Communication Tower Reinforcing
The telecommunications and wireless industries are turning their attention to maximizing the use of towers currently in use in the field. To accomplish this, they are focusing on increasing the number of co-locations on each tower. However, structural analysis of the tower often reveals that the structure will become overstressed with the addition of a new carrier’s equipment. The solution to this problem has been to develop a means to reinforce the tower to accept the additional loads.
Several companies have developed systems to reinforce the existing tower. One of the problems in the development of these systems was how to attach the reinforcing system to the tower itself. Cavity connectors offered a way to make these connections quickly and easily.
The cavity connectors, with their unique design, allows the field attachment of the reinforcing system to be accomplished with only simple tools. The cavity connectors offers a one sided blind connection with superior tensile and shear strength. This simple connection eliminates the need to do any welding to the existing structure. The cavity connectors connection is fast, cost efficient and aesthetically pleasing.
