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2. Wire shelving - Wikipedia

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   Wire shelving for industrial use consists of steel wire, used for the decking, and steel sheets, used for the supports. The wire makes up about 60% of the weight and the sheet steel about 40%. Coiled steel wire is cut to the correct lengths required using straight-cut machines. Then, these individual wires are fed through a welding machine that ...

3. Hook-and-eye closure - Wikipedia

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   The fasteners were eventually manufactured in the form of hook-and-eye tape, consisting of two tapes, one equipped with hooks and the other equipped with eyelets so that the two tapes could be "zipped" together side by side. To construct the garment, sections of hook-and-eye tape were sewn into either side of the garment closure.

4. Tie (engineering) - Wikipedia

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   Tie (engineering) A hurricane tie used to fasten a rafter to a stud. A tie, strap, tie rod, eyebar, guy-wire, suspension cables, or wire ropes, are examples of linear structural components designed to resist tension. [1] It is the opposite of a strut or column, which is designed to resist compression. Ties may be made of any tension resisting ...

5. Hook-and-loop fastener - Wikipedia

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   Loops. A shoe using hook-and-loop closures. Hook-and-loop fasteners, also known as hook-and-pile fasteners or touch fasteners, are devices that allow two surfaces to be repeatedly fastened and unfastened, commonly used in clothing and other applications. They are often referred to by the genericized trademark velcro, which was the original name ...

6. Nail (fastener) - Wikipedia

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   In woodworking and construction, a nail is a small object made of metal (or wood, called a tree nail or "trunnel") which is used as a fastener, as a peg to hang something, or sometimes as a decoration. [ 1 ] Generally, nails have a sharp point on one end and a flattened head on the other, but headless nails are available.

7. R-clip - Wikipedia

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   R-clip. An R-clip, also known as an R-pin, R-key, hairpin cotter pin, [1] hairpin cotter, [2] bridge pin, [2] hitch pin clip[3][4] or spring cotter pin, [5] is a fastener made of a durable but flexible material, commonly hardened metal wire, resembling the shape of the letter "R". R-clips are commonly used to secure the ends of round shafts ...