Bundle Tie Head Dampener for Damage Prevention
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing bundle ties often cause damage to secured bundles and allow elongate articles to slip due to the forces imparted by the tie head and the smooth, flexible coatings of the articles, leading to slippage within the tie loop.
Innovation Solution
A bundle tie with a head dampener, featuring materials like dampening rails or films integrated into the tie head and strap, designed to reduce damage and prevent slippage by providing additional friction and support.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Strength
If a traditional tie head is used to secure a bundle, then the bundle is fastened, but the tie head may cause damage to the bundle due to concentrated forces
Solution Approach 1:
The tie head is segmented into a hard tie head body and a separate head dampener component. The head dampener is positioned between the tie head and the bundle to distribute the concentrated forces from the tie head over a larger area, reducing pressure points and preventing damage to the bundle while maintaining fastening strength.
Solution Approach 2:
The head dampener acts as an intermediary element between the tie head and the bundle. It serves as a protective interface that absorbs and distributes the mechanical forces, preventing direct contact between the hard tie head and the bundle surface, thereby eliminating damage while preserving the fastening function.
2Object-affected harmful factors
If a smooth, flexible coating is applied to elongate articles for protection, then the articles are protected, but the coating causes slippage within the tie loop
Solution Approach 1:
The dampening rails are positioned locally at the interface between the tie head and the bundle, specifically where friction is needed to prevent slippage. This localized application of friction-enhancing features does not interfere with the overall smooth coating protection of the articles while providing targeted anti-slip performance where the tie contacts the bundle.
Solution Approach 2:
The head dampener changes the friction parameter at the contact interface between the tie head and the bundle. By introducing a material or surface structure with higher friction coefficients, it increases the rubbing resistance without requiring changes to the protective coating on the articles themselves, thus maintaining both protection and reliability.
3Ease of manufacture
If a single-material tie head is used, then the manufacturing is simple, but the tie head cannot provide both structural strength and damage prevention
Solution Approach 1:
The tie head assembly uses composite construction with a hard tie head body material providing structural strength and a separate head dampener material providing damage prevention. This composite approach allows each material to be optimized for its specific function while being manufactured as an integrated assembly, balancing manufacturing simplicity with functional versatility.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The head dampener effectively reduces damage to bundles and prevents slippage by enhancing friction, ensuring a secure and stable fastening of elongate articles.
Implementation Method 1
The head dampener is preferably at least partially comprised of a material that is different than at least part of the tie head... assist in preventing an elongate article, or a plurality of elongate articles, from sliding within a bundle tie loop
Data Source
AI summary
An apparatus according to the present invention provides a bundle tie including a head dampener. The tie generally comprises a strap and a tie head coupled to the strap. The tie head is adapted to engage a free end of the strap, thereby forming a loop, which may be formed or placed about one or a bundle of elongate articles such as conduit, wires, cables, ropes, and pipes, for example. The tie head is provided with a head dampener which serves to cushion what otherwise may be damaging force placed upon the one or more elongate articles by the tie head. The dampener may also serve to limit movement of the one or more elongate articles through the loop formed by the tie.