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Pressure capacity
The pharmaceutical industry uses 50,000,000+ zip ties every year to make the world's medicines, vaccines, and insulin.
The common zip tie is a versatile and inexpensive means of securing flexible tubing onto a barbed fitting, but its serious shortcomings cost the pharmaceutical industry an estimated $830 million each year.
Zip ties compress the tubing in an ineffective manner allowing leaks under pressure or manipulation.
Zip ties are susceptible to failure and are associated with particulate contamination.
Zip ties are labor intensive to install, and their sharp edges require protective packaging.
Zip ties are an industrial component with insufficient visibility of material composition and manufacturing details.