. It shows where a call comes from and passes it to the staff member nearest the resident, even while they are moving between wards.

Nurse call system for a group of care buildings

A project for a Scandinavian client

Assistance-call button for saunas

  • temperatures up to 110°C
  • high-pressure cleaning
  • light signalling

A standard call device was developed further for use in saunas and thermal zones. The button was built to withstand temperatures of up to 110°C and regular cleaning with high-pressure washers.

The device has light signalling that makes it easier to find in a steamy, poorly lit room. The user can send a call directly from the high-temperature zone without having to leave the sauna.

The project covered adapting the design, the materials and the signalling to conditions in which ordinary call buttons are not used.

Assistance-call button for saunas

Fuel stations · loading centres · transit warehouses

Safety monitoring during lone-worker shifts

The solution was developed for sites where a single person works the night shift. The system helps monitor that the employee is present and makes single-person staffing possible while keeping to the agreed safety procedures.

The devices let the employee confirm their presence at the workstation at set intervals and pass the relevant information to the monitoring point. The system can be adapted to the number of monitored zones, the work schedule and the response procedure in force at the site.

Such a solution is used wherever an employee works a shift alone and the site operator needs technical confirmation of their presence and the ability to respond according to the agreed procedure.

Safety monitoring during lone-worker shifts

SKANSKA

Calling a temporary construction hoist

  • a building of about 40 storeys
  • LX system
  • SOX-037 control unit

During the construction of a high-rise building, a system was needed to call the temporary goods hoist from the floors it served.

Transmitters working with the SOX-037 control unit were placed on the individual levels. The system uses two-way LX communication, so commands can travel considerable distances in the demanding environment of a construction site.

The solution made it easier to organise the movement of materials and workers between floors. The system was designed as a temporary installation that changes as construction progresses.

Calling a temporary construction hoist

Hotel Gołębiewski, Wisła

Access control and safety functions in a hotel complex

  • car park
  • water park
  • saunas

In this hotel complex, GORKE devices were used for several different control and safety tasks.

The parking system handles hotel guests' entry and manages access to selected parking zones. In the leisure area, solutions were installed for emergency stopping of water attractions and for controlling the pumps that supply water to the slides.

A separate part of the project is the assistance-call buttons designed for the saunas. Each solution was matched to the way the complex operates, the environmental conditions and the procedures followed by the technical staff.

Access control and safety functions in a hotel complex

Złotoryja — gold panning championships

Wireless timing at a sports competition

  • 0.01-second accuracy
  • competitor stations
  • central results board

For a gold panning competition, a wireless timing system was prepared that connects the competitors' stations with the judges' desk, a checkpoint and the results board.

Competitors press sealed mushroom buttons designed to work right next to water. Signals from the stations go to the timing system, which records times to an accuracy of 0.01 seconds and makes the data available to the people running the competition.

The project required combining radio communication with precise measurement and preparing the devices for intensive use outdoors.

Wireless timing at a sports competition

A precast concrete plant

Calling internal transport in a precast plant

The system lets workers at individual stations call a forklift to exactly where material needs to be collected or delivered.

The installation was adapted to a production hall with structures and conveying equipment running at a height of about four metres and above. Radio communication made it possible to connect the workstations with the transport team without running extensive cabling through the production space.

The operator is told clearly which station the call comes from. This makes it easier to plan the order of trips and cuts the time spent waiting for materials to be moved between production stages.

Calling internal transport in a precast plant

Irrigation of large areas

Remote control of deep-well pumps

  • LX system
  • long-distance communication
  • command confirmation

The system lets the operator start and stop the deep-well pumps that supply water to the irrigation system remotely.

LX communication makes it possible to control devices spread over a wide area. Two-way transmission returns confirmation that a command has been carried out, so the operator learns how the installation responded without having to go back to the pump.

The solution makes it easier to run sprinklers and irrigation systems in which the distance between the operator and the pumps can range from a few hundred metres to several kilometres.

Remote control of deep-well pumps

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