Afixing Safety Bonds to Lanterns...

[Alec]

On the subject of cable ties, has anyone noticed these appear at ScrewFix:

 

Marine grade Stainless Steel Ties with excellent resistance to abrasion, radiation, weathering and corrosion. Strong and secure fastening of cables, pipes or hoses. Rounded edges make them safe to handle. Withstand temp. from -80°C to 540°C. Lloyd's Register of Shipping approved.

http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/pro.jsp?id=20645

 

Not quite sure on how, if they secure themselves, as I see no corrugated strip. And while they claim safe handling rounded edges, what happens if you trip the ends - surely they're even sharper? And what would you trim the end with?

[david.elsbury]

As a followup on a previous post of mine:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v111/davidelsbury/safety4.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v111/davidelsbury/safety3.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v111/davidelsbury/safety2.jpg

 

Excuse the (lack of) quality of the images, they were taken with my phone.

You get the idea, though.

David

[Martin]

On the subject of cable ties, has anyone noticed these appear at ScrewFix:

 

Marine grade Stainless Steel Ties with excellent resistance to abrasion, radiation, weathering and corrosion. Strong and secure fastening of cables, pipes or hoses. Rounded edges make them safe to handle. Withstand temp. from -80°C to 540°C. Lloyd's Register of Shipping approved.

http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/pro.jsp?id=20645

 

Not quite sure on how, if they secure themselves, as I see no corrugated strip.  And while they claim safe handling rounded edges, what happens if you trip the ends - surely they're even sharper?  And what would you trim the end with?

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These are mandatory for fireproof applications, such as fire alarms. And yes the ends are very sharp if not trimmed properly. I say this after lacerating my fingers on one in our fire alarm installation (none of them have been trimmed properly).

 

They are a very simple design, consisting of a flat steel band. One end has a captive ball bearing under a shaped channel that will allow you to feed the other end through, but when you try to pull it out again, the ball is forced into the narrow end of the channel and jams against the steel band. You can use them in the same way as plastic cable ties.