Metal catalysts comprising hollow forms or spheres are made of metal alloy and optionally activated. The system transports a tape supplied by one of the two reels and taken up by the other reel. A combiner combines the received signal detected at each of the antenna elements to produce a combined received signal for a selected antenna pattern. As a result, the reinforcement system provides enhanced load distribution over the vehicle frame without adding excessive weight and further serves to reduce noise and vibrational characteristics of the automotive vehicle. In order to ensure that quality of the images printed by the selected substitute printer is the same as that of the images printed by the printer in which the problem is detected, the print data is corrected and is outputted to the selected substitute printer. The bistable locking mechanism is configured to: allow movement of the suture when the bistable locking mechanism is in a first position; and minimize axial movement of the suture when the bistable locking mechanism is in a second position.