How does Protect-it
MAXI™ work?

Protect-it
MAXI™ column protection combines clever design, Computer
Aided Engineering and advanced thermoplastic materials
to deliver a product that can absorb large impacts.
Each product has an outer wall that is integrally
moulded to a series of curved “spring like” energy
absorbers at the front and sides to provide two levels
of protection for columns.


Under
light to moderate impacts the outer wall deforms
to resist the impact before returning to its original
shape.


Under
higher impacts the outer wall deflects even more,
contacting the energy absorbers and delivering
increased impact absorption.
This staged response makes the product flexible enough
to accommodate everyday knocks and bumps yet robust
enough to withstand substantial forklift impacts.

What performance testing has been done?

The impact absorption technology used on Protect-it
MAXI™ has been proven on other Protect-it™ products
over many years throughout Europe, South Africa,
Asia, Australia and Nth America.
We conducted extensive Finite Element Analysis on
Protect-it
MAXI™ during the product development
process to replicate real life impact performance
and assess the performance limits.
In summary;
With Protect-it
MAXI™ installed on a 100UC_15
(4”) column no column damage evident after
a 2.7 ton forklift impact at 2km/hour*.
With Protect-it
MAXI™ installed on a 200UC_59
(8”) no column damage evident after a 2.7 ton
forklift impact at 6km/hour*.
Without Protect-it
MAXI™ installed, there would
be permanent column damage.
*Refer to the literature section of this website
for a full technical report and real life test videos.
Is Protect-it
MAXI™ cost effective?

Protect-it
MAXI™ column protectors are the most cost effective
structural column protector is the world. This is
because there are actually three costs to consider
when purchasing a column protector:


Initial
purchase cost- Protect-it
MAXI™ is
one of lowest priced structural column protectors
in the world.


Installation cost- Installation takes minutes with
no additional fasteners, so labour cost is negligible.


Replacement cost is a fraction of our competitors.
Impact damage typically occurs in a small area only.
Protect-it
MAXI™ column guards are designed so that damaged
units can be replaced individually and far more cost
effectively than large two piece products offered
by competitors.

To maintain
optimum impact performance, we recommend our products
for indoor applications only.