Javier Vila Ferrero fixings to rope

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!!!

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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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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