The “Westlandgracht” lock is located between the Westlandgracht and the Slotervaart in the city center of Amsterdam. The lock has a difference in water level between the east and the west of 1.70 meters. The lock in the Westlandgracht was originally operated manually, but will be remote controlled by the end of 2023. VHT has delivered 8 pieces of Electro Mechanical Actuators (EMA’s), for the movement of the miter gate doors as well as for the valves.
EMA Miter gate doors: EMA-190:
- Max. force 116 kN
- Max. Stroke 1800 mm
- Max. speed 52 mm/s
- Nominal power 4 kW
EMA valves: EMA-110:
- Max. force 22 kN
- Max. Stroke 720 mm
- Max. speed 29 mm/s
- Nominal power 0.64 kW
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