The force of an impact will be absorbed by the object doing the hitting and the object being hit. The common theme employed by most products in the Berry Systems range is the concept that, if this force can be channelled into and absorbed by a safety barrier then less damage will be done to the objects involved, be they vehicles, machines, buildings or people.
This means that safety barriers must be more than just visible reminders of potential danger. They must be engineered to withstand the likely specific danger in any given situation.
For very light impacts the inherent strength of a steel barrier, rigidly mounted can be sufficient to withstand the impact without suffering damage. However, this is achieved at the expense of transferring most of the impacting force between the object that hit the barrier - a fork lift truck for example - and the floor anchorage. Stronger impacts will damage both the barrier and floor, always involving costly repairs.
A semi-flexible mounting system, such as the Berry Flexi-Post can absorb more energy from the impact by deflecting up to 120mm. This deflection protects both the barrier and the impacting object. This is sufficient, for example, to absorb over half of the force involved when a 1.5 tonne car hits a barrier at 10mph (4.5metres/sec).
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