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Like 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
by californiaguy2 17y ago
Like 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).