Razor wire is made up of high tensile core wire and a punched steel tape with sharp barbs at close intervals uniformly. The razor tape is cold crimped tightly onto the spring steel core, and finally into rolls for easy transport and deployment. And there are many styles of coils and blades that can be used in different environments. The wire is exceedingly hard to cut utilizing hand devices. While the barbs have a penetrating and grasping activity, reinforced steel makes it difficult to twist.
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Barbed wire is fencing wire with pointed barbs at regular intervals along the central wire. It uses a fully automatic barbed wire machine to wrap the barb wire around the main line, which looks like a rope. And barbed wire has three kinds of commonly used twisting methods. Its sharp edge can frighten intruders and thieves, and it is available to combine with other fences for security barriers.
Undoubtedly, razor wire is much more defensive than barbed wire. Closely connected coils, not enough space for people to pass through. Sharp edges and blades can easily cut through people’s clothes or skin. It’s impossible to cross the barrier of razor wire without enough tools. Compared with barbed wire, razor wire is more dangerous. It’s better suited to fences or barriers that prevent people from passing through. For example, it can be used in residential walls, factory fences, military barriers, border walls and so on. Don’t use it to protect your livestock, it will hurt them easily.
Barbed wire is often used to build inexpensive fences. Although its protective performance and deterrent power are not as good as razor wire, its manufacturing cost is very low due to its simple manufacturing process and no waste of raw materials. It is a more economical protective fence than razor wire. It’s not as dangerous as razor wire, but don’t ignore its sharp barb wire. Don’t try to cross it unless you want to get hurt. Barbed wire is often used for grassland boundaries, garden protection, livestock protection and so on. Barbed wire is the first fencing technique that can restrain cattle.
Razor wire is commonly used individually as a fence or wall topping for the site and border security. There are several ways of the razor wire installation.
1. It can be installed onto the existing fence systems – fixed to the top or bottom of the fence with tie wire or barb arms. Such as welded mesh fence, chain link fence, palisade, and ornamental fencing.
2. Installed on top of the brick/concrete wall – barb arm with flange fasten the razor wire on the brick or concrete wall.
3. To meet the needs of some applications, it can also be installed on the ground along the perimeter. Spread it out directly on the ground to form barrier and separation line.
4. Wed onto frames or attach onto posts as security fencing. Such as welded wire mesh fence.
According to the different operating environment, specially designed brackets should be used to support the razor wire fence
The barbed wire can be used in many places and ways.
Used independently as a fence, barbed wires need to be fixed to fence posts with nails and tie wires. This creates a barbed wire fence. And it can also be fixed to the top of other fences through barb arm and tie wire, like chain link fence, welded wire mesh fencing, diamond mesh fence and so on. After putting the barbed wire on it, the security will be much higher.
Barbed wire fencing is very easy to installation and the speed of installation is very fast. Indeed, even a worker of medium skill can without much of a stretch install such a fencing system. It’s important to note that no matter where you install it, you must tighten and straighten the barbed wire.
Barbed wire has fewer raw materials than other fencing products, and its fabrication process is simple. So the cost of barbed wire fence is relatively economical. If you want to surround a large site and don’t require too much security, I have to say it is a great idea to use the barbed wire fencing. It will save you a lot of money.
Razor wire is slightly more expensive than barbed wire because of its complex manufacturing process and the waste of raw materials in the manufacturing process. But the wire material and blade material cost less than other kinds of fences if covering same length area. And when you need a big quantity of high-security products, and maybe you have a limited budget for your project, then the razor wire fence is a quite good choice for you.
Maintenance of both products is simple as the fencing doesn’t wear out easily if installed properly. And the use of high-quality materials and surface treatment methods can be used for a long time without being corroded. So these two products hardly need to be maintained, just pay attention to repairing areas that may be artificially damaged.
Have you ever read a blogpost and it felt like a way too complicated read? You just didn’t understand the point there were trying to bring across, even when the subject seemed fairly easy? Well, not here. Today we’ll make it clear and simple when we talk about razor wire classification. It really isn’t anything complicated!
What is razor wire? It’s a mesh of metal strips that has sharp edges. You can also call it barbed tape and the main purpose of it is of course to prevent the passage by mostly humans. In general the term itself, “razor wire”, has been around for a long time, many decades, and has been used to describe barbed tape various products.
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The name “razor wire” sounds more serious or threatening than it actually is. It is called razor wire, but it’s not razor sharp. It is definitely sharper than the standard barbed wire. Yes, razor wire has indeed very sharp edges, and the idea or the purpose is to rip the clothing of the people trying to climb over it. Not to make it sound that razor wire is not sharp enough, it definitely is, but it will not cut you or your clothes like a shaving machine, yet it will create damage. In some cases it can create serious cuts to the flesh. The looks of it also creates psychological deterrent effect – you just wouldn’t dare to climb over it if your wellbeing and health was dear to you.
Where can you find razor wire? Historically, razor wire was used in prisons and mental hospitals. In s these institutions weren’t greatly equipped so having an extra security measurement like barbed tape was an advantage. 20 years later the usage of razor wire had dropper as it was discovered that breaching barbed tape was actually easier than breaching barbed wire. With the right tools it was easier to snap razor wire. Later on barbed wire was replaced with razor wire in many military applications. Why? Because of the convenience. It still had the same effective purpose, but because it took much less space compared to razor wire when stored on drums.
That was then and this is now. So where can you use razor wire nowadays? As commercial and residential security applications. Like mentioned, razor wire has a psychological effect. It scares you visually, but humans are quite intelligent to figure out quickly that you can throw a carpet or a thick material over it and then climb it. Or just use the right tools to breach it quickly. But don’t rush too quickly with purchasing it! You have to make sure that razor wire is allowed to be installed in your local area. For example if you would travel to Norway, Europe, you wouldn’t see any razor wire just on its own because it is forbidden to install razor wire as a single fencing type and is only allowed to install with other fencing types combined, and the simple reason is to protect domesticated animals like cats, dogs, cows etc.
Finally we’ve reached the point we said we would in the beginning of the post and that is to make it simple and clear what is razor wire classification.
Razor wire availability: straight wire, spiral coils , concertina coils, flat wrapped panels or welded mesh panels.
Razor wire material: plain steel, galvanized steel, stainless steel, or the mix of them.
The shape of the barb: short barb (10 mm to 12 mm long), medium barb (20 mm to 22 mm long), long barb (60 mm to 66 mm long).
The structure of the razor wire:
1. Helical type – no concertina attachments and each spiral loop is left.
2. Concertina type – the adjacent loops of helical coils are attached by clips at specified points on the circumference.
3. Blade type – straight line razor wire that is cut into certain length so then to be welded onto the galvanized or powder coated frame.
4. Flat type – razor wire type with flat and smooth configuration.
5. Welded type – razor wire tape is welded into panels and then if needed then these panels are connected together to create a razor wire fence.
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