• Engineered to reduce the risk of damage to sensitive electronic components during seismic activity by decoupling away the damaging vibrations and shock.
• Exceeds UBC / IBC Seismic Zone 4 code requirements (Bellcore NEBS).
• Ideal for mainframes, server racks, optical storage units, electronic cabinets, lab instruments or any sensitive valuable equipment.
• No shutdown required to install! Equipment can be safely lifted and installed onto platforms while live and operational, during normal business hours.
• No dangerous bolting, anchoring or drilling into units.
• Once installed, equipment can be easily moved and re-installed onto other platforms.

Base isolation is the cutting edge solution used by architects and engineers worldwide to protect buildings, bridges, and other structures from the damaging effects of earthquakes.

Seismic base isolation works by de-coupling away strong seismic ground motions and vibrations from a structure, thereby eliminating or dramatically reducing the path through which damaging shock waves and vibrations can travel.

WorkSafe Technologies is the first to apply these proven engineering principles to seismically protect non-structural, sensitive, high value equipment such as IT server racks and telecommunications equipment with the introduction of ISO-Base™ Seismic Isolation Platform Technology.

At the heart of the system is our patented Ball-N-Cone™ seismic isolation bearing, consisting of two load plates with matching conical recesses sandwiched over a steel ball bearing.

This unique design allows the platform to roll smoothly and evenly while accepting input ground accelerations from any direction.

Using gravity as a restoring force, the bearing re-centers itself as shaking intensity decreases.

Traditional rigid fastening methods of bolting and anchoring equipment to a raised floor or a concrete subfloor increase the load during seismic activity on the floor anchorage by as much as 2-1/2 times the item's weight. Thus a 1,000 pound item could exert up to 2,500 pounds of force on the floor.

ISO-Base platforms do just the opposite. During seismic activity, items placed on isolation platforms will actually reduce floor loading by 90%. A 1,000 pound item will weigh 100 pounds while in motion.

This could be the critical difference between a successful post earthquake recovery or a major disaster due to a floor collapse.