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A solution with the Fiam signature for your ergonomic workstation
New magnesium telescopic arms by Fiam
Ergonomics has always been a vital theme discussed in the work environment; the technical definition says: “scientific discipline that deals with the interaction between man and the other elements of a system and then formulates principles, data and methods for daily work”.
In ergonomics, work conditions adapt to users and not vice versa. In particular, the following must be adapted:
• work environment (lighting, climate and sound conditions) to concrete physical requirements
• work requirements to concrete personal skills
• use interface of machinery and systems to the user’s physical and mental characteristics
• work hours to the particular worker’s conditions
• Work type and rhythm to individual abilities.
One of the most frequent risks connected with ergonomics in the workplace is worker’s fatigue. Specifically, in the world of industrial tightening, worker’s fatigue is connected with the tool used, the effort required to start the tool, the body’s posture and the reaction on the hand when the established torque is reached.
Fiam has always focussed on these themes and on three main approaches:
1 choice of tool
2 choice of the accessory (e.g. Auxiliary handles and ergonomic arms)
3 compliance with the correct methods of use.
These 3 factors guarantee the work quality, through the ergonomic design of the station: fundamental prerequisite for the worker’s health.
Fiam does not only produce and market tightening tools and systems according to ergonomic principles, but it also designs and manufactures every accessory used in the workstation on the basis of these principles, guaranteeing safety and less fatigue for workers.
To confirm its continuous commitment to ergonomics, in its R&D department, Fiam has developed a new range of telescopic arms in a magnesium alloy.
Why choose magnesium for these new BT-MG telescopic arms that can be used with any type of tool and withstand any stress?
In fact, magnesium competes with many other polymer materials, to replace other metals increasingly more often, and offers a series of advantages that the industry has been able to exploit only in part over the last few years:
- is light (30% lighter than aluminium) and guarantees greater handling ease
- has high specific resistance, comparable with that of carbon fibre
- has superb mechanical characteristics that allow making rigid and resistant components
- is characterized by a yield stress similar to that of aluminium alloys
- has superb qualities of vibration damping and electro-magnetic screening
- had good resistance to corrosion thanks to the «alodine»® treatment. This is a colour conversion treatment that keeps the electrical conductivity / resistivity of the alloy unchanged over time
- is resistant to ageing
- has high resistance to impact
- is a fully recyclable material, biocompatible with human contact and therefore ecological.
Magnesium is finding wide use in various sectors: from the automotive to the aeronautical down to biomechanics.
