THOSE WHO BREAK WITH TRADITIONARE THOSE WHO REFUSE TO BE IT’SSLAVE

What are our real expectations from a logistics system in the 21st

century? We certainly expect it to be adaptable, which implies modularity,

flexibility, lightness, accuracy, fluidity, ergonomics, speed, and freedom.

What can new technologies based on composite materials bring to the

table that hasn’t already been done?

It’s this very question that prompted Trilogiq to design GRAPHIT, an innovative

modular system made from new tubes, and couplings and from new materials.

Composite materials have paved the way to the exploration of high-tech solutions

previously rejected as pipe dreams. They have pushed boundaries further than

ever in order to improve and renew usage practices.

In a clean break from classic Lean Manufacturing systems, we have

painstakingly studied, rethought, reworked and improved everything.

GRAPHIT is the culmination of over two years’ joint research with high-

profile laboratories and suppliers specializing in composite materials

and plastics. GRAPHIT is the culmination of over two years worth of

experiments and of material, design, and color studies, followed by

multiple prototypes, tests, trials, and digital simulations fit for a bleeding

-edge industry.

The GRAPHIT system lends itself to many application sectors, including

health care, distribution and sales outlets, tourism, food processing, general

industry, high-end consumer, and high-tech industries.

For every issue involving the improvement of production operations or

logistical efficiency, there is a GRAPHIT solution. Engineering and ingenuity

join forces.

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SOLUTIONSWhat can GRAPHIT do for you? Our product is creatively designed to give you the freedom to develop a variety of functions and applications to suit your every requirement. You can contact our Vision Lean department directly, our consultants are briefed to optimize your custom project at every stage, from conceptual design to final implementation.All our items are available from our online shop at trilogiq-store.com.

GRAPHIT: A PRACTICAL, INNOVATIVE EYE-CATCHING SOLUTION.

GRAPHIT is lightweight and unobtrusive; this is made possible by the dual-material connectors and its functional design employing non-aggressive shapes. GRAPHIT is a flexible, modular system ideal for use in health care environments. Major technical advances such as inertness to humidity, dust, liquids, rusting, and generally any external aggression make this a tough system and one that is easy to clean and decontaminate for better hygiene.

HEALTH CARE

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APPLICATIONS | HEALTH CARE

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The ability to reconfigure and upgrade GRAPHIT systems means that fast-moving sectors can quickly change the shape and function of their display units to suit new seasons, new collections, new color trends, and new shelf layouts. GRAPHIT’s reusable components, reconfigurable design and its noble materials make it the ideal tool for getting the most from your sales outlet.

For direct sales and e-business operators, GRAPHIT offers solutions that provide much-needed lightness and ease of handling when it comes to order preparation. The modularity also helps to cope with varying customer volume profiles, and the ability to dismantle, store, and rebuild in response to seasonal business and workforce variations.

DISTRIBUTION AND SELLING

APPLICATIONS | DISTRIBUTION AND SELLING

Integration and discretion are vital requirements of the hotel and catering trade. GRAPHIT not only provides the solutions this industry demands, but also opens up opportunities for a variety of other applications, while mini-mizing maintenance costs. Our trolleys and racks, used by employees and visible to customers, feature silent operation, toughness, non-intrusive contact through careful design, and customization in terms of structure, color, and material. GRAPHIT’s unique, distinctive characteristics enable every installation to find a perfect match to its dimensions and functions.

TOURISM

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APPLICATIONS | TOURISM

Toughness and cleanliness are big issues in this core sector of GRAPHIT’s research and experience. Modular, to suit all shapes and sizes of configuration, the system can be built with stainless steel tubes. The MonoBlok system guarantees impermeability and inertness to corrosion by liquids and chemical aggression, which in turn means better hygiene.

FOOD PROCESSING

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APPLICATIONS | FOOD PROCESSING

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In an industrial environment, you’d be forgiven for thinking that “tough” and “light” are polar opposites, yet GRAPHIT manages to roll them into one. Heavy loads in an aggressive environment and durable reuse: neither are problems for our applications. We offer flow racks, trolleys, workstations, and pick trays, all in composite materials and all customizable and redeployable. With carbon providing weight savings of 50% and more, GRAPHIT solutions offer unbeatable ergonomics while guaranteeing industrial-strength ruggedness (various types of load-supporting tubes can withstand up to 275kg per level) and easy maintenance of lineside equipment.

LOGISTICS – ORDER PREPARATIONGRAPHIT modular racks and trolleys can be reconfigured in real time to suit activity peaks and troughs. Unmatched lightness makes their handling and use child’s play.

INDUSTRY

APPLICATIONS | INDUSTRY

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Now you can enhance the value of production through inventiveness and attractiveness. Take our tubes and couplings as a prime example; they are made from carbon fiber, a sixth of the weight of metal, and look stunning. In the factory or when presenting selected products to customers, the GRAPHIT system possesses many striking features: extreme lightness, noble mate-rials, wide variety of colors, and painstakingly thought-out design.

WHITE ROOMS - PHARMACEUTICS INDUSTRY All GRAPHIT components are certified as passing the H2O2 and Spor-Klenz tests. This makes them fit for use in white rooms alongside traditional welded stainless steel systems.

HIGH-END CONSUMER AND HIGH-TECH INDUSTRIES

APPLICATIONS | HIGH-END CONSUMER AND HIGH-TECH INDUSTRIES

AdVANTAGES

. Modular ADN thus providing custom sizing & customized configurations.

. Extreme ease of assembly.

. Extreme lightness.

. Noble, value enhancing materials for long service life.

. Cost effective & easy maintenance.

. Lower running costs thanks to easy-to-reuse parts.

. Total inertness to dust, liquids, chemicals. Waterproof.

. Non-aggressive design for users and ultra-quiet operation compared with metal systems.

. Non-aggressive design for users and ultra-quiet operation compared with metal systems of aluminum & stainless steel.

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Out of all logistics systems, GRAPHIT is today’s most flexible and agile, providing the most freedom and the easiest access; it’s the “materials handling” system that allows the greatest creativity and evolution. Each module is built from aluminum, carbon fiber or stainless steel tubes joined together by rigid, tough connectors made from composite materials. Assembly is 30% quicker and easier than any other system and is even enjoyable when using the InstantMatch and SoftAdjust systems among others.

Dimensions at will, evolving shapes, flexibility and structurally sound for creativity without bounds.

MODULAR DNA

ADVANTAGES | MODULAR ADN

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With GRAPHIT, toughness doesn’t come at the expense of amazing lightness, and efficiency requires no sacrifice of aesthetic appeal. Compared with conventional systems (especially traditional metal ones), our modular system can, depending on the materials, be as little as a sixth of the weight, making them both more ergonomic and more homogeneous.

Lightness and productivity: GRAPHIT’s extreme lightness means more of your products can be carried without increasing the weight pushed and transported. This reduces logistical rotations, thereby reducing costs, and makes work less strenuous.

Lightness and roundness mean unrivalled weight savings.

LIGHTNESS

ADVANTAGES | LIGHTNESS

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High-tech materials, such as aluminum, carbon or glass fiber, and composites offer more than just lightness. They are accredited for use and integration in their work environment. The highest degree of technical excellence is at last, within reach of the most demanding applications. The GRAPHIT system raises the profile of factories, workshops, utility rooms, workplaces and business premises, all for a very reasonable outlay.

High quality and value enhancing - providing appeal to employees and customers alike.

NOBLE MATERIALS

ADVANTAGES | NOBLE MATERIALS

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When an equipment part is damaged or the equipment layout is changed, classic systems require total renewal, which implies high costs. What’s the alternative? The alternative is the GRAPHIT concept of extreme modularity, which allows the defective part to be isolated and the unit to be dismantled and rebuilt simply and quickly, all at a greatly reduced cost.

Result: your equipment is infinitely as good as new!

EASE OF MAINTENANCE

ADVANTAGES | EASE OF MAINTENANCE

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Relocating, repurposing, mobility, flexibility, and long life spans are today’s keywords in good management and ergonomic flexibility. Besides the immediate benefit of the modularity provided by the GRAPHIT system, the ability to redeploy the units elsewhere in the process is environmentally sound and helps to reduce carbon footprint. All operations are reversible, largely due to the VeryGrip method. The structure never becomes obsolete and never has to be thrown away.

Dismantle, rebuild, convert, relocate: redeploy.

REDEPLOYMENT

ADVANTAGES | REDEPLOYMENT

Stainless steel

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By offering materials on one hand and colors on the other, GRAPHIT provides a multitude of customizable combinations that stand out from the crowd.

The aluminum tubes are ESD, and GRAPHIT couplings are available in an ESD version at no extra charge. Use your inspiration to compose unique structures that match your needs and fit your image, a non-trivial issue contributing to a good work ambience.

Special creative colors — your creations — are available for a budget with reasonable turnaround times.

Exclusivity and identity to support your image.

CUSTOM MATERIALS AND COLORS

ADVANTAGES | CUSTOM MATERIALS AND COLORS

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GRAPHIT has put a lot of research into its design. Rounded shapes that banish aggression, soft-touch materials that absorb shocks, dual-material colored combinations: all these factors support the two essential qualities in our system geared to fulfilling customers’ needs: lightness and discretion.

Just like reliability, comfort is a major performance criterion.

DESIGNED TO ELIMINATE TACTILE AND NOISE AGGRESSION

ADVANTAGES | DESIGNED TO ELIMINATE TACTILE AND NOISE AGGRESSION

WHY CHOOSE GRAPHIT

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VeryGrip®: a grip-and-adjust system that sets its own standards

Unlike traditional steel systems, tubular GRAPHIT requires no drilling or tapping. It’s the first fully reversible system, leaving no physical or visible traces on the coupling or the tube after dismantling. GRAPHIT is the only system in the world to accomplish this feat.

VeryGrip from GRAPHIT means you can now have a coupling with built-in grip through the suction cup effect of a high-performance TPU elastomer. The TPU grips the tube by mating with it perfectly, without damaging either the tube or the coupling and with minute accuracy over the whole surface of contact. A harmonious link, yet as solid as they come.Gripping outcome: a

powerful hold that is easy to adjust and totally harmless to the tube.

Totally new male/female locators arranged in a pyramidal alignment make the couplings so much easier to align.

Without violating the codes of a classic tubular system, the GRAPHIT system makes assembly considerably easier and considerably reduces the effort required. The captive nut in its housing frees the hand you normally use to stop the nut from falling and lets you insert and tighten the screw with disconcerting ease!

With InstantMatch from GRAPHIT, tubes butt together easily and accurately in the couplings, with no possible risk. The way the joints mesh brings a whole new definition to optimum conditions for the easy assembly of whole systems.

InstantMatch®: assembly made easy as pie

The use of dual-material technology enables the installation of a TPU elastomer seal around the whole of the coupling’s perimeter. When the connectors are assembled, they press against each other, abutting and solid, preventing every speck of dust and other impurities from entering between the assemblies.

MonoBlok from GRAPHIT thus represents the double progress of a system providing total sealing.

The GRAPHIT system withstands liquids and chemical aggressions and stays cleaner longer - a measure of long life and lasting good looks.

MonoBlok®: the sealing reference

Adjustment has always been difficult in traditional mechanical systems, dictating the use of an over-powerful grip which invariably causes permanent damage or deformation. GRAPHIT banishes this problem to history.

With SoftAdjust from GRAPHIT, free tightening allows the connectors to slide over the tubes with astonishing ease. The end result (and benefit) is that repeated adjustments and repositioning leave no marks or any other visible trace on both couplings and tubes.

No more tap-ins, no more unwanted marks, more speed, more fluidity, and surprisingly accurate adjustment.

SoftAdjust®: adjustment the easy way

WHY CHOOSE GRAPHIT

WHY CHOOSE GRAPHIT INTERNATIONAL LOCATIONS

Previously, mechanical systems were always burdened by the phenomenon of deformation. Deformation means a loss of grip and a consequent risk of falling apart. All the lever effects and torsion shocks have been studied and simulated on GRAPHIT couplings so they can be nipped in the bud. This has led us to several fruitful answers:

- Composite connectors have much higher elastic limits than steel or aluminum equivalents. Our connectors make light work of shocks, returning to their initial shape with no permanent deformation.

- The soft grip provided by the TPU joint between tube and coupling provides full surface contact with the tubes in a completely new way and with previously unheard of accuracy, drastically cutting the risk of tubes coming loose.

GRAPHIT provides a further, optional guarantee for highly stressed structural joints: the GT-R splay-blocker ring. It is the absolute guarantee against coupling deformation in the event of impact. It keeps your system gripping throughout time. It can be hand-installed with a simple twist of a screw and it can be easily removed. It also blends in perfectly with the design of your system while bringing that extra touch of technical progress and safety.

Rigidity: a full-on revolution

The usefulness of classic steel tubular systems is limited by their excess thickness. They are also characterized by angular, aggressive shapes. These shapes and abrupt thickness changes, which are inherent to the metal, give rise to a “clash” risk in boxes and parts with traditional joints, affecting ergonomics, flow, and productivity.

No such problem with GRAPHIT. Its anti-clash system is built into all couplings as standard. Boxes and parts are guided without shock or aggression. More generally, the GRAPHIT system has been the subject of notable advances in the field of the soft contact, whether between parts or with the user: no sharp edges or corners, pleasant contact without coldness and practically no risk of user injury or damage to parts.

Anti-clash: high-tech reassurance

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GRAPHIT and the GRAPHIT logo are registered trademarks of TRILOGIQ SA.InstantMatch, SoftAdjust, MonoBlok, VeryGrip logos are registered trademarks of TRILOGIQ SA.Patent N°1355300 PCT : N° PCT/FR2013/052681

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