Results, in kN.
Fredrik. "What the ..., the biner broke!"
Hans the crazy basejumpin fracture researcher helped us.
Before
After
Test setup, Martin, me and Fredrik.
Hans dropping a biner 7 floors in the science building.
Saturday, January 9, 2010
Testing of carabiners
One evening in november we went to the lab and tested some of the climbing clubs old steel carabiners. All of them had been hanging at DragWall for a year and all except the ref. one had also been hanging outdoor in Hell for a summer. The results was that the metal wasn't damaged at all, but the fabric between obviously got worn out. Espessially the quick links was extremly solid. We also tried dropping a couple of biners (3&4) 7 floors in the science building to see if it had any effect, it didnt...
Results, in kN.
Fredrik. "What the ..., the biner broke!"
Hans the crazy basejumpin fracture researcher helped us.
Before
After
Test setup, Martin, me and Fredrik.
Hans dropping a biner 7 floors in the science building.
Results, in kN.Fredrik. "What the ..., the biner broke!"
Hans the crazy basejumpin fracture researcher helped us.
Before
AfterTest setup, Martin, me and Fredrik.
Hans dropping a biner 7 floors in the science building.
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Hey ya. Are both the maillons and biners made out of steel?
ReplyDeleteHey!!
ReplyDeleteYup, they are. Would have been cool to test other materials to :)