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Bad, Epoxy secured Guy Fittings!!
Hi Guy's - David your question in relation do we still use zinc...yes. In the case of Incinerator Stacks and the end attachment we installed 1200mm spacer plates to the guy lug on the stack and cut off the end attachment, shortened the rope and resocketed the socket assembly back on using zinc...- robert99
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- Forum: Structural engineering general discussion
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Bad, Epoxy secured Guy Fittings!!
Hi David - My name is Geoff from Calgary AB. We have experinced a number of cases of epoxy and Zinc failures over the last few years. A few years ago we prooftested two bridle lines (1-1/8) for a drilling rig that where epoxy filled. The bridle lines passed the prooftest (2x safe working load)...- robert99
- Post #2
- Forum: Structural engineering general discussion
