The Locking Mechanism of Ball Lock Type Stainless Steel Cable Ties

Stainless steel cable tie is formed with stainless steel grades 304 or 316.The MLG range of cable ties has no serrations on the strap, and the strap parallels through the head, gliding under a metal ball-bearing locking mechanism. By using the GIT-705 application tool the cable tie is tensioned and the strap cut to a flush finish.

Locking technology

The strap is locked into the head by means of the small ball-bearing. The ball locks into the small end of the wedged shaped housing, forming a positive locking with the strap.

Stainless steel cable tie is not suitable for rigid objects. Retraction of the ball-bearing (see drawing) is required into the small end of the wedged shaped housing to allow for a positive locking of the strap and also to make a flush cut of the end of the strap. Retraction, therefore, cannot take place with the bundling of inflexible materials.


Insert the tail into the buckle. Before the tie is tightened, the internal locking ball still rolls freely.	Once the proper tension is reached, use cable tie tool to cut off the tail. The ball then wedges into the buckle, locking it tightly against both the top and bottom of the band.

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