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Where the tracker turns
The slew drive turns the whole row. Its seat has to sit level and square on the post, or the drive wears and the row twists.
Scroll to see how it is built · drag to turn it round
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The seat that carries a tracker’s slew drive on top of its post: laser-cut cheek and top plates with stiffening fins, welded square, galvanised and bolted to the post.
Scroll: the camera moves to each part in turn and ends on the exploded view. Drag to turn it round yourself.
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The slew drive turns the whole row. Its seat has to sit level and square on the post, or the drive wears and the row twists.
Scroll to see how it is built · drag to turn it round
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Cut on the fibre laser and welded in a fixture by robots, so the top plate comes out flat and square every time.
Used here for: Cheek and top plates
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A row of fins under the top plate carries the drive’s load down into the cheeks.
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Through-bolts clamp the cheeks to the post; the drive bolts on top.
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Seats come off the line in batches, galvanised and counted for the site.
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Plates, fins and bolts.
We fabricate to your drawings and prove the fit in our own bay before anything ships. Open any line for the detail.
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