For the quality of Strapping Buckles, it is important that:

  • they are flat and rectangular
  • the steel wire is strong enough
  • the legs are long enough not to be pulled through the base
  • the strapping can be tensioned straight
  • the construction of the crossing is strong enough
  • the slanted leg is used as the tension site


Many suppliers:

  • do not use the linear test, but the system test to only obtain a higher value
  • give a tensile strength of their buckles which is meaningless, after all it is the combination of strapping with the right buckle that determines
  • use a to small diameter steel wire and deliver a lower number per box to achieve a lower price
  • do not measure tensile strengths and do not pay attention to the quality


There are no standards for strapping and buckles in Europe. Because of the importance of safety and the prevention of damage, Veltkamp uses the American standard ASTM 3950 during production. This indicates that the combination of strapping with buckle in a lineair tensile test must achieve a tensile strength of at least 55% of the tensile strength of the strapping. Veltkamp checks and tests on this constantly during production. The buckles in combination with the strapping are therefore also certified by DNVGL.

 

Type

Article Nº

Inches

mm

Wire Ø

Pcs/Box

Pcs/Pallet

B3-2.5

1302801A

3/8

10

2.5

1,000

144,000

B4-3.0 13058124 4/8 13 3.3 1,000 112,000

B4-3.3

1305812A

4/8

13

3.3

1,000

112,000

B5-3.3 1305803B 5/8 16 3.3 1,000 80,000
B5-3.5 1305803A 5/8 16 3.5 1,000 80,000
B6-3.5 1305813B 3/4 19 3.5 1,000 60,000
B6-4.0 1305813A 3/4 19 4.0 1,000 60,000
B8-5.0 1305814A 1 25 5.0 500 24,000
B8-6.0 HD 1305926A

1

25

6.0

400

19,200

B10-7.0 1305814B

1 1/4

32

7.0

250

12,000

B12-7.0 13059160

1 1/2

38

7.0

200

9,600

  

SUITABLE FOR STRAPPING TYPE

Extruded Polypropyleen (PP)

Glued Polyester (Hotmelt)

Co-extruded Polyester (Composit)

Woven Polyester
 


 

RELATION TENSILE STRENGTH BUCKLES

(possible deviations depent on the quality of the strapping)
 

Galvanized Standard

100%

Galvanized Heavy Duty

115%

Sherardized Standard

130%

Sherardized Heavy Duty

140%