Metallics MDT1450 14" 50 Pound Metal Detectable

If the tie is used anywhere product is open or moving, most food safety plans require it. The MDT1450 is the metal detectable version specifically so a broken tie or cut tail is caught by the plant's metal detector instead of leaving the line as a foreign object. Standard nylon ties will not trip detection, which is why maintenance crews in food and pharma facilities standardize on the detectable version throughout the production area.

The MDT1450 is a 14 inch metal detectable cable tie from Metallics, rated to a 50 pound tensile strength. Metal detectable ties carry a metal additive in the plastic so that if a tie or a fragment of one breaks loose, inline metal detection equipment picks it up. That is why they get specified in food processing, pharmaceutical and other plants where loose plastic cannot be allowed to pass downstream unnoticed.

The 50 pound rating on the MDT1450 is its tensile strength, which is the standard heavy duty class for bundling. It handles overhead bundling of feeders and cable groups, but a cable tie is a bundling device, not a structural support, and it is not a substitute for a hanger, clamp or strut strap where the cable weight has to be carried.

Order it by manufacturer part number MDT1450 from Metallics. The number itself encodes the spec: 14 inch length at a 50 pound tensile class, metal detectable. That is the number to put on the PO or hand to a counter rep.