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News Release from: Custom Design Technologies | Subject: Bafbox plastic housings
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 26 August 2004
Fire extinguisher housing saves vehicle
weight
When one of motorsport's leading manufacturers of fire and safety systems needed a new enclosure for its on-vehicle fire extinguisher systems it turned to Oxfordshire-based Custom Design Technologies.
When one of motorsport's leading manufacturers of fire and safety systems needed a new enclosure for its on-vehicle fire extinguisher systems, the company turned to Oxfordshire-based Custom Design Technologies The result was a simple two-piece Bafbox plastic housing produced in ABS with a laminated coating to provide the carbon-fibre look and feel so beloved of the motorsport industry
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 19 Jan 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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The plastic enclosure replaced a previous housing made from die-cast metal and offered a significant advantage in terms of weight, an important consideration in all motorsport applications.
Custom Design Technology's box also offered savings on production costs as it was supplied predrilled and screen-printed.
The original die-cast metal box had to be drilled, sent out for powder coating and then have labels applied.
The overall effect of the new Bafbox enclosure was a more professional look which was felt to be an important asset in the world of motorsport.
In addition, the new housing is far easier to assemble and makes the overall system more user friendly for maintenance such as changing batteries and so forth.
The new on-vehicle fire extinguisher system has proved so popular that it now features on a number of leading racing cars in Formula 3 and Formula 3000 and will also be carried in world rally championship winning manufacturers' vehicles in 2004.
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