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Old 04-29-2011, 01:15 AM   #4 (permalink)
Vekke
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Originally Posted by euromodder View Post
Is this kind of zip-tie cap commercially available ?
I could see some other uses for these, and people will use them for things we'd never think of.

If not, can't you get some of the main zip-tie manufacturers interested in producing them, and pay you an inventor's fee ?

They have the distribution channel to shift millions of these, and the tooling costs would be peanuts to them.
So far no luck with manufacturers. You are right that you can use it on many places and it works better than regular ziptie. I am not even asking any royalties from this invention, because I have even better on my sleeve conserning zipties .

I have asked 100000 pieces production on first year and that is too little for big manufacturers. Also 10 cavity tool is very small, because it should have 100 cavities. 100 cavity mold is then again ten times more expensive...

That kind of aluminium version like in the picture will be on the market within before summer. So far I have milled my own plugs. I dont yet have no prices for those plugs, but will update as soon as I have something to tell.
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