Aggreko is the first company in the
UK to have Berry Systems’ new Soft
Stop bollards. A total of 104 bollards
are installed at its new
Dumbarton facility.

This dynamic energyabsorbing
protection system
consists of a base on which a
protective pole, post or
similar is attached. During a
collision, the kinetic energy
of the impact is
progressively absorbed as
the post tilts, compressing
an elastomeric sleeve within the base.

The post is able to tilt from its vertical
position to an angle of 20° before it
locks within the base. After the
impact the post will return to its
vertical position.

A single Type 3 Soft
Stop Bollard has been
found under independent
tests to have a hold
power of almost 13,000
Joules – more than
enough to cope with a
frontal impact from a 20t
vehicle at 4kph, says
Berry Systems.