At present, the steel plate tongs sold on the market can generally bear 1.5 times of the load. The steel plate tongs have passed the load test before leaving the factory. Although the steel plate tongs have passed the 1.5 times of the load test, is the steel plate tongs safe under the overload condition and whether there are certain safety hazards.

Many users think that since the steel plate tongs can be 1.5 times overweight, it should be safe to use overload. In fact, the reason why the steel plate tongs are subject to 1.5 times load test is to provide a certain safety guarantee for customers to use the steel plate tongs inadvertently or overload in a short time. This overload operation should be very short, or only a few times, or in an emergency, If users use steel plate tongs with overload for a long time, there will be certain safety problems, which will greatly reduce the service life of steel plate tongs. The most serious is that operation accidents may occur during operation. Therefore, overloading is dangerous. Users must not overload for a long time when using.

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