Summer time means eating outside on the picnic table, surrounded by family and friends. But who loves moving the heavy table once the meal is done? No one.
Cue Weber Knapp's Vectis™ Technology counterbalance hinges - the future of hideaway tables, work benches, seating, and more.
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Topics:
Motion Control,
Counterbalance Hinge,
Hinges,
Vectis,
Hospitality Furniture
One of the goals when improving a living or commercial space design is to save space while adding functionality and flair. It’s quite the challenge to balance ergonomics, functionality, convenience, and comfort while saving space.
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Topics:
Ergonomics,
Motion Control,
Design,
Hinges,
hospitality,
Hospitality Furniture
After a year-plus of being cooped up indoors due to the coronavirus, both customers and employees have been anxious to spend as much time as possible outdoors. They’d probably enjoy just sprawling anywhere outdoors in public simply because they finally can. However, you'll still want to provide ergonomic furniture and equipment for their long-term health and comfort.
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Topics:
Counterbalances,
Applications,
Ergonomics,
Motion Control,
office equipment,
trends,
Hospitality Furniture
Having the best ergonomic products in your office is important for employee health, safety, and comfort. However, poor indoor air quality can offset the benefits of those products by exposing your employees to toxic fumes from that same furniture and equipment. Those toxic fumes are VOCs (volatile organic compounds) introduced during the manufacturing process.
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Topics:
Ergonomics,
standards & certifications,
office equipment,
Hospitality Furniture
Unlike most offices, a bustling hotel has to keep the safety and comfort of both its employees and guests in mind during the design phase. You'll want to be as cognizant of hospitality ergonomics behind the front desk or in the laundry room as you are in the guest rooms.
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Topics:
Applications,
Ergonomics,
Motion Control,
Design,
Safety,
Hospitality Furniture
With the COVID-19 pandemic still in effect and winter fast approaching, it’s crucial to be prepared for the work-from-home holiday.
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Topics:
Ergonomics,
Design,
Hinges,
Safety,
office equipment,
Manufacturing,
Hospitality Furniture
In today's hospitality world, bigger isn't always better. Yes, hotel room design is changing -- all you need to do is observe the capsule hotel trend. It's popping up throughout the world, but it’s just one way designers are maximizing space while still creating a unique customer experience.
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Topics:
Design,
Aesthetics,
hospitality,
Hospitality Furniture
If you’ve been following our blog you’re already familiar with Vectis™ Springloaded Counterbalanced Hinges and what they can offer but, maybe you still aren’t sure what applications they can really be used for or, maybe you’re just landing on our website and getting to know Vectis™. So, in the spirit of sharing our counterbalance knowledge, we’ve tasked our very creative Design Engineers with imagining an application using Vectis™ Hinges and bringing that application to “life” in order to show you some of the countless applications these counterbalance hinges can be used on. Following you’ll find four applications that are perfect for Vectis™ hinges as imagined by our engineering thinkers, dreamers, and inventors:
The Dresser with a Hidden Surprise
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Topics:
Motion Control,
Appliance,
Counterbalance,
Counterbalance Hinge,
Draw Bridge,
Engineering,
Hinges,
Industrial,
Lid Support,
Push Cart,
Springloaded,
Vectis,
Hospitality Furniture