EZ Strap Polyester Strapping
The Buckle & Sizes | Strength Specifications | Read Safety Article
Woven polyester strapping is specifically formulated to meet or exceed the break strength of steel banding. Woven polyester strapping is a superior alternative for securing your product during shipping and it also provides a safer work place for your employees and customers. Woven polyester strapping has two important characteristics, namely elongation and memory, that allows it to act like a big industrial rubber band when your product encounters sudden shock from abrupt movements in shipping. |
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Woven Polyester Strapping
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The Buckle
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The buckle is a very important part of our strapping system. The phosphate-coated buckles that we sell for our strap are designed and manufactured to the highest standards for quality and performance. The results of joint efficiency testing has shown them to be the best in the industry. The combination of our buckle and strap has been developed to keep your load secure. |
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Strapping Strength Specifications
| EZ Strap Item |
Steel break strength |
Polyester break strength |
| 5/8 inch strap | .020” = 1900# | 2000# |
| 3/4 inch strap | .023” = 2470# | 2700# |
| 1¼ inch strap | .025” = 4650# | 4200# |
| 1½ inch strap | 5000# |
Accident Trends
by
Ron Landram, Vice President, Risk Services-Nevada
According to Ron, of Nevada Contractors Insurance, data collection points to increased accidents directly related to cutting, removing, and disposing of banding material, that high tension metal strapping, of which is used to secure pallets of material and bundles of pipe and wood.
One individual received a fairly long and deep gash in his cheek, resulting from cutting banding with a hatchet. When the band flew apart, it missed his eye by a couple of inches.
Another accident occurred when a worker was cutting strapping from a bundle of plastic pipe. He was standing on the bundle. Guess what happened when he cut the last strap. You guessed it! Down he went, injuring himself and sending pipe everywhere.
Still a third person was carrying banding material to the scrap pile, when this ball of metal snakes decided to fight back. The result was a cut in the throat area. Not too serious, but it could have been fatal.
