CLADDING AND FIXING CONFERENCE Luxembourg, 3 & 4 of September 2014 Shelter Fixings for Flexible Fabrics 1/2 – Fixings TO ROPE
Javier Vila Ferrero, IFRC-SRU 1
Shelter (non structural) fixings for flexible fabrics
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Scope of the shelter fixing study
Shelter STRUCTURAL FIXINGS are out of the scope of this study 3
New fixings
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Traditional fixings
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Edge types
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Fabrics tested
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PC 350
PE IFRC
PE IFRC BAND
PE UNHCR
SHADE NET
PVC 240
PVC 450
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Test methodology: Spot test
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IFRC-SRU laboratory
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Whatever else you thought we did with the machine IS NOT TRUE. We just tested fixings!
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Vrije University Brussels laboratory
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Test methodology: Long term test
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Analyzed data
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Analyzed data
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Vrije University Brussels results
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BEST NEW FIXING
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BEST TRADITIONAL FIXINGS 15
Scope of the study: data
â?ź 58 new fixings to rope x 8 edge types 8 traditional fixings to rope x 1 edge types 5 traditional fixings to rope x 8 edge types 17 fixings to framework x 4 edge shapes x 6 edge types
920 fixing options x 10 fabrics x 3 test each
27.600 tests to do
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Scope of the study: data
â?ź 200 hours pulling 200 meters of fabric strip tested 6.000 tosses of chain 1.500 meters of chain movement
400 tests done
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Fabrics tested
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Fabric base of the test study 18
New fixings tested
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14MM EYELET
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Traditional fixings tested
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New fixings COMPARISON Spot test / Simple edge / Fabric: PE IFRC
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Surprises 3,13€
3,46€
The simplest and cheapest Clackpack model is the strongest of the company!!!
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9,79€
0,95€
0,72€
Different model, same resistance!!! 22
Traditional fixings COMPARISON Spot test / Simple edge / Fabric: PE IFRC and BAND
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PE IFRC
PE IFRC BAND 23
New vs traditional fixings COMPARISON RING OF ROPE 6MM
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PE IFRC BAND PE IFRC
A SIMPLE HOLE with a ring of rope (Ø6mm) in the PE IFRC is better than most of the NEW FIXINGS
A SIMPLE HOLE with a ring of rope (Ø6mm) in the PE IFRC BAND is better than almost all the NEW FIXINGS
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New vs traditional fixings COMPARISON
❼ Traditional fixings performed much better!!!
BEST NEW FIXING
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BEST TRADITIONAL FIXINGS
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Long term test results
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TRADITIONAL FIXINGS lasted much longer than the NEW FIXINGS
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PE IFRC BAND vs PE UNHCR EYELET
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PE IFRC BAND
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PE UNCHR EYELET
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PE IFRC BAND vs PE UNHCR EYELET
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PE IFRC BAND
WELDED
+ RING OF ROPE 6MM
PE IFRC BAND
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PE UNHCR EYELET 28
Eyelets COMPARISON – Spot test
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WELDED
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Best fixings
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Best fixings
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PE IFRC
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PE IFRC BAND 31
J-knot (Bent bunch with anti-sliding)
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www.outdoorlife.com 32
Best fixings
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Cecilia Braedt, Coordinator / cecilia.braedt@croix-rouge.lu T.: +352.27.55.89.02 Vincent Virgo, Research Officer / vincent.virgo@croix-rouge.lu Daniel Ledesma, Research Officer / daniel.ledesma@croix-rouge.lu Javier Vila Ferrero, Research Officer / javiervf@gmail.com T.: +352.27.55.89.03 IFRC-SRU, 10 CitĂŠ Henri Dunant, L-8095 Bertrange, Luxembourg 34