THE TOWER SOLUTIONS ADVANTAGE

The Tower Solutions tower is in a class by itself.  This tower sets a new high quality standard for emergency response to tranmsission line problems and for the tools that are used to deal with the emergency. Some of the advantages of the Tower Solutions tower are discussed below.

Tried and Tested

The Tower Solutions tower is the only tower system to comply with BOTH the North American IEEE and the European IEC standards. This tower meets all the requirements of IEEE 1070-1995 (Guide for the Design and Testing of Transmission Modular Restoration Structure Components) as well as IEC 60652 (Loading Tests on Overhead Line Structures).

In addition to these tests on the components of the tower, the Tower Solutions tower has also been rigoruously tested as a complete tower system in the field under very rugged conditions. This is a very tough test. But it provides a more realistic situation of a tower in service.  For one particular client in Brazil, the testing was carried out to 200% load, or 160,400 N. The tower performed flawlessly. No other emergency tower on the market can make this claim.

At Tower Solutions, we randomly select samples from among all the components that go into every tower system that we manufacture and test them in accordance with IEEE standards. Clients are always invited to witness the tests.

Foundation for Soft Soils

Tower Solutions offers an expandable base that can be expanded by a factor of 4 to 9  times the size of the standard base. This spreads the load and makes it possible to erect the tower on soft ground.

 

 

Articulation

A special bronze alloy gives a low-friction bearing surface between the tower and the base. During storage, this prevents corrosion, or pitting, between the surfaces. During tower erection, this special surface makes the pivoting action of the tower around the ball smoother. And when the tower is standing, this low friction contact surface allows the constantly changing forces on the tower, caused by conductor movement and wind, to be translated into small movements of the tower around the ball, and not be transmitted to the tower itself.

 

 

Tower Section

One of the most important features of a temporary tower is its physical strength. In the case of the modular tower, Tower Solutions has a large surface area of contact between the tower sections. This is a critically important factor in any tower construction. With dimensions of 460mm x 460mm, not only is the overall dimension larger, but the wall is also thicker. The increased cross-section results in greater mechanical strength, which means less chance of buckling or bending. A structural analysis can quickly confirm the importance of this and its effect on increasing the moment of inertia.

Higher strength means a number of things, such as

  • more versatility
  • fewer guywires
  • tower can be higher
  • can support longer spans
  • can stand up to stronger winds

 

Cross-Section

Since the end blocks of each tower section are flush with the ends of the sections, the surface area of contact between two sections is greater. A larger surface is very important when the tower is in bending mode or buckling mode and the load is distributed over a larger surface.

 

 

Squareness of the tower section

Tower Solutions tower sections are fabricated using the highest precision NC machining technology available, with tolerances in the thousandths of a millimeter. This means that adjacent tower sections will align squarely, with no deflection from section to section. The tower will be perfectly straight and true.