PROTECTING YOUR MONEY – THE REAL ADVANTAGE OF THE FLEXIBLE PROTECTION
Often, when describing the advantages of flexible industrial protections, customers ask me one question. That question is always the same: how can industrial protection be flexible? How can something flexible protect a rack from an impact with a forklift? That question is because we often make confusion between being flexible and being weak. Some people think that flexibility is synonymous if fragility: actually, the opposite is true.
WHAT IS THE MEANING OF FLEXIBILITY?
Flexibility means the capability of adapting to a new status or condition to avoid disruption or damage. While we introduce flexible industrial protection, customers often ask us if flexible protections do a better job than metal ones. They see metal protections are more robust when compared to flexible ones.
Let’s see in detail why we must not underestimate the value of flexibility. We will start with the metal protections that have no flexibility in comparison to PVC flexible protection.
1. When a forklift hit a metal barrier, the metal will bend and eventually stay bent if the impact is significant enough.
2. Once bent, though, it will lose its core function of protecting a rack or a door, or the most critical asset of a company, its people. 3. Here is where flexibility makes the difference: when flexible protection receives a hard hit, it bends to protect and then returns to its previous position, ready to protect again.
FLEXIBLE VS NON-FLEXIBLE INDUSTRIAL PROTECTION
4. Eventually, if the impact is very significant, it will take the metal industrial protection off from the ground, causing breakage of the floor. The cost of replacing it can be very high, as we will have to repair the floor.
Here, the flexibility of industrial protection has the most significant advantage over a metal one. By bending, it absorbs the kinetic energy and does not transfer it to the floor. Consequently, there won’t be any need for costly maintenance to repair it.
CONCLUSION
👉🏻 In conclusion, we invite you to watch the impact test PVC Safety Barriers vs. Steel Barriers.
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