Kinedyne Introduces Ergonomically Advanced EASE-Z Winch Bars
BRANCHBURG, NJ… Kinedyne LLC, a
world-leading designer, manufacturer and distributor of cargo control technologies,
including cargo securement, capacity and access solutions for the
transportation industry, announced the formal introduction of its new EASE-Z
Winch Bar family today. The EASE-Z Winch Bar is a patented Z-shaped winch bar
that rotates 360 degrees, providing users with greater leverage. The bar comes
in one standard model and two combination versions that have modified handles
that can be used to release tension on chain binders.
Traditional winch bars are straight with a
slightly angled tip. While effective in many cases, the bars essentially
function as a classic lever and make it more difficult for users to exert the
proper amount of force when in certain positions or when clearance is limited.
The EASE-Z Winch Bar is different. The tough,
heat-treated carbon-steel and mushroom-shaped head of the EASE-Z Winch Bar is
tapered for easy insertion, and helps keep the bar seated in the winch cap, and
preventing it from slipping out during revolution and when the user is applying
torque. A knurled non-slip handle with a flanged grip ring on the bar’s upper
shaft helps prevent it from slipping out of users’ hands even in moist
conditions.
The Z-shaped
EASE-Z Winch Bar can be rotated up to 360 degrees, enabling users to optimally
position themselves and the bar to deliver superior leverage when tensioning
winch straps. The rotation of the bar without having to remove it from the
winch cap eyelet provides a pivoting action that lets users quickly orient the
bar as needed to avoid obstacles and to achieve optimum posture while applying
up or down force.
“The EASE-Z Winch
Bar is the ergonomically sensible alternative to traditional straight winch
bars, and can be part of a fleet’s plan to reduce work-related injuries,” said Bob Dissinger director of sales – United
States for Kinedyne LLC. “The
contoured, extruded Z-shape, bent-bar offset design can reduce back, shoulder
and arm strain by eliminating the need to exert excessive upward or downward
force on the bar at awkward angles.”
The bars are painted in high-visibility
Kinedyne orange. The tool’s angled shape is more stable and is unlikely to roll
away when laid on the ground or on the deck of a flatbed trailer. The EASE-Z
Winch Bar is available in three models. The 80177 standard bar comes in a
length of 34 inches. The 80178 combination bar has a handle with greater girth,
can be used to release tension on chain binders and comes in a length of 34
inches. The 80179 combination box-end model can also be used to release tension
on chain binders and comes in a length of 39 inches.
Kinedyne’s broad line of cargocontrol, capacity and access products can be purchased through Kinedyne’s extensive
distribution network, which includes thousands of outlets across North America.
Users can find distributor locations near them by calling Kinedyne’s customer
service department at 800.848.6057 in the U.S.