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Mhlawumbi unesiqingatha seshumi elinesibini kwezi ekhaya, kwidrowa yedesika yakho, kwibhokisi yezixhobo, okanye izixhobo ezininzi: iiprism zentsimbi eziziintshi ezimbalwa ubude, ezidla ngokugoba zibe yimo engu-L. Izitshixo ze-Hex, ezaziwa ngokusesikweni njengezitshixo ze-hex, zezona zibophelelo zale mihla kwaye zisetyenziselwa ukudibanisa yonke into ukusuka kwifanitshala ye-chipboard enexabiso eliphantsi ukuya kwiinjini zemoto ezibizayo. Ngokukodwa ngokubonga kwi-IKEA, izigidi zabantu abangazange babethe isando ngesikhonkwane baye bajika isitshixo se-hex.
Kodwa zazivela phi ezo zixhobo zixhaphakileyo? Imbali ye-hex wrench iqala kunye neqabane layo, ibholiti ethobekileyo, eyavela kwinguqu yezemveliso njengenxalenye yesethi ekumgangatho wehlabathi yamacandelo anokuveliswa naphi na emhlabeni.
I-CHF 61 ($66): Iindleko zokuthenga uxwebhu olusemthethweni olunamaphepha alithoba e-Global Hex Key Standard.
I-8000: Iimveliso ze-IKEA ziza kunye nesitshixo se-hex, ngokutsho kwesithethi se-IKEA kudliwano-ndlebe kunye neQuartz.
Iibholiti zokuqala zenziwe ngesandla kwangenkulungwane ye-15, kodwa ukuveliswa ngobuninzi kwaqala ngexesha leNguquko yezoShishino ngokufika kwe-injini yomphunga, ukuluka amandla, kunye ne-cotton gin. Ngasekupheleni kwenkulungwane ye-19, iibholithi zentsimbi zazixhaphakile, kodwa iintloko zazo ezisikweri zaziyingozi kubasebenzi bomzi-mveliso—iikona zazibambisa iimpahla, nto leyo eyayibangela iingozi. Izibophelelo zangaphandle ezisangqayo azibambeleli, ngoko ke abaqambi bafihla i-engile ebukhali efunekayo ukujikela ngokukhuselekileyo ibholithi ngaphakathi, ifikeleleke kuphela ngesikrufu seheksi. UWilliam J. Allen unelungelo elilodwa lomenzi wengcamango e-United States ngo-1909, kwaye inkampani yakhe yegama elifanayo iye yafana ne-wrench efunekayo kwizikrufu zakhe zokhuseleko.
I-Hex nuts kunye ne-wrenches yaba yeyona ndlela iphambili yokuqinisa emva kweMfazwe Yehlabathi II xa ii-Allies zabona ukubaluleka kokuba ne-fasteners etshintshanayo. I-International Organisation for Standardization yasekwa ngo-1947, kwaye omnye wemisebenzi yayo yokuqala yayikukuseka ubukhulu bezikrufu eziqhelekileyo. Iibholiti ze-Hex kunye nee-wrenches ngoku zisetyenziswa kwihlabathi liphela. I-IKEA yaqala ukusebenzisa i-hex wrench ngeminyaka yoo-1960 yaza yaxelela iQuartz ukuba esi sixhobo silula siquka ingqikelelo ethi "wenza indima yakho". Siyayenza indima yethu. Masigcine kunye. “
Ngokuphathelele i-Allen Manufacturing, yafunyanwa okokuqala yi-Apex Tool Group, umenzi wehlabathi owathi kamva wafunyanwa yi-Bain Capital ngo-2013. Inkampani yayeka ukusebenzisa uphawu lwe-Allen ngenxa yokuba ubuninzi bayo buyenze ukuba ibe sisixhobo sokuthengisa esingenamsebenzi. Kodwa i-hex wrench ngokwayo iluncedo ngakumbi kunanini na xa unesihlalo sebhayisekile ukulungisa okanye iLagkapten yokudibanisa.
Ziqheleke kangakanani izitshixo ze-hex? Intatheli yaligqogqa ikhaya layo yaza yafumana inqwaba (kwaye yacinga ukuba yayiya kukhupha uninzi lwayo). Noko ke, imihla yabo yolawulo iya kuphela. Isithethi se-IKEA sixelele iQuartz: "Injongo yethu kukuqhubela phambili kwisisombululo esilula, esingenazixhobo esiza kunciphisa ixesha lokudityaniswa kwaye senze inkqubo yokudityaniswa kwefenitshala yonwabe."
Ngo-1818: Umkhandi weentsimbi uMicah Rugg uvula iziko lokuqala elizinikeleyo lokuvelisa iibholiti e-United States, livelisa iibholiti ezingama-500 ngosuku ngo-1840.
Ngo-1909: UWilliam J. Allen ufaka i-patent yokuqala ye-screw yokhuseleko oluqhutywa yi-hex, nangona ingcamango inokuba ikhona amashumi eminyaka.
Ngo-1964: UJohn Bondhus usungula "i-screwdriver", ithiphu engqukuva esetyenziswa kwi-hex wrench ejija i-fastener kwi-engile.
I-hex wrench yenziwe ngobunjineli obuchanekileyo, ivumela imveliso yobuninzi yamalungu atshintshekayo ukuba athathe indawo yeziqhoboshi ezingekho mgangathweni.
Injineli yaseBritane uHenry Maudslay unikwe imbeko ngokwenza omnye woomatshini bokuqala bokusika izikrufu ngo-1800, kwaye ilele yakhe yokusika izikrufu yavumela ukuba iziqhoboshi eziphantse zifane ezifanayo zenziwe ngobuninzi. UMaudsley wayengumntwana okrelekrele owathi, eneminyaka eyi-19, wabelwa ukuba aqhube ucweyo. Kwakhona wakha i-micrometer yokuqala eyamvumela ukuba alinganise iinxalenye ezincinci njenge-1/1000 ye-intshi, awayibiza ngokuthi "uMgwebi Omkhulu" kuba imele isigqibo sokugqibela malunga nokuba imveliso idibana nemigangatho yakhe. Namhlanje, izikrufu azinqunyulwa zibe zimilo, kodwa zibunjwe ngocingo.
"Isitshixo se-Hex" sisithethantonye sobunikazi esingenakubhaliswa njengophawu lwentengiso ngenxa yobuninzi bayo, njenge Kleenex, Xerox kunye neVelcro. Iingcali ziyibiza "i-genocide".
Yeyiphi ihex wrench ilungele ikhaya lakho? Iingcali zemveliso yabathengi be-Wirecutter ziye zavavanya iintlobo ze-hex wrenches, kwaye ukuba uyakonwabela ukuxoxa ngee-engile zokungena kunye nokuphatha i-ergonomics, jonga uphononongo lwabo olugunyazisiweyo. Ukongeza: inazo zonke izixhobo ozidingayo ukwenza ifenitshala ye-IKEA.
Kuvoto lweveki ephelileyo, i-43% ithe izakwakha ikhonkco lonikezelo oluzinzileyo kunye noFrito-Lay, i-39% ikhethe uTaylor Swift, kwaye i-18% ikhethe isivumelwano kunye ne-HBO Max.
I-imeyile yanamhlanje ibhalwe nguTim Fernholz (ofumene amava abuhlungu) yaza yahlelwa nguSusan Howson (othanda ukuhlukanisa izinto) kunye no-Annalize Griffin (isitshixo se-hex kwiintliziyo zethu).
Impendulo echanekileyo kwimibuzo nguD., iLincoln Bolt esize nayo. Kodwa ezinye ziibholiti zokwenyani!