Guy Wire Bearing
This unit allows the tower to rotate within the guy wires. It consists of an inner ring mounted in line with the tower and an outer ring to which cam followers are mounted.
Drilling the holes.
Using 8x M12 THVZ 8.8 bolt & nuts for fastening the bearing
They have two sets of seals and are lubricated through 3x grease fitting.
Lifting the bearing and mounted plate.
Mounted first Guy Wire Bearing and plate at 60ft.
View to the North with the 150ft rotating tower in the back.
Since the outer ring is stationary, it can be the end support for wire antennas, either slopers fed against the tower, inverted vee's or the end support for other types of wire arrays.
The guy wire attachment is home made from steel angle profilehole. It is a .50 inch thick steel anchor plate.
Cutting the plates for the guy wire bearing as as shown.
Smooth edges and drilling the holes.
Plates will be secured with a nordlock bolt system
All hardware is made of steel and are hot dip galvanized after fabrication.
This method of attachment allows for the installation of at least four BICC tower sections above the highest guy wire bearing. This feature provides a solid mast for mounting antennas, not to mention it can be climbed.
After the construction work parts has been hot dip galvanized.
Locking with THVZ 8.8 M12 and using NordLock to secure the bolts.
