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Structural Fixings and Fasteners
News Release from: Halfen | Subject: Vibration-Free Fixing
Edited by the Buildingtalk Editorial
Team on 19 May 2004
Tune Into Halfen - For Vibration-Free
Fixing
Halfen, the UK leading supplier of channel-based fixings for the building and construction industries, have the ready-made answer to new Control Of Vibration at Work Regulations.
Halfen, the UK leading supplier of channel-based fixings for the building and construction industries, have the ready-made answer to the problems of fixings into concrete when the Control Of Vibration at Work Regulations come into force by July next year Cast-in channel, says the company, provides the simple, economic and safe solution to a major source of occupational ill-health - vibration white finger
This article was originally published on Buildingtalk on 22 Mar 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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The new Regulations will require employers to take action to prevent their employees from developing diseases caused by vibration at work from equipment, vehicles and machines.
Quoting the Health and Safety Commission, Halfen points out that hand-arm vibration is a major cause of occupational ill-health, with around 3,000 new claims for Industrial Injury Disability Benefit being made each year in relation to vibration white finger.
Halfen channels cast into the reinforced concrete frame of a building provide fixings by means of T-head bolts that face-enter the channel.
They not only avoid the noise and dust but also the vibration of the drilling otherwise required for fixings into the frame.
And the users of cast-in channels also benefit from a range of advantages, says Halfen.
These include: * adjustment for fixings.
* multiple fixings at close spaces and fixings at close edge distances.
* choice of lengths, load ranges and finishes (black, pre-galvanised, hot-dip galvanised, A2 and A4 stainless).
* economical accommodation of dynamic and static loads.
* easy fixing without special tools and with little training.
* reduced installation time for subsequent fixings including a wide range of ties, various sizes of T-bolts and locking plates.
* no need for power supply or exact templates and no damage to concrete or reinforcement. Request a free brochure from Halfen ...
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