Extreme steel 'Velcro' takes a 35-tonne load


	Extreme steel 'Velcro' takes a 35-tonne load

EddieIsSteady

9-5-2009 5:43 PM

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9-5-2009 6:37 PM

lollipop10

Interesting that someone thought of making it with metal.

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But German engineers have taken inspiration from the mild-mannered fastener to create a version of the hook-and-loop concept with enough steely strength for extreme loads and environments.</blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.newscientist.com/data/images/ns/cms/dn17739/dn17739-1_500.jpg" href="http://www.newscientist.com/data/images/ns/cms/dn17739/dn17739-1_500.jpg" style="font-size: 11px;">www.newscientist.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.newscientist.com/data/images/ns/cms/dn17739/dn17739-1_500.jpg"><IMG src="http://www.newscientist.com/data/images/ns/cms/dn17739/dn17739-1_500.jpg" alt="http://www.newscientist.com/data/images/ns/cms/dn17739/dn17739-1_500.jpg" /></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17739-extreme-steel-velcro-takes-a-35tonne-load.html?DCMP=OTC-rss&nsref=online-news" href="http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17739-extreme-steel-velcro-takes-a-35tonne-load.html?DCMP=OTC-rss&nsref=online-news" style="font-size: 11px;">www.newscientist.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17739-extreme-steel-velcro-takes-a-35tonne-load.html?DCMP=OTC-rss&nsref=online-news">Although this steel fastener can support extreme loads, it can also be reused (Image: TUM Institute of Metal Forming and Casting)</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17739-extreme-steel-velcro-takes-a-35tonne-load.html?DCMP=OTC-rss&nsref=online-news">A square metre of the new fastener, called Metaklett, is capable of supporting 35 tonnes at temperatures up to 800 ºC, claim <A target="ns" href="http://www.utg.de/index2.php?page=110&detail=149〈=en">Josef Mair</A> and colleagues at the Technical University of Munich, Germany. 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