'Flamingo' Design Metaklett Fastener (VIDEO)

Technical University of Munich (TUM)

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This is the so-called Flamingo design for spring-steel hook and loop fasteners, developed by researchers at the Technische Universitaet Muenchen. Hook elements deform elastically under light pressure to glide into openings in a perforated tape, like the plastic buckles on backpack straps. Once inserted, they return to their original form and resist back pull like an expanding rivet.

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TUM Institute of Metal Forming and Casting (utg)

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