SEPTEMBER 2018 | 35
Products
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SCAFFOLD SOLUTION
COMBINES COMFORT
AND ADVANCED SAFETY
For the specific working
conditions that scaffolders face
every day, MSA offers a person-
al fall protection solution that
combines practicality with peace
of mind. The V-TEC™ Personal
Fall Limiter with aluminium scaff
hook delivers durable protection
that is both quick and easy to
use, and comfortable to wear all
day, every day thanks to its light-
weight construction.
The scaffolding industry
remains in the top three of the
Occupational Safety and Health
Admin’s (OSHA) most cited
violations with the most frequent
transgression relating to “Each
employee on a scaffold more than
10 feet above a lower level shall
be protected from falling to that
lower level.”
The very nature of their work
means scaffolders, when erecting,
altering or dismantling scaffolding,
are regularly exposed to the risk
of a fall. In addition, scaffolders
often work in adverse weather
conditions – rain, high winds and
ice can all significantly increase
the risk of a fall.
In the UK, the National Access
and Scaffolding Safety Confed-
eration has produced its recom-
mendations and guidance SG4:15
Preventing Falls in Scaffolding
Operations which includes: “Kara-
biners that are designed especially
for attaching to scaffold standards
make an effective and efficient
anchor device.”
The V-TEC PFL is a
compact and dura-
ble self-retracting
lanyard incorpo-
rating innovative
energy absorbing
technology. Its
pedigree comes from
developments in
the high-tech au-
tomotive indus-
try combining
an ultra-tough
polycar-
bonate
transparent
outer casing
that facili-
tates inspection.
www.msasafety.com
THE FIRST SWEET
As the first orders of Sweet, the rev-
olutionary door furniture range start to
come in from the initial wave of customers,
the very first door has now been installed
with this registered curved design in hard-
ware to spectacular effect.
With stocks arriving at the end of July,
this was a photographic opportunity too
Sweet to miss with the first batch of product
samples, which have also gone through
a successful and comprehensive testing
programme for weather resistance and op-
erating cycles. Over the coming weeks and
months some highly trusted and respected
brands will in turn announce their Sweet
adoption.
The installation itself featured handle,
letterplate, knocker and numeral from the
Sweet range, along with a 3 Star Ultion
cylinder, all from Brisant Secure. In this
interesting case study, the door itself was a
bespoke arched PVCu frame with carefully
manufactured door slab in a rich blue and
installed on a 1950’s suburban home.
Nick Dutton CEO of Brisant Secure
commented: “We’ve brought in some early
samples for testing, sales presentations and
to get onto the first door.”
INCONSPICUOUS DRAUGHT
STRIPPING FOR STEEL DOORS
Designed to provide a
neat way of draught-proof-
ing internal steel doors, the
W20 profile end cap is now
available from Steel Win-
dow Association members
and can be factory-fitted
into the bottom of internal
www.sweet-doors.co.uk
pivot or sliding doors of
any size.
The end cap offers an
inconspicuous alternative
to the brass draught strips
that have traditionally been
surface-mounted along the
bottom edge of doors. The
new, specially moulded
profile is made of rolled
aluminium and installed to
close off the W20 end sec-
tion during the fabrication
of the door; it is finished
to match the door’s colour.
The draught stripping then
slides into the aluminium
section with the option of
either a rubber strip or a
wool pile brush strip which
can be of varying sizes de-
pending on the width of the
gap under the door.
Traditional steel window
screens are being ‘reinvent-
ed’ to meet unprecedent-
ed demand for bespoke
internal glazed partitions
in high-end schemes and
doors are often an integral
part. Door thresholds are
unnecessary, so the finished
floor is uninterrupted.
www.steel-window-
association.co.uk