Clamping strap

Abstract

A method () of manufacturing a clamping strap () configured to hold and support a hanging object () against a structure (), which is to carry the hanging object, and a clamping strap obtainable by said method; said method comprising providing () an extruded elongated aluminium profile having an initial material thickness (T) and an initial cross-sectional area (A), said profile having a longitudinal direction, which coincides with the extrusion direction of the profile; forming the profile in a bending step () into a shape comprising a first end attachment portion (), a second end attachment portion (), and an intermediate portion () located between said first and second end attachment portions () in a longitudinal direction of the profile (), said intermediate portion () being configured to at least partially encircle the hanging object () when mounted to the structure (); said method including forming said profile by means of locally thinning the profile in a longitudinal direction of the profile (), in a thinning C operation () to obtain one or more thinned portions having a lower material thickness than the initial material thickness (T); or locally axially compressing the profile in an axial compression step () to obtain one of more axially compressed portions having a higher material thickness than the initial material thickness (T) and/or greater cross sectional area than the initial cross-sectional area (A); or by a combination of said thinning operation () and said axial compression step ().