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The No1 MASH TMA; Finally a new leader is born. BLADE, the long awaited new Truck Mounted Attenuator. Full scale crash tested according the Manual for Assessing Safety Hardware (MASH) that supersedes the 20 year old NCHRP-350.
Let`s explain how this patented invention works. The TMA strength comes out of the composite aluminum welded profiles, this machine has 12 internal blades. During an impact the first 4 blades cut through the aluminum composite H-beams and after unlocking 8 blades cut through the welded tubes. The remaining weak aluminum parts will bend away in safe directions. The patent is based on cutting aluminum H beams and tubes using BLADES.
The safety changes are mainly necessitated by alterations made to vehicles over the past decade. Cars have greatly increased in size, so different safety regulations are requir