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Cable & Cord Management · Trade series (nylon 6/6 cable ties) · Application guide

What Are Nylon Cable Ties Used For?

Typical applications, the industries that specify nylon cable ties, and how to choose the right size, material and finish for the joint.

Nylon Cable Ties are used for routing, bundling and strain-relieving cable at a panel entry or a fixing point. They are manufactured to Trade series (nylon 6/6 cable ties), and selection is driven by the screw size, the fit and tolerance the assembly requires, and the service environment.

Primary duty
Routing, bundling and strain-relieving cable at a panel entry or a fixing point
Governing standard
Trade series (nylon 6/6 cable ties)
Screw size range
releasable nylon 6/6 to releasable nylon 6/6
Category
Cable & Cord Management

Application notes are general engineering guidance. Verify the property class and any approval requirement against your own design calculation.

What Are Nylon Cable Ties Used For? application image

Application guide for Nylon Cable Ties to Trade series (nylon 6/6 cable ties). The core duty of the type is routing, bundling and strain-relieving cable at a panel entry or a fixing point. The typical industries, the how-to-specify checklist, assembly practice and the exclusion cases are set out below. Stocked across roughly 6 to 6, they cover light-duty and instrument-scale work.

Typical Applications for Nylon Cable Ties

The most common settings where these are specified:

  • General machine building: fastening covers, brackets, motors and sub-assemblies on production equipment.
  • Maintenance & repair (MRO): a stocked size for servicing existing plant where the original fastener spec must be matched.
  • Fabrication & metalwork: bench and on-site assembly of steel frames, enclosures and weldments.

How to Specify Nylon Cable Ties for Your Application

  • Size: Select on screw size, and confirm it against the mating feature in the assembly. This product spans 6–6; check the full table below for the exact dimensions of each size.
  • Material: Choose the material and finish for the service environment — plated steel for general use, stainless for corrosion resistance.
  • Environment: For damp, coastal or chemical exposure prefer A4/316 stainless or a suitable coating; indoors, plated steel or A2 is usually sufficient.
  • Standard: This product is supplied to Trade series (nylon 6/6 cable ties). Quoting the standard on your order guarantees interchangeable dimensions between suppliers.

Where Nylon Cable Ties Are Not the Right Choice

Match the fastener to the load, environment and whether the joint must be reopened; the wrong class or style is the usual cause of joint failure.

Technical Drawing

Customize the parameters below — every spec field is editable, and the drawing redraws to match the values you choose. Changing the size will snap the other fields to that size's standard values; you can then override any individual value.

Sends the selected values to the quote form below.

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The form below follows the current technical drawing configuration. Change the drawing values above and the request details update automatically.

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Specification
Business Information

Dimensions & Specifications (Trade series (nylon 6/6 cable ties))

GradeSelected byUV resistanceService temperature basisTypical use
natural nylon 6/6bundle diameter and tensile strengthnone u2014 indoor onlystandard nylon rangeinterior panel and harness work
black UV-stabilised nylon 6/6bundle diameter and tensile strengthUV stabilisedstandard nylon rangeoutdoor and exposed runs
heat-stabilised nylon 6/6bundle diameter and tensile strengthlimitedelevated temperature gradeengine bay and hot equipment
releasable nylon 6/6bundle diameterby gradestandard nylon rangeruns that are re-worked
Inside the plant

Manufactured in our own plant

This part is cold-formed, threaded, heat-treated and finished in-house. The stages below are where its class and finish are actually decided.

  1. Wire rod feeding into a cold heading machine
    01

    Cold heading

    Wire rod is drawn to size and cold-formed into blanks. Forming rather than cutting keeps the grain flow continuous around the head, which is where a bolt is most likely to fail.

    Head dimensions and under-head radius checked at set-up and per shift.

  2. Thread rolling machine producing bolt threads
    02

    Thread rolling

    Threads are rolled between hardened dies rather than cut. Rolled threads are stronger in fatigue than cut threads and hold pitch and flank angle far more consistently across a batch.

    Go / no-go ring gauges to ISO 965 tolerance class 6g.

  3. Baskets of bolts staged for heat treatment
    03

    Heat treatment

    Quench-and-temper brings carbon and alloy steel to the property class ordered — 8.8, 10.9 or 12.9 — with the furnace charge tracked so a finished lot can be traced back to it.

    Core hardness and tensile tested per lot to ISO 898-1.

  4. Zinc plated bolts in a treatment basket
    04

    Surface treatment

    Zinc, zinc-nickel, hot-dip galvanizing, black oxide, phosphate and Dacromet, selected against the service environment rather than against the price list.

    Coating thickness and neutral salt spray hours to ISO 9227.

Frequently Asked Questions

What are Nylon Cable Ties used for?

Routing, bundling and strain-relieving cable at a panel entry or a fixing point. They are supplied to Trade series (nylon 6/6 cable ties).

Which industries use Nylon Cable Ties?

They are commonly specified in general machine building, maintenance & repair (mro) and fabrication & metalwork, among other sectors.

How do I choose the right size of Nylon Cable Ties?

Select on screw size and on the fit the assembly requires. This product is available from 6 to 6; the full dimension table on this page lists each size.

Are Nylon Cable Ties made to a recognized standard?

Yes — they are manufactured to Trade series (nylon 6/6 cable ties), so dimensions are interchangeable between suppliers when you quote the standard on your order.

Can I get a quote for Nylon Cable Ties in the size and material I need?

Yes. Use the technical drawing and quote form on this page to set the size and options, then send the exact configuration to our team for pricing and lead time.