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SlipAlert designed for ease of useUnlike the Pendulum, SlipAlert is very user-friendly and requires no special training to operate it.
SlipAlert can test your floor within two minutes of taking it out of its box.
How does SlipAlert work?SlipAlert consists of two parts - the device itself and an aluminium ramp.
The ramp is set up on the floor to be measured. SlipAlert is switched on and placed on the ramp. SlipAlert is manually pulled to the top of the ramp (where there is a stop to prevent it going too far) - and released.
SlipAlert runs down the ramp on the 4 wheels. However, when it meets the floor the front wheels stay in contact with the floor and the rear wheels lift clear of the floor to allow the slider pad under SlipAlert to contact the floor.
SlipAlert runs across the floor on the two front wheels and the slider pad until it comes to a stop.
The reading on SlipAlert's meter is taken, and from a graph on the ramp the Coefficient of Dynamic Friction (µ) or Equivalent Pendulum Test Value can be read off against the meter reading.
Wet or DryIf you wish to obtain the value of µ in the dry, the test is done in the dry. If you wish to obtain the value of µ in the wet, then simply wet the floor in the area where SlipAlert will run.
You can use water to wet the floor if you want to find out how the floor behaves when water-wet, or any other lubricant you choose in order to find out how the floor behaves under that particular lubricant. A lubricant is not necessarily wet; dust, flour and many contaminants act as a lubricant.
PortabilitySlipAlert weighs 5kg, so anyone can carry and use it. If the floor is very slippery, then expect it to travel 1 metre or more across the floor from the bottom of the ramp. With most floors it will only run 0.5 metres or so.
So Simple...It looks simple and it works simply, but SlipAlert's simple design and operation is based on a complex interaction between weight, velocity, slider properties, size, etc., which is tailored to accurately mimic the effect of a person slipping.
More information on the Benefits of SlipAlert
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Your duty of responsibilityYou have a duty of responsibility to keep floors safe for staff, customers and anyone who walks on them. up to 40% of accidents are caused by slips and most of those can be prevented.
SlipAlert. UK HSE testedI'm SlipAlert. Fast, fun, easy, accurate.
"The extended testing of SlipAlert showed a good correlation with the Pendulum test..."
SlipAlert's handy carrycase
The ramp fits on top
SlipAlert ready to lift out
Ready to test in less than two minutes
If you would like to arrange a demo of SlipAlert or want to find out how SlipAlert could benefit you, please contact us.
Affordable floor safetyEvery building can afford a SlipAlert. SlipAlert from just £50 per month Help prevent slip accidents in your building.
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Floor Safety Matters...
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Slips and trips are the biggest cause of accidents. Slips result in 81,000 hospital admissions each year, that's nearly five times as many as the hospital admissions for car crashes.
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SlipAlert LLP is a UK commercial business owned and run by Dr. Malcolm Bailey, his family and others who believe in floor safety. We have been selling SlipAlert for nearly 4 years. SlipAlert is available in the USA from SafetyDirectAmerica and in Canada from GlobalSafe. In the Fall of 2008 we plan to launch a floor safety campaign across the USA and we need your help. If you would like more information then please contact us by email or telephone +44 1923 858323. Please leave your name, company name, contact telephone number and tell where in the USA you live. We look forward to your call. |
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