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| Company type | Privately owned |
|---|---|
| Industry | Military, Law Enforcement, Corrections, Industrial, Firefighters |
| Headquarters | , |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Alain Bujold, President |
| Products | Riot Gear Training Gear Tactical Gear Cooling Systems |
| Services | Research & Development, Manufacturing |
| Website | www.mawashi.net |
Mawashi Protective Clothing is a Canadian manufacturer of personal protective equipment (PPE) for crowd management & corrections, use-of-force training suits, tactical load-carriage and protective equipment, as well as personal cooling systems. Mawashi is also a Research and development (R&D) Service Provider of Personal Protection, Load-Carriage, and Personal Cooling to Military, Law Enforcement, Corrections, Firefighters and Industrial clients. Mawashi's core competencies are Human Factors Engineering, Biomimicry, Impact Management, New Product Development, Industrial Design and Systems Integration.
Specialization
Human Factors Engineering
Mawashi utilizes the science of Human factors engineering to understand the internal and external systems of the human body, and the body’s reactions in very specific circumstances. This allows the development of an appropriate concept of clothing and equipment to address these reactions in order to ensure the protection of the people who wear them. Mawashi emphasizes the understanding and design for the Human Being, and studies physiological process and response, as well as psychological process and response. The clothing and equipement improved through Human Factors Engineering help the end-user be more mobile, flexible, comfortable, non-fatigued, non-distracted, and most importantly be well protected from ballistic, blunt-impact, heat, and other serious threats.
Biomimicry
Some challenges associated in the development of personal equipment can be solved by looking into the vast and phenomenal solutions present in nature. Nature's solutions to highly-complex situations seem to be highly optimized. Mawashi studies the planet's life forms on the micro and macro scales, which exist in air, water, and on land as well as the "actions" of the planet itself (e.g. lightning, wind, tides, light, etc.)
Mawashi combines its scientific competencies in Biomimicry[1]and Impact Management to deliver unparalleled ballistic and blunt-force protection products as well as protection from heat and other detrimental threats. By altering shapes, structures, and configurations of currently employed materials it can be possible to arrive at significantly lower weight and higher protection solutions.
Impact Management
Mawashi undertakes to identify and analyze a given threat with theoretical and experimental investigation. Once the threat is characterized and quantified, then occurs the understanding what the threat's affects will be on the human body. The last stage is when we move on to "building" the actual solutions that will redirect and nullify impacting energy from a blunt object that is contacting with the body.[2].
Products
- R4-E Riot Gear | Protective Suit for Crowd Management / Corrections
- T-RED Use-of-Force Training Suit
- T-RED Training Helmet for Repeated Impacts
- Active Microclimate Cooling System
- Tactical Knee & Elbow Pads
- Industrial Load Carriage Harness
- Industrial Load Transfer Belt
- HI-2000 Chest Protector
Research and development (R&D) services
As a solutions-provider, Mawashi employs scientific knowledge and skills, as well as design, development, and manufacturing expertise to provide clients with innovative solutions. Projects are managed utilizing an internationally recognized Scientific Research & Experimental Development (SR&ED) Protocol to ensure consistency, accuracy, efficiency, and expediency for research and development efforts. Mawashi works in high-tech textiles, human physiology, composites, product development, apparel sewing & design, armour, rapid prototyping, and testing. Mawashi's services & specializations comprise research, design, development, prototyping, manufacturing, and technology transfer. Mawashi's previous projects include:
- C4I Electronic Packaging & Load Carriage
- IED Protection for the Extremities
- Load Distribution Exoskeleton
- Knee & Elbow Protection for Dismounted Infantry
- Personal Cooling Systems
- Industrial Load-Carriage Harness and Load-Transfer Belt
- Multi-Threat Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
- Drop-Impact Durability "Add-On" for Ceramic Plates
- Back Face Signature Reduction "Insert-Plate" for Individual Protection
- Ergonomic Armor Plates
Activity
- Human Factors Engineering
- Biomimicry
- Impact Management
- New Product Development
- Industrial Design
- Systems Integration
See also
- Blunt trauma personal protective equipment
- Crowd control
- New product development
- Human factors
- Ergonomics
- Biomimetics
References
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