Dzus ensures fast access to e=motion's battery banks
Gaining fast access to electric land speed contender, e=motion's battery
packs is vital to ensuring a fast turnaround between runs, two of which
must be accomplished with an hour in order to meet FIA regulations. The
quick-release battery trays, designed by ABB e=motion team engineer,
Colin Fallows, are secured using around two dozen Dzus Quick Access
fasteners, which provide a positive lock and easy detection of that
locking action being achieved. Driver, Mark Newby says the alternative us
of screws would have posed a number of problems, not least being the need
to tighten them to a specific torque and the possibility of screws
working loose as a result of vibration and posing a puncture hazard.
By the time you read this, the ABB e=motion record attempt will have
taken place in Nevada, USA (scheduled for May 5). For an update visit
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