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Posted: May 20th, 2013
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Diamond shaped insulator units installed on prototype suspension pylon

electricity, environment, materials, power

Suspension T-pylon with Insualtor Units

An integral element of the T-pylon, as with any electricity pylon, is the insulators that hold the three phase wires… Read more…

Posted: May 16th, 2013
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First prototype Tension pylon (with mock-up tubular diamond) erected

environment, landscape, materials, prototype

Completed tension pylon (with mock-up tubular diamond)

The exciting news continues. We erected our prototype tension T-pylon in Denmark at the DS SM (www.ds-sm.dk) site in Rodekro… Read more…

Posted: April 11th, 2013
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The T-pylon and sustainability

environment, materials, sustainability

Guest blog By Ali Khan, graduate placement Sustainability has always been at the heart of the T-pylon project, shaping the… Read more…

Posted: April 9th, 2013
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Maintaining the T-pylon

maintenance

Guest blog by Thomas Robb, graduate placement The reality of any transmission network is that once a line of pylons… Read more…

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