Innovative cable tie design Millepede Cable Ties made use of FEA's Engineering Consultancy Services department to help optimise the design of a patented new type of cable tie. By using LUSAS Analyst a series of nonlinear contact analyses were done to investigate the deformation of a typical cell in the cable tie. This resulted in an improved tie design which gave easier threading of the tie through itself and an increased latching load to be achieved. The 8mm-wide cable ties are made from nylon-66 polyamide and are of a self- locking chain-link type of design. Each tie consists of a number of 5mm long cells which have a neck region, arms, a hinge and securing latch - all of varying cross- sectional shapes and dimensions. In use, atie is wrapped around cables to be bound together and thread

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