Roller Blind Mechanism from TOSO Australia

TOSO Australia is spreading a focused message on the importance of quality mechanisms, with a view to driving awareness of the unique point of difference offered by its system.

TOSO Australia's Malcolm Young commented: "When choosing a roller blind, the mechanism should be as carefully considered as the fabric choice. This is often forgotten, as the focus quickly moves to colour and type of fabric, with the assumption that all roller blinds are the same, and they go up and down in the same way."

"The Mytec roller blind has been tested in Japan for 10,000 up and down movements to meet its minimum acceptable quality level, with a five year warranty on all componentry for its single, dual or linked systems and is considered the best roller blind system in the market."

Malcom Young pointed why the Toso System is different from other standard blinds in the market by;

Gearing
"With most blinds, you pull the chain a metre, and it rises or lowers by a metre or less. With the TOSO system, you pull the chain a metre, and it rises or lowers by 1.7 metres, so 70% faster than the operation of a standard blind.

The advantage with that is you can raise or lower the blind with fewer pulls of the chain.

The other benefit is that in some circumstances it is impractical (no mullions) or not aesthetically pleasing to the eye to have a safety restraint installed.

However if you have the chain ending 1.6 metres above the floor, you do not need to have a safety restraint installed, and because of its gearing it is not as hard to raise or lower the blind. With a "one to one" operation, this would be more difficult."

Lightness
"Every Mytec blind comes with a spring, with eight different sizes depending on the size of the blind. A standard blind, normally only has a spring assist for larger sizes, and without that spring assist you have to apply more force to raise or lower the blind.

Even when the blind comes with a spring assist it is still heavier to operate than the Mytec system. Also, it is so light - as it was designed with a Japanese woman in mind, you can literally use your fingertips to pull the blind up and down, rather than having to grip the chain in your hand.

The same even applies to a linked blind which can go to five metres in width, and because of the larger spring, it is still light to operate. The springs can also be tensioned, so that either pulling up or lowering can be even lighter, though it will be heavier on the reverse way. This makes it an ideal system for older people who are frail or have arthritis."

Smoothness of Operation
"With its fast gearing and lightness in operation, the TOSO system is very smooth to operate, without the jerking affect that can occur with other blinds."

"The profile is also extruded in Australia so as to ensure consistent quality, as product from overseas varies in quality from shipment to shipment, with the 42mm pipe (6060 T6) having a wall thickness of 1.5mm, and the 46mm pipe (6661 T6) with 3mm thickness which minimises the risk of deflection in larger sized blinds."

Young concluded: "The TOSO Mytec roller blind is ideal for commercial, residential and aged care applications, especially when high quality finishes are being applied to the project, and a superior system is desired."

TOSO Australia is a joint venture company with Japan's leading manufacturer of window furnishings TOSO Company Limited, which has over 60 years' experience, is ISO 9001 & 14001 Certified, and was established to supply high quality Japanese window furnishing componentry to leading manufacturers in Australia and New Zealand for internal blinds, including the Mytec Roller Blind.