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Mwinamwake muli ndi theka la khumi ndi awiri a izi kunyumba, mu kabati yanu ya tebulo, bokosi lazida, kapena zida zambiri: ma prisms achitsulo a mainchesi angapo, nthawi zambiri amapindika kukhala L. Makiyi a Hex, omwe amadziwika kuti hex keys, ndi zomangira zamakono ndipo amagwiritsidwa ntchito kusonkhanitsa chilichonse kuyambira mipando yotsika mtengo ya chipboard kupita ku injini zamagalimoto okwera mtengo. Makamaka chifukwa cha IKEA, mamiliyoni a anthu omwe sanamenyepo nyundo ndi msomali atembenuza kiyi ya hex.
Koma zida zopezeka paliponse zinachokera kuti? Mbiri ya wrench ya hex imayamba ndi mnzake, bawuti yonyozeka, yomwe idatuluka mukusintha kwa mafakitale monga gawo la magawo okhazikika padziko lonse lapansi omwe amatha kupangidwa kulikonse padziko lapansi.
CHF 61 ($66): Mtengo wogula chikalata chovomerezeka cha Global Hex Key Standard chamasamba.
8000: Zogulitsa za IKEA zimabwera ndi kiyi ya hex, malinga ndi wolankhulira IKEA pokambirana ndi Quartz.
Mabawuti oyamba adapangidwa ndi manja koyambirira kwa zaka za zana la 15, koma kupanga kwakukulu kudayamba nthawi ya Revolution Revolution ndi kubwera kwa injini ya nthunzi, loom yamagetsi, ndi gin ya thonje. Pofika chakumapeto kwa zaka za m’ma 1800, zitsulo zachitsulo zinali zofala, koma masikweya amotowo anali oopsa kwa ogwira ntchito m’mafakitale—makona ankakonda kugwira zovala, kuchititsa ngozi. Zomangira zakunja zozungulira sizimamatira, motero opanga adabisa ngodya yakuthwa kuti atembenuzire bawuti mkati, kuti azitha kupezeka ndi wrench ya hex. William J. Allen anavomereza lingalirolo ku United States mu 1909, ndipo kampani yake ya dzina lomweli inakhala yofanana ndi wrench yofunikira pazitsulo zake zotetezera.
Mtedza wa hex ndi ma wrenches adakhala njira yayikulu yolimbikitsira nkhondo yachiwiri yapadziko lonse itatha pamene Allies adazindikira kufunikira kokhala ndi zomangira zosinthika. International Organisation for Standardization idakhazikitsidwa mu 1947, ndipo imodzi mwantchito zake zoyamba inali kukhazikitsa masikweya wokhazikika. Maboti a Hex ndi ma wrenches tsopano akugwiritsidwa ntchito padziko lonse lapansi. IKEA idayamba kugwiritsa ntchito wrench ya hex m'zaka za m'ma 1960 ndipo idauza Quartz kuti chida chosavuta ichi chikuphatikiza lingaliro la "mumachita gawo lanu". Tikuchita gawo lathu. Tiyeni tisunge pamodzi. “
Ponena za Allen Manufacturing, idagulidwa koyamba ndi Apex Tool Group, wopanga padziko lonse lapansi yemwe pambuyo pake adapezedwa ndi Bain Capital ku 2013. Kampaniyo inasiya kugwiritsa ntchito chizindikiro cha Allen chifukwa chodziwika bwino chinapangitsa kuti ikhale chida chamalonda chopanda ntchito. Koma wrench ya hex yokha ndiyothandiza kwambiri kuposa kale mukakhala ndi mpando wanjinga kuti musinthe kapena Lagkapten musonkhanitse.
Kodi makiyi a hex amapezeka bwanji? Mtolankhani adasakaza nyumba yake ndipo adapeza ambiri (ndipo adaganiza kuti mwina ataya ambiri aiwo). Komabe, masiku awo aulamuliro akutha. Mneneri wa IKEA adauza a Quartz kuti: "Cholinga chathu ndikupita ku njira yosavuta, yopanda zida yomwe ingachepetse nthawi yosonkhanitsa ndikupangitsa kuti ntchito yosonkhanitsa mipando ikhale yosangalatsa."
1818: Blacksmith Micah Rugg atsegula malo oyamba odzipangira bolt ku United States, ndikupanga ma bolt 500 patsiku pofika 1840.
1909: William J. Allen akulemba chivomerezo choyamba cha chitetezo choyendetsedwa ndi hex, ngakhale lingalirolo likhoza kukhalapo kwa zaka zambiri.
1964: John Bondhus adayambitsa "screwdriver", nsonga yozungulira yomwe imagwiritsidwa ntchito mu wrench ya hex yomwe imapotoza chomangira pakona.
Wrench ya hex idapangidwa kudzera mu uinjiniya wolondola, zomwe zimalola kupanga zinthu zambiri zosinthika m'malo mwa zomangira zosakhazikika.
Katswiri wina wa ku Britain, Henry Maudslay, amadziwika kuti ndi amene anapanga makina oyambirira odulira ma screw m'chaka cha 1800, ndipo lathe yake yodulira misala inalola kuti zomangira zofanana zofanana zizipangidwa mochuluka. Maudsley anali mwana wodabwitsa yemwe, ali ndi zaka 19, adapatsidwa ntchito yoyendetsa msonkhano. Anapanganso micrometer yoyamba yomwe imamulola kuyeza zigawo zazing'ono ngati 1/1000 inchi, zomwe adazitcha "Woweruza Wamkulu" chifukwa zimayimira chigamulo chomaliza ngati mankhwala akugwirizana ndi miyezo yake. Masiku ano, zomangira sizimadulidwa kuti ziwoneke, koma zimapangidwa kuchokera ku waya.
"Hex Key" ndi mawu ofanana ndi omwe sangalembetsedwe ngati chizindikiro chifukwa cha kupezeka kwake, monga Kleenex, Xerox ndi Velcro. Akatswiri amachitcha kuti "genocide".
Ndi wrench iti yomwe ili yabwino kwa nyumba yanu? Akatswiri ogula zinthu a Wirecutter ayesa ma wrenches osiyanasiyana, ndipo ngati mumakonda kukambirana za ma angles olowera ndikuwongolera ma ergonomics, onani ndemanga zawo zovomerezeka. Kuphatikizanso: ili ndi zida zonse zomwe mungafune kuti mupange mipando ya IKEA.
Mu Poll ya Moments ya sabata yatha, 43% adati apanga njira yokhazikika ndi Frito-Lay, 39% adasankha Taylor Swift, ndipo 18% adakonda mgwirizano ndi HBO Max.
Imelo yamasiku ano idalembedwa ndi Tim Fernholz (yemwe adapeza zomwe zidamuchitikira) ndikusinthidwa ndi Susan Howson (yemwe amakonda kusokoneza zinthu) ndi Annalize Griffin (kiyi ya hex pamitima yathu).
Yankho lolondola pamafunso ndi D., Lincoln Bolt yomwe tidabwera nayo. Koma ena onse ndi mabawuti enieni!