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Industrial LANCO: Durable even in extreme temperatures
More than ten years in shelters deployed in extreme climates, and never a complaint about a Carmo component.
Read the caseRound, oval and square weldable eyelets, tool-free clip grommets, ready-to-go borders, and the patented Metal Reinforced Eyelet. Injection moulded in Denmark for over 70 years.
PVC and plastic eyelets and grommets: welded, not struck
Carmo plastic and PVC eyelets and grommets are strong, flexible and durable, and do not rupture. Our own PVC compound is blended for welding properties and for performance in demanding applications and extreme climates: banners and construction signage, building wraps and wallscapes, tarpaulins for trucks, trailers and boats, pool covers, tents, shelters and agriculture.
Coming from metal grommets? The full argument, strength, corrosion, recycling and equipment, is in one place: metal vs. welded plastic eyelets, the conversion guide.
Stronger than a struck metal grommet
A welded PVC eyelet fuses with the foil across the whole flange instead of being punched through it. In Carmo’s own pull test, a single-welded eyelet held about three times the force of a struck metal grommet, a double-welded eyelet about four times, and the weld leaves nothing on the fabric that can rust or stain. The gap is widest in mesh and open-weave fabrics, where a struck grommet has little to grip. A set plastic grommet holds no more than a metal one, the win is the weld, not the polymer.
Which eyelet do you need?
| You need | Choose |
|---|---|
| High pull forces | A weldable plastic eyelet fuses with the foil across the whole flange: in Carmo’s own pull test, about three times the pull of a struck metal grommet. Round · oval & square. |
| Pull forces and rope chafe | The patented Metal Reinforced Eyelet 04-283, a stainless-steel ring moulded into a weldable plastic flange. The welded hold, with metal where the rope runs. |
| Chafe mainly | An eyelet reinforces the hole; it is not primarily chafe protection. What actually wears, and when metal still wins: the metal-to-plastic conversion guide. |
The ranges
Watch the pull test
A side-by-side pull test: a Carmo HF-welded plastic eyelet against a standard metal grommet in PVC-coated fabric, pulled until the fabric tears. The welded eyelet fuses with the foil across the whole flange instead of being punched through it: in Carmo's workshop pull test on PVC-coated nylon (600 g/m²), a single welded eyelet held about three times the force of a metal grommet, and a double-welded eyelet about four times. In-house test with an uncalibrated newtonmeter: indicative, not a certified standard test; ask Carmo for a test on your own material. The reason to weld eyelets, not set metal ones.
Transcript
Carmo workshop pull test: an HF-welded plastic eyelet against a metal grommet, in PVC-coated fabric. The metal grommet is punched through the fabric; it grips only the rim it clamps. Under load, the grommet tears out of the fabric. The welded eyelet is fused to the coating across its whole flange. The weld spreads the pull into the fabric; it holds far more force before tearing. Carmo in-house test, uncalibrated newtonmeter: indicative. Ask for a test on your material.
Metal Reinforced Eyelet 04-283, patented
Switching from metal? 04-283 pairs the welded hold with a stainless-steel ring where the rope runs, the ring moulded into the plastic flange in one operation. 3–4× the pull of a metal grommet: plus a stainless wear surface where ropes chafe. How it’s made: insert moulding →
