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Imagine that you have just started working in a warehouse where you see hundreds of wires and other things lying everywhere. You want to organize them, and in your search for zip ties, you may find that they are either too short, too long, or in a completely wrong color. Fortunately, assorted zip ties can […]

A solar installer in Queensland thought that a batch of DC cables secured to an aluminium mounting with some white zip ties would remain intact, just like those he had previously used — they looked the same, felt similar and had the same 50-pound-rated tensile strength written on the package. However, 18 months later, all […]

When the maintenance manager based at a food processing facility was in need of zip ties for a cable management job that was to be executed outside, the supplier offered him two different types with different prices. The first type was called “Nylon 6/6 Cable Ties – Black UV-Stabilized” while the second option was termed […]

As procurement professionals prepare to compile their purchasing lists for big projects, the choice of “high-strength cable ties” can pose a headache. How strong is strong enough? Should we choose nylon or stainless steel? Should the ties comply with certain UL ratings, have specific flammability class ratings, or bring guaranteed UV resistance? The bad decision […]

Many people think that cutting off the extra length of a tie with scissors is the ultimate solution to this problem. After all, this action seems to be both simple and fast. However, it can cause a lot of troubles in the future as the cut end is often very sharp, and that can injure […]

The apprentice fetched a bag labelled nylon cable ties in response to a request by a maintenance technician at a food processing plant to bring him a bag of zip ties. The technician acknowledged this, stating that the two were identical. That was indeed true, as nylon cable ties and zip ties can be viewed […]