Anchor rods are fasteners used for supporting power poles,it is also called guy anchor rod, guy wire anchor rod or thimble eye anchor rod.
Anchor rod are dropped forged to single, double, twin or three triple strand eyes.
The guy wire anchor rod with square nut is manufactured in hot-dip galvanized steel. The raw material steel is selected according to AISI-SAE 1018 or 1020. The carbon is not lower than 0.13% according to ASTM A36M. Zinc coating of 80 um, according to ASTM A-153. The head of the guy wire anchor rod will be forged in one single piece with a single eye, twin-eye, or trip eye as attached drawings.The other side rod is with 8cm to 10cm thread length according to UNC. The UNC required 10thread per inch.
The heavy-duty square nut which assembled on the guy wire anchor rod is of galvanized steel with a minimum coating of 53 um, according to class C of ASTM A153. The square nut thread is made before galvanization.
Item | Length | Dia. | Minimum strength | Thread length | Yield strength |
Single eye thimble rod | 8’or 6’ | ¾” | 106kn | 89mm UNC | Minimum 345 Mpa |
Twin eye thimble rod | 8’or 6’ | ¾” | 106kn | 89mm UNC | Minimum 345 Mpa |
Trip eye thimble rod | 8’or 6’ | ¾” | 106kn | 89mm UNC | Minimum 345 Mpa |