Your Global Compounder of Custom Engineered Thermoplastics Anywhere there are utility line workers repairing high voltage power lines, you’re likely to see insulated safety blankets. And anywhere you see insulated safety blankets, you’ll see plastic clamps—or “diaper pins” in the informal industry vernacular— holding them in place. Despite the silly nickname, there’s nothing silly about the functionality of these relatively simple and ubiquitous parts. The blankets that they are meant to tightly secure are often the only thing separating a lineworker from thousands of volts of potentially deadly electricity. But Jim Rauckman, an industry veteran, saw a serious issue in the product’s status quo. The hard plastic clamps called for little rubber “booties” to be slipped on

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