Ride Control

Ride Control is the electrical hardware & software system that makes the safe & efficient operation of your ride possible. There is no company with more experience to design and implement your systems to meet and exceed the diverse requirements of today’s thrilling rides and attractions.

Birket can provide complete ride control design/build/commissioning services or upgrades integrating new ride elements or resolving obsolescence issues.

Birket Engineering designed and commissioned the ride control systems for the world’s 1st and 2nd LIM-launched roller coasters. We have provided design/build/installation ride control services for dark rides, water rides, and roller coaster projects around the world.

Services:
  • Risk Assessment
  • Theory of Operations
  • Complete ride control system hardware & software design and build
  • Site commissioning 
  • FAT/SAT authoring and execution
  • Operations manual and training
  • Complete documentation
Qualifications:
  • TUV FS (Functional Safety) engineers to satisfy ISO 12100 and 13849
  • Licensed professional engineers
  • Panel assembly satisfying UL508a labeling requirements
Experience:
  • Revenge of the Mummy, Universal Studios
    • LIM-launch ride control system
    • Launch, Trackswitch, Load/Unload, Block Zone systems 
      • Orlando, Los Angeles, Singapore, Beijing, and Osaka
  • Transformers: The Ride 3D, Universal Studios 
    • Ride & Show supervisors
      • Orlando, Singapore, and Beijing
  • Flight of Fear, Paramount King’s Dominion, Paramount King’s Island
    • LIM-launch ride control system
  • Iron Man Experience, Hong Kong Disneyland
    • Ride Control Hardware production