Marathon Special Products 142 Series Power Blocks Product Update Bulletin
REGAL
July 22, 2019
Marathon
Specia
l Products
Corp
.
PRODUCT CHANGE ANNOUNCEME
Marathon Special Products is announcing a change in the design
oc
ks. This product change is the result of a tooling modification intended to reduce
bl
mo
lding maintenance costs and downti
Ge
neral Changes :
1. Eliminated all non-functional center hol
o These hol
po
wer blocks. Some utiliz
es
had no intended function and were not promoted as a design feature of these
surface area as opposed to the outside top barrier
NT
of
the 142 seri
me
and provide more valued features.
es
on the top
ed
them to mount marking strips where they provided a more robust
of
the power block interi
holes
, which we have addressed in this
design upgrade.
o Elim ination of unnecessary locator pins in the
mo
ld wi
ll imp
minimizing mold maintenance and downtime.
2. Removed non-funct ional reliefs on exterior barriers.
o Cosmetic feature only, pictured
o Additional
ma
terial around the end mounting holes for covers and marking strips provides a
stronger mounting which minimiz
be
low as item 2
es
risk
of
breakage while fasten ing down covers or marker
strips.
3. Increased the
center-to
-center hole dimensions (A) Item 3 pictured below by .040" (from 2.436" to
2.476").
o
In
conjunction with Item 2 above, mounting hol
th
ose barriers. This repositioning resul
ts
es
in the exterior barriers have been centered in
in the increased center-to-center hole dimension
providing greater strength and product integrity.
Marke
4.
r strip sl
increased dimensional changes in the bl
ot
dimension "B" Item 4 below, will be increased by 0.01 O" which will accommodate the
ocks center-to-center hole addressed in Item
es power
or
barriers.
rove production efficien
3.
cy
by
Current Desi
gn
Updated Desi
ITEM4
gn
Current
Design
Updated
Design
This wi
appr
All orders received after the i
code after the cata logue part numbers wi
ll
be a running change with no variance to the part numbers or ratings. The change wi
ox
imately 8/15/19.
mp
lementation date wi
ll
be included in this update. The 5 digit codes mostly address
ll
have the updated design. Special parts having a 5 digit
accessories such as printing, labeling, hardware or packaging needs.
MSP Catalog Part Numbers Affected
1421307
1423411 1421574
1422579
1421551
1423120 1421121
1422122 1423122
1421552
1423553
1422572
1422307 1423307
1422574
1423579 1421670
1422551 1423551
1422121
1421123
1422552 1423552
1421570 1422570
1423572 1421970
Thank You,
ll
be implemented
1421411 14224
1423574
1422670
1421120
11
1421579
1423670
1422120
1423121 1421122
1422123 1423123
1421553
1423570
1422970
1422553
1421572
1423970
Zachary Yeckl
ey
Technical Marketing Specialist, Marathon Special Products
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