A look beneath the surface at Fastmount's stunnung new textile clips

Fastmount are a New Zealand company whose panel mounting system for yachts has seen a dramatic uptake shore side too. The concept is that internal panels should be easy to mount and remove repeatedly for maintenance and tough enough to be bounced around the worlds oceans on the back of a powerboat. Their solution is award winning in it's simplicity and despite having been developed for the marine industry canny designers use them for shop fitting and commercial interiors as their preferred panel mounting system. The new TC-06 textile range was first envisioned as a way of attaching cushions on board yachts. The TC-F6 female clip is sewn into the cushion where it mates with the TC-M6 male which has been screwed to the receiving surface. Push-click and the cushion is fitted with a 10kg break-out load per clip. This will give enough retaining force for even the most boisterous of boys nights out and when it comes to cleaning up, the cushions or panels can be quickly swapped out by untrained staff using the TC-R6 removal tool. The TC-R6 removal tool is pushed against the side of the clip where it compresses one of the three triggers on the red retaining collar which releases the clip. It's not hard to imagine uses in the furniture or hospitality industries. Cushions or textile panels often need cleaning and this is rarely easy in situ. Having spare cushions that can be swapped out reduces down time and stress all round. The system is very low profile making it invisible in use with no doming and imperceptible when used in seating. The present screw fitting male will soon be complemented by a surface mount version with a VHB adhesive backing and clear plastic versions for when the clip has to blend in when panels or cushions are removed. Sugatsune love this product, it is one of the few third party products they sell, they believe it to be the best panel fixing solution in the world today. If you'd like to see the Fastmount panel mounting system Sugatsune will be showing it off along with their other marine oriented products at the METS TRADE show 2016 on the 15th-17th November in Amsterdam. You'd be very welcome.

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