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So...how do you pull it apart? Is this effectively a permanent fastener? If so, how is better than welding or something?
by ryanwaggoner 17y ago
So...how do you pull it apart? Is this effectively a permanent fastener? If so, how is better than welding or something?
- californiaguy2 17y agoLike regular velcro, shear load capacity is probably much, much higher than the force it takes to pull apart. Think about the most common application of velcro - shoes - you're keeping the two sides of the shoe together. Velcro prevents the two surfaces from sliding around, not from coming apart.
- KC8ZKF 17y ago"Metaklett can support maximum weight when pulled on in the plane of the strips, and a square metre can hold a perpendicular load of 7 tonnes, says Mair." So you only need a 7.1 tonne weight.
- 10ren 17y agoThat's for the whole area. If you pull just a fraction of the area, the force required is proportionately less (think of a strip of Velcro that you pull apart from one end). fun fact: the Firefox spell-checker knows that Velcro is a trademark, and must be capitalized. Obey the spell-checker. ("Firefox" is also).
- dfranke 17y agoYou mean to tell me that you don't have a 35.1 ton weight sitting around anywhere?
- kragen 17y agoAccording to the article, you can pull it apart "without special tools". It looks like it might work like a zipper: curving one of the sides of the connection disengages it from the other side.