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The Great American Swindle: How “Made in America” Labels are Duping Consumers And Hurting US Business
Americans have been lied to and misled for years over “Made In America” products. It's a symbol carrying a powerful emotional and patriotic appeal, signaling: Support for domestic jobs Quality craftsmanship A premium price point But it's often a sham, a marketing ploy exploited by corner-cutting...
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Case Study: Connectable Shield Barriers
TotalShield invented the portable shield barrier to provide engineered ballistic and explosive protection in a convenient portable format. This was important for our customers who required high levels of safety protection but could not install a blast shielding room....
Centrifuge Safety Polycarbonate Enclosures
Centrifuges play an essential role in a wide variety of industries, including pharmaceutical, chemical, automotive, aerospace, and defense. By spinning a payload at a high rate of speed, a centrifuge can be used to simulate high gravity, or to separate solid, liquid,...
Top 5 Considerations for a Safety Engineer
When designing each product at TotalShield, people are our main priority. That is why we continuously look to avoid hazardous scenarios and back up all our products with tested data. As engineering professionals, complying with a safety regimen is our daily routine...
Case Study: Polycarbonate Blast Room for Rocket Testing
Our customers include the most prominent rocket and space companies in America. If a company is building rockets in the United States, they are likely a TotalShield customer. As you can imagine, developing a rocket involves numerous activities that are potentially...
Designing Modular Machine Enclosures
At TotalShield, we are frequently asked by our customers to develop shielding enclosures for potentially dangerous operating machines. These machines have the potential to release fragments, explosive gases or pose other dangers to the operator or a bystander. That is...
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BLAST RESISTANCE
Blast-proof and Explosion-proof Enclosures: Do They Exist?
The terms “blast-proof” and “explosion-proof” are widely used within the shield enclosures and protective materials industry. Our customers often ask for a “bulletproof” enclosure or an...
