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.