Are Nuts and Bolts Engineered Incorrectly for Human Anatomy and Dexterity? Redesign is Over Due
The other day, I was having a conversation with myself about all the tools I needed to work on my car and to build the new railings on my back patio deck. Okay, let me kick off a concept here; here is a concept I had recently: are Nuts and Bolts properly engineered for humans, and do these fasteners and hardware take into consideration Human Anatomy and Dexterity? The riposte is No, and this, perhaps a perfect redesign is now overdue. Why you ask, because we have best materials and more know how that's why. And nuts and bolts have been used for centuries, how about an upgrade people?
It seems that if we use nuts and bolts, then we have to lug colse to tools, but that is not all the time potential and the added weight is often a question too. Consider for instance in the military, an army is field to logistics, perhaps by air, so you just cannot tote colse to "tons of pounds" of tools everywhere. And if one were in an off world colony, you could do that either. I mean think about the cost per pound to get something into orbit - it's like ,000 per pound. No wonder they want astronauts to lose weight?
And, recently I was talking to an acquaintance who runs a pool business - he does repairs on pools and spas, and I said to him; "think of your own business, you have to take a tool box with you will all sorts of tools? But why? What if the fasteners, nuts, bolts, cables, clamps, etc, - could be tightened, removed, installed without tools? Why not?"
You see the Germans in Wwii with their Messerschmitt 262s were able to take off and replace the jet engine in a merge of hours, because they made all things much easier. And speaking of aviation, I was helping a friend of mine do his yearly inspection and we unloosened all the check points, my gosh it took forever and a day, and it took tools, but way, just to open up inspection holes so an airframe and power plant aircraft mechanic could look in for a second or two?
Not only does it make sense for those types of things but, this would save time hunting for the right tool, save cost in buying all those tools, and for the backs of our workforce carrying tool boxes colse to just to work on small items, especially my friend the pool guy who works on pumps and tool all day. Why not have attachment points with mini-levers which self-tightened or loosened when you used your hand to get them started?
Zeus Fasteners are one type solution, but man needs to come up with a best concept, this is why I've pushed forth to have our think tank think on this.
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