ErgoSystem® E300

The generic term “Stainless Steel” now embraces over 100 separate rust and acid-resistant steels. We use chromiumnickel steel bearing Material No. 1.4301 under German standard DIN 17440 when making our builders hardware. It contains approx. 18 % chromium and 8 % nickel, an alloy that has been tried and tested in the builder’s trade.

Stainless Steel is an excellent choice for bathrooms and sanitary areas because its surface is extremely corrosion-resistant, hardly shows knock and scratch marks however roughly treated, is virtually nonwearing even if in constant use, and – primarily by dint of the chrome and nickel additives in the alloy – is very easy to look after. An invisible passive layer forms on its surface that is even claimed to kill bacteria.

FSB supplies ErgoSystem® E300 in Stainless Steel Satin Matt (FSB 6204) and Polished Stainless Steel (FSB 6205). The stock Stainless Steel Satin Matt variant is particularly robust. Polished Stainless Steel is an environmentally friendly alternative to chrome-plated finishes and is produced to order.

Tough as you like and easy-care

We recommend ErgoSystem® E300 in Stainless Steel for all heavily frequented areas, notably public buildings, hospitals and old people’s/nursing homes, office buildings, ships, motorway service stations or parks and sports grounds – indeed, wherever people convene in large numbers and there is a need for easy-care hardware with a long service life.

Stainless steel basically needs no looking after at all. Dirt marks can be removed with a damp cloth. Should signs of flash rust appear after a while on hardware used outdoors or in chlorinated swimming baths, this does not come from within the material and can be removed with vigorous rubbing. Use must not be made of abrasive agents when cleaning powder-coated aluminium components.

Custom-coated brackets

Any of the aluminium components, which are coloured dark-grey as standard, can be optionally coated in almost any RAL colour to order. ErgoSystem® E300 Civic/Commercial fitments can be made to blend in with or accentuate bespoke schemes in this way.

System features

• FSB’s ErgoSystem® E300 conforms to all sections of DIN standard 18040.
• ErgoSystem® E300 is certified to TÜV/GS (product safety) and TÜV/GGT (comfort & quality).
• High resistance to corrosion due to the handhold components being in Stainless Steel, material 1.4301. This alloy is virtually immune to denting and scratches even under the most exacting forms of continuous use and guarantees top hygiene properties.
• Hands fit snugly due to the uniquely elliptical styling of the grip section, which observes the laws of anatomy.
• Demonstrably less force needs to be exerted when taking hold of a rail and actually holding it owing to its oval cross-section.
• Making for optimum transmission of forces is a 45° tilt in cross-section, which in line with the rules of ergonomics allows the hardware to be taken hold of in such a way that a triangle is formed between hand, shoulder and the body’s vertical axis.
• The coherent end-to-end design concept underpinning ErgoSystem® E300 delivers conspicuous quality right through to the attendant accessories.

System benefits

ErgoSystem® E300’s modular make-up, variable product configurations and wealth of retrofittable accessory and complementary components make for flexible responses to changing conditions during planning and use:

• ErgoSystem® E300 grab rails can be supplied with non-standard dimensions to order so consideration can be given to specific requirements.
• Handrail combinations in standard lengths or as system building blocks ensure optimum solutions in any area of application.
• Continuous radii with no sharp edges combine with concealed fixings to meet hygiene requirements.
• Barrier-free rail system with a singleminded target-group focus that exceeds general market requirements as regards planning, fitments and use owing to its demonstrable ergonomic and design merits.
• Custom dimensions and colours possible to order
• Anti-ligature variants of applicable accessory elements can be supplied
• Flexible mounting where required of A-Flex-type components

Planning benefits

• The matching range of accessories likewise guarantees harmonious formal integration of the system into architectural schemes.
• With its sleek looks and a Brushed Matt Stainless-Steel finish that discreetly echoes the colours around, ErgoSystem® E300 unobtrusively blends in with bespoke bathroom environments.
• Its premium design quality mirrors the aesthetic requirements of a new generation of “youthful seniors”.
• A high level of user acceptancy is brought about by a wide variety of ergonomically-driven fine detail in all product groups right through to the accessories, which afford users a maximum of comfort as well as assisting them in everyday sequences of movements.
• The ErgoSystem’s modularity and versatility make for flexible responses to changing conditions during planning and use.
• Its standard fitments and complementary products permit variation in the way spaces are fitted out in, for instance, private wards.
• FSB’s proximity to the market and status as a producer in Germany allow it deliver bespoke solutions and innovations promptly and flexibly.

With A-Flex, FSB offers a well-conceived means of flexibly and demand-responsively fitting spaces out with barrier-free components from the ErgoSystem® E300 range.

A-Flex can be particularly recommended for hoteliers or the operators of hospitals with private wards, who can use it to cater to the individual or acutely changing needs of guests and patients. Cases in point are guests in a hotel who do not generally require barrier-free aids in the bathroom but for whom such aids become necessary due to a sudden injury – e. g. at a winter sports resort. The system yields additional benefits in the form of significantly lower costs for the initial fit-out, as the spaces concerned are merely fitted with an A-Flex support plate and use can be made of drop-down support rails and foldaway shower seats as required. The concept was also reason enough for the jury of Germany’s Central Sanitary, Heating and Air Conditioning Association to honour A-Flex components with its ZVSHK Award.

It is also possible to adopt ErgoSystem’s unique diagonal-oval cross-section for handrails that ensure safety in comfort in the likes of hospitals or nursing homes.

Handrails and the attendant bracket configurations are custom-produced by FSB to on-site lists of measurements. We will either assist you directly in arriving at these measurements or put you in touch with fabricators familiar with our system for this purpose. We will likewise be pleased to coordinate the checking and approval of works drawings for a given building.