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Anchors

Essential Maintenance Tips for Anchor Installation Tools

Essential Maintenance Tips for Anchor Installation Tools

CHANCE brand anchors installation tools are critical to the construction of overhead electric and...

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Identify the Cause of Guy Anchor Misalignment in 3 Easy Steps

Identify the Cause of Guy Anchor Misalignment in 3 Easy Steps

When anchors go sideways The bending stress and lateral load induced when an anchor is misaligned...

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Does Helical Anchor Spacing Really Affect Capacity?

Does Helical Anchor Spacing Really Affect Capacity?

A common question asked by engineers and contractors is “how does anchor spacing affect uplift...

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How to Install Transmission Towers in Soft and Corrosive Soils

How to Install Transmission Towers in Soft and Corrosive Soils

This post was originally published on January 3, 2020 and updated on June 21, 2022.

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5 Tools You Need to Install a Utility Anchor

5 Tools You Need to Install a Utility Anchor

Anchors have been used by utilities since 1912. It was then that a young Albert Bishop Chance (age...

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Service Life Expectation for CHANCE® Guy Anchors and Helical Piles

Service Life Expectation for CHANCE® Guy Anchors and Helical Piles

Underground corrosion is a function of several factors, which makes it difficult to give a...

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How Does Corrosion Impact the Service Life of Earth Anchors in Water? Let’s Evaluate!

How Does Corrosion Impact the Service Life of Earth Anchors in Water? Let’s Evaluate!

Every application is different, but they often have something in common with other applications. We...

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Serving the World through Hands-On Helical Pile Training

Serving the World through Hands-On Helical Pile Training

At Hubbell Power Systems, Inc. (HPS), we are committed to providing our customers with outstanding...

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Why Measuring Torque Matters

Why Measuring Torque Matters

The torque-to-capacity relationship for helical anchors and piles is an empirical method originally...

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Guy Anchor Testing Procedure

Guy Anchor Testing Procedure

Predicting the holding capacity of an anchor can be difficult due to soil variations at different...

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4 Reasons to Field Test Helical Guy Anchors

4 Reasons to Field Test Helical Guy Anchors

The reliability of our overhead power and communication lines is as important today as ever before....

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How to Install Helical Anchors for Utility Poles in Rock-Hard Soil

How to Install Helical Anchors for Utility Poles in Rock-Hard Soil

Caliche is best described as salt-cemented sand. Naturally occurring in arid and semi-arid regions,...

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Calibration of CHANCE Wireless Torque Indicators

Calibration of CHANCE Wireless Torque Indicators

It is well-documented that the best method for predicting the capacity of helical piles and anchors...

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12 Steps to Install Earth Anchors: Round Rod and SS Anchors

12 Steps to Install Earth Anchors: Round Rod and SS Anchors

Once all safety concerns have been addressed, attach the Kelly bar adapter and installing tool...

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Maintaining your Anchor Tools

Maintaining your Anchor Tools

As with most mechanical devices, CHANCE® anchor-installing tools periodically require maintenance...

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