Safety first … as always … Part 2
In our last article we started talking about accidents involving doors, and took you through some sobering statistics from the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (ROSPA), before introducing you to a solution called Safehinge. We’re now going to spend a little time on the details of this wonderful solution and explain how it helps to prevent accidents.
How Safehinge works
It’s a brilliantly clever design that eliminates any chance of fingers being trapped, by using a specialist pivot set that removes the gap at the hinge when opening and closing the door. Here’s an image so you can see how it works.
Other advantages of Safehinge
In addition to the vital safety advantage – which is its primary benefit – there are three other stand out advantages of the technology:
- Ease of installation. Since both of the pivots are adjustable using easy access mechanisms, there is significant flexibility in the design, and as a consequence the doors can still be quickly and easily installed even when there are building imperfections and/or discrepancies (as there so often are!) between the architectural designs and reality
- No need to replace. With so many things to worry about, what you don’t want to worry about is replacing doors that are doing the job that they were designed to do. In the nicest possible way, you want to forget about them safe in the knowledge that they will continue to perform outstandingly for years to come. And that’s exactly what you can do with Safehinge doors. They have been classified as ‘Severe Duty’ under British Standards, meaning that they are suitable for environments where they will undergo “frequent violent usage”. And what better example of such an environment is there than a school? The doors have also undergone cyclic testing to over 1.5 million cycles without any sign of failure. This reliability is down to the quality of materials that they are made from – 316 Stainless Steel and anodised aluminium – and the excellence of their design
- Huge lifetime cost savings. Traditionally, retro-fitted hinge covers were used to provide something approaching the protection that Safehinge now offers; these are renowned for having durability issues, breaking on average every 6 – 24 months. Being expensive to replace, the lifetime cost is substantial.
So the benefits of Safehinge are substantial
As we said, it really is a brilliantly clever design, and there’s so much more to learn. As always it’s vital that you talk to experts who specialise in this area and who can give you excellent advice and guidance.
For further information on our company please call us any time on 020 3199 5873 and as always we’ll be delighted to help and advise you.
