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2. Tie down strap - Wikipedia

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   Member of the US Navy secures the strap of a pallet during a training exercise. A ratchet tie-down strap. A tie down strap (also known as a ratchet strap, a lashing strap or a tie down) is a fastener used to hold down cargo or equipment during transport. Tie down straps are essentially webbing that is outfitted with tie down hardware. This ...

3. Ratchet (device) - Wikipedia

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   A ratchet consists of a round gear or a linear rack with teeth, and a pivoting, spring-loaded finger called a pawl (or click, in clocks and watches [1] [2]) that engages the teeth. The teeth are uniform but are usually asymmetrical, with each tooth having a moderate slope on one edge and a much steeper slope on the other edge.

4. MOLLE - Wikipedia

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   A US Army soldier wearing MOLLE gear Universal Camouflage Pattern. Modular Lightweight Load-Carrying Equipment, or MOLLE (pronounced / ˈ m ɒ l. l iː / MOL-lee), is the current generation of load-bearing equipment used by a number of NATO armed forces, especially the British Army and the United States Army since the late 1990s.

5. Strapping - Wikipedia

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   Strapping used on a shipment of chemical weapons slated for destruction Soft goods strapped in a bale or bundle. Steel is the oldest and highest tensile strength strapping. It is available in a variety of widths and thicknesses as well as variations in the grade of steel.

6. Distance line - Wikipedia

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   [1] [2] Guide lines are also useful in the event of silt out. [3] A cave diver running a distance line into the overhead environment to facilitate a safe exit. Distance lines are wound on to a spool or a reel for storage, and are laid in situ by unrolling. [4] The length of the distance line used is dependent on the plan for the dive.

7. Hook-and-loop fastener - Wikipedia

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   [1] [3] Hook-and-loop is regarded by some like Steven Vogel [5] or Werner Nachtigall [6] as a key example of inspiration from nature or the copying of nature's mechanisms (called bionics or biomimesis). Macro photograph of velcro hooks. The big breakthrough de Mestral made was to think about hook-and-eye closures on a greatly reduced scale ...