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One sleeve, thousands of times
Every joint in a tracker row has a connector. Each one has to slide onto the tube and line up its slots with the next, or the row binds.
Scroll to see how it is built · drag to turn it round
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The sleeve that joins two torque tubes on a solar tracker: two pressed half-octagons, slotted and bolted at their flanges, supplied preassembled and kitted by the pallet.
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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Every joint in a tracker row has a connector. Each one has to slide onto the tube and line up its slots with the next, or the row binds.
Scroll to see how it is built · drag to turn it round
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Each half is bent from galvanised sheet into four faces of an octagon, with flanges along the seam, on our CNC press brakes.
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Slots are punched on the TruPunch before forming, so they land in the same place on every piece.
Used here for: Slots that take up tolerance
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The two halves are bolted together at the seam in our works, so the site crew fits one part, not three.
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Preassemblies are counted and stacked on pallets, ready to go out by the row.
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Half-shells, slots and seam 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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