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Why I stopped using cheap wire ties on harness bundles
Had to choose between paying $8 for a bag of quality aerospace-grade ties or saving $3 on the generic ones from the hardware store last Tuesday. Picked the cheap ones and three days later found two broken ties near a hot air duct on a 737. Anyone else had a similar wakeup call with budget hardware on critical stuff?
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noraj7916d ago
aerospace-grade ties" aren't really a thing, they're just mil-spec.
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jade61816d ago
Mil spec just means it meets the government contract requirements, not that it's some magical space material. Plenty of cheap stuff passes mil spec because it's just a checklist, not a quality guarantee. The real deal would be stuff like Nomex or Kevlar, but even then it's all about the actual fabric blend and weave, not the marketing label.
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