Anquillo

Ankylo - from the Latin (ankylos) meaning “unfriendly, gloomy.” Often found in nature and used by people as a tool of protection. Translated from Greek, “anchylon” is a metal spherical disk or crescent in order to repel enemy blows. Today this design is actively used in combat to protect body armor and as training equipment for the military. From the 4th century BC e. The metal ankyl plaque was used by the ancient Greeks to weight the leg and for other training purposes. Ankball is found both in nature and in technical execution. For example, special wheels that secure shoes and allow you to maintain body balance while moving. There are also medical uses for ankball. These are splints and special spacers for sprains, compresses and metal bars used to relieve spasms in the leg muscles. In technology, anchorball can be used as a building material for connecting structural elements without using a bolted connection. In this case, the anchor ball can be made of metals that are not prone to rust when in contact with an aqueous environment. It can also be strengthened with anti-corrosion coatings based on paints or polymer coatings.

There are different ways to make ankballs. One of the simplest is using a special press, which forces the metal into a mold according to a template and subsequently cuts it into pieces of the required length and width. Thanks to this treatment, the products do not require additional painting or polishing. The second option is to reinforce parts using stamping machines, in which you can also control the sizes and shapes of future blanks. Another simple way is to forge the metal directly on site. To make metal anchorball(s), you can use regular sheet metal or old steel pipes. They consist of two halves, between which there is a gap as an eye for threading the cable. This cable is needed to tension the anchor balls and with its help the products can change their geometric shape - change the radius of curvature, the distance between each other. Such products are able to withstand high loads and cope better with those that arise directly under the influence of precipitation