That is amazingly strong, now can you get them certified? because at the end of the day people only want to see that text if not for psychological assurances LOL. Great video
These were rings we tested that are manufactured by another canyoning brand here in Taiwan. Currently we are getting our own rings manufactured in 304L (traceless weld & annealed), and forged 316L rings. Certification is a consideration, the only barrier is money, which ultimately the consumer pays for.
This reminds me when I was at school and learning welding and some student asked the teacher how do we know we have a good weld? he said if you section the weld (and we did) grind it perfectly smooth (with diamond abrasives) and we did, then etched with nitric acid. We saw the microstructure no different to the parent material.
There's been a bit of drama with welded climbing hardware in the climbing world. We've been striving to learn from mistakes and feedback received from others in hardware we get manufactured. Going with low carbon stainless steel grades, annealing, surface treatments, etc are things that can improve welded hardware. Cost fluctuates too with every process it goes through.
@@climbingtaiwan I'm sure it can be done though because there are many "welded joints" which need to be "perfect" and ways to test them eg Hydrogen flaking etc, X ray etc. non destructively. What about using Titanium? Krukonogi used to (maybe they still do) make welded pitons of Ti
Impressive the force you can put on those rings!
I just subbed. but came here from Ryan's channel.
nice job , thanks
That is amazingly strong, now can you get them certified? because at the end of the day people only want to see that text if not for psychological assurances LOL. Great video
These were rings we tested that are manufactured by another canyoning brand here in Taiwan. Currently we are getting our own rings manufactured in 304L (traceless weld & annealed), and forged 316L rings. Certification is a consideration, the only barrier is money, which ultimately the consumer pays for.
This reminds me when I was at school and learning welding and some student asked the teacher how do we know we have a good weld? he said if you section the weld (and we did) grind it perfectly smooth (with diamond abrasives) and we did, then etched with nitric acid. We saw the microstructure no different to the parent material.
There's been a bit of drama with welded climbing hardware in the climbing world. We've been striving to learn from mistakes and feedback received from others in hardware we get manufactured. Going with low carbon stainless steel grades, annealing, surface treatments, etc are things that can improve welded hardware. Cost fluctuates too with every process it goes through.
@@climbingtaiwan I'm sure it can be done though because there are many "welded joints" which need to be "perfect" and ways to test them eg Hydrogen flaking etc, X ray etc. non destructively. What about using Titanium? Krukonogi used to (maybe they still do) make welded pitons of Ti
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