Ossh Multifunctional Handle

I have always had a functional approach to my designs, and have always seen in multi-functionality an important plus moreover door handles are usually only meant to open doors.I see the journey which led me to combine such functionalities and technologies into a single and simple object as research of balance between adding and removing, painting and sculpting, the opposites that attract each other’s.Adding extra safety and management functions to a handle through the color of light responds to the positive pole, while the mitigation of pathogenic spread on a high utilization grade object by sanitizing the same, represents the negative pole.

Traffic lights are worldwide used to indicate free access or not...Fire doors are the most useful tools when it comes to compartmentalize fire zones and avoid fire and smoke invade the rest of the environment.Green equals go; Red equals stop, Easy?No! Researches have demonstrated that the human brain does not work this way; in case of fire/ panic and in front of a decision to be taken (one door or another) your brain will tell you: go back! No matter the color of the traffic light, and 99 times on 100 you will die…The same way cruise ship passengers will not follow the color suggestion (green or red) and will go back to the fire zones ... The good news is: human brain recognizes authority in case of panic. An even untrained person in a uniform will be definitely trusted and help passengers save their lives during a fire by indicating a green door handle as a safe way out or a red one as a bad one.As we learnt, the uniform would be the key to let people remark the color of light, no matter who wears it.

The engineering of the power and data transfer system took a lot of efforts and tests due to the need to ensure strong connections in critical conditions. We divided the design process in different steps-Engineering of the power and data transfer system from the frame to the door throughout the lock.Each system , fire door or cabin door , needed different isolating materials according to the performance over all as far as the fire door was concerned. -Engineering of the power and data transfer throughout the spindle. In this case the study of the isolating part et the edges of the spindle for the fire door lock was crucial in order to guarantee no gas, smoke or fire could be transferred to the other side of the door. -Engineering of the door handles and the technical capsules containing the electronics and LED’s, taking in account that all contacts , isolation materials and electronics could resist to vibrations, heat and all hazard variables. We have tested all components with cyclic tests and cyclic tests of the whole system assembled .As far as the fire door was concerned we have performed fire tests in house and at Rina , Registro Navale italiano.Tests were positive and the the system was certificated. The antimicrobial system was found with laboratory tests at the Universities of Genova, Siena and Modena e Reggio; and was certified at Rina.