Tensabarrier stanchions for efficient crowd management

Posted by crowdcontrolexperts on April 10th, 2013

Little price imports are a matter of fact in today's market and the stanchion business is no less affected than any other. The precedent few years have seen a rising number of products both branded and unbranded inflowing the market from low down expenses regions, normally the Far East. But there are the tensabarrier stanchions which have proved effective. There are some resellers and even conventional US manufactures that have preferred to take a low specification and low cost approach and it is up to the purchaser to come to a decision whether these products symbolize worth for capital. Yet another example is the retracta-belt stanchions ,indicating that stanchions have proved to be good enough for managing crowd.

However there is concern over the number of products entering the market that are potentially dangerous and would like to bring your attention to the critical safety factors you should be aware of. All retracting belt barriers should have a braking system and an anti-tamper locking belt end. The anti-tamper locking belt end stops the belt being released accidentally, particularly important in environments frequented by children. The other is a braking system, for without it when the belt is released the force from the coiled spring will cause the belt to whip back behind the post, potentially causing injury to bystanders. Imagine a child whose eye line is about post height - the risk of an eye injury to a child is unthinkable.

Products like the Lawrence Tensabarrier product has the most advanced braking system available and an anti-tamper locking belt ends as standard. Other American manufacturers also have brakes on their products but surprisingly locking tape ends are not always standard. Some imports also have brakes of varying degrees of efficiency but many do not. Having products on the market without these critical safety features does a disservice to the whole industry. Eventually the importers and distributors of these dangerous stanchions will be subject to personal injury claims and will probably desist but in the meantime the reputation of retracting belt stanchions as a safe, effective means of pedestrian guidance is likely to be undermined. It is strongly urged to the buyers of stanchions to ensure the products they are buying have effective brakes and anti-tamper locking belt ends. So, safety is the first and foremost concern for buying any stanchion. You must always keep security in mind while buying one. It is especially so when the number of people is huge.

About the author: The author is expert in various crowd barriers such as tensabarrier stanchions etc. He frequently writes on different barrier management systems.