Machines, software and monitoring for flood protection and hydraulic engineering
topocare GmbH
Gütersloh (NRW)New on Amplifa
About topocare
topocare GmbH is a company for flood protection and hydraulic engineering founded in 2012 in Gütersloh. The core of the company is patented laying machines with which endless sand-filled tubes (topotube) can be produced economically. During construction operations, these are used to build embankments and dikes, and in disaster situations for the rapid erection of temporary flood protection barriers. According to the company, the laying capacity of a tube laying machine corresponds to about 420 people laying sandbags. In addition to the topotube, topomover and topopacker machines, topocare offers flood protection software, logistics concepts for the setup of mobile systems, dike and structure monitoring with internet-capable sensors, geotextile, spare parts and training. The multidisciplinary team of engineers, simulation experts, software developers and geographers cooperates with universities and works for municipalities as well as water and dike associations.
- Site
- Gütersloh
- Processes
- Production of sand-filled endless tubes for dike construction and flood protection barriers, Structure/dike monitoring using internet-capable sensor technology, Conceptual design and software for controlling the logistics of setting up mobile systems, Conceptual design and implementation of flood protection and hydraulic engineering, Production of dikes and embankments with laying machines, Flood protection software, Structure and dike monitoring with internet-capable sensor technology, Logistics concepts and software for setting up mobile systems
- Materials
- Sand, Geotextile
- Certificates
- Research cooperations (among others RWTH Aachen)
- Founded
- 2012
- Industries
- Flood protection, Hydraulic engineering, Civil protection, Municipalities, Water and dike associations
- 01
Conceptual design and engineering
- 02
Development and manufacture of the laying machines
- 03
Production of sand-filled endless tubes (topotube)
- 04
Software and logistics control for system setup
- 05
Dike and structure monitoring
- 06
Training and service
Materials and Processes
Sand
Fill material for the endless tubes from which embankments, dikes and temporary flood protection barriers are made.
Geotextile
Tube material that is filled with sand-filled bulk material during laying.
Locations
Gütersloh
DERegistered office, development and sales
- Materials
- Sand, Geotextile
- topotube tube laying machine
- topomover laying machine
- topopacker packing machine
Machines and Systems
Inside the production
Industries
Processes & technical limits
| Processes | Tolerance | Max. part | Weight | Lot size | Materials |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Production of sand-filled endless tubes for dike construction and flood protection barriersOther | – | – | – | – | Sand, Geotextile |
| Structure/dike monitoring using internet-capable sensor technologyTesting | – | – | – | – | – |
| Conceptual design and software for controlling the logistics of setting up mobile systemsEngineering | – | – | – | – | – |
3 Anlagen & Maschinen
| Machine | Manufacturer / model | Quantity | Working area | Year built | Site |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flood protection/tube laying machine (topotube) | topocare topotube | – | – | – | Gütersloh |
| Laying machine (topomover) | topocare topomover | – | – | – | Gütersloh |
| Packing machine (topopacker) | topocare topopacker | – | – | – | Gütersloh |
Additional services
Quality and Research
topocare combines research and application through cooperations with universities, among others in the funded research project SmaDeWa. Condition monitoring of dikes and embankments is carried out using internet-capable sensor technology.
| Evidence | Gütersloh |
|---|---|
| Research cooperations (among others RWTH Aachen) |
History
- 2012
In October 2012, topocare GmbH emerged from a ZIM cooperation project funded by the Federal Ministry of Economics, in particular with the engineering office Draier.
- 2020
topocare made it into the final round of the last 20 innovations of the German Future Prize.