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What Are Stainless Steel Cable Ties Used For?

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

Stainless Steel 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 (stainless steel cable ties), and selection is driven by the nominal 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 (stainless steel cable ties)
Nominal size range
304 stainless to 316 stainless
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 Stainless Steel Cable Ties Used For? application image

Stainless Steel Cable Ties (Trade series (stainless steel cable ties)) are specified where the joint requires routing, bundling and strain-relieving cable at a panel entry or a fixing point. The sections below cover the typical end-uses by industry, the size and material decisions for each, assembly practice, and the applications this fastener type is not suited to. Stocked across roughly 304 mm to 316 mm, they cover heavy and structural work.

Typical Applications for Stainless Steel 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 Stainless Steel Cable Ties for Your Application

  • Size: Select on nominal size, and confirm it against the mating feature in the assembly. This product spans 304 mm–316 mm; 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 (stainless steel cable ties). Quoting the standard on your order guarantees interchangeable dimensions between suppliers.

Where Stainless Steel 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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Specification
Business Information

Dimensions & Specifications (Trade series (stainless steel cable ties))

BandLocking headCoatingSelected for
304 stainlessball-lock headuncoatedgeneral industrial and outdoor
316 stainlessball-lock headuncoatedmarine and chemical exposure
304 stainlessball-lock headpolyester coatedprotecting cable insulation
316 stainlessroller-ball headuncoatedhigh-vibration and offshore
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 Stainless Steel Cable Ties used for?

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

Which industries use Stainless Steel 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 Stainless Steel Cable Ties?

Select on nominal size and on the fit the assembly requires. This product is available from 304 mm to 316 mm; the full dimension table on this page lists each size.

Are Stainless Steel Cable Ties made to a recognized standard?

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

Can I get a quote for Stainless Steel 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.