CINTEC America, designer and manufacturer of the CINTEC Reinforcing Anchor System, announces the Blastec Isolator Bin. It’s described as a blast mitigation tool, deployed to provide temporary blast mitigation and fragment retention.
Originally demonstrated at the US Department of Defense’s (DoD) Force Protection Equipment Demo (FPED) at the Quantico Marine Corps Base in Virginia, and selected by the British Military Bomb Squad, the isolator bin can be inflated the US makers say in any location where suspect objects may be, including airports, restaurants, stores, post offices, and office buildings.
The isolator bin is made from an internally reinforced fabric, and is designed to be deployed manually or robotically using appropriate bomb disposal equipment. The unit is open at the top and bottom to facilitate deployment and access to the suspect object if required.
The unit measures 3’3" x 4’9" x 4’9", but can be adjusted in size to meet customer requirements, the product company says. The external fabric can be supplied to meet most environmental conditions and situations. Each unit weighs 33 lbs. when empty, and 2,850 lbs. when full. The volume per unit is 5.6cu feet when empty, and 67cu feet when full.
About CINTEC
CINTEC America offers structural masonry retrofit strengthening, repair, and preservation. CINTEC America of Baltimore has associated offices in Newport, Wales; Newcastle, Australia; Ottawa, Canada and in India. The company designs and manufactures the CINTEC Reinforcing Anchor System, a micro cement anchoring and reinforcing technique. CINTEC offers structural analysis and design services, turnkey solutions, as well as masonry repair and reinforcement anchors used for blast protection, seismic reinforcement, historic preservation and overall building strengthening. CINTEC was awarded the 2002 Queen’s Award for Enterprise in Innovation and received two UK Historic Bridge Awards and an Engineering Excellence Award from The Institution of Engineers, Australia in 2001. For more information, call 1-800-363-6066; fax: 1-800-461-1862; e-mail: [email protected] or visit –
