Tuff-Poles by Shakespeare Composite Structures

Composite Poles - Shakespeare Tuff-Pole® Products

About Tuff-Poles Round Tapered Square Hinged-Base Poles Tuff-Stub - Stub-Base Poles (PDF) Breakaway Quick Ship Decorative Poles Utility poles Composite Burial Foot Color Standards About Direct Burial Tuff-Poles Specifications Manual (PDF) SportsLighting Tuff-Poles PoleCrete™ (PDF) mounting foam A History of Innovation The Composites Advantage	Since the 1960s, Shakespeare Composite Structures has pioneered fiberglass reinforced composite pole technologies with design innovations and patented techniques that have revolutionized the entire lighting standard industry. Our composite poles easily withstand the harshest climates, supporting heavy loads in high sustained winds, all with virtually no maintenance. Over the years, our engineers and designers have developed an extensive array of styles and features that specifically address commercial, architectural, and roadway applications - from a simple yard light to a massive 70-footer capable of withstanding literally hurricane-force winds. Shakespeare Composite Structures makes every effort to tailor poles to customers' specific needs, including location of handholes, mounting brackets, colors, textures, finishes, arms, tenons, and accommodation of a variety of luminaires and attachments. If you have a special need, especially if you're trying to match a composite pole from years past, just call.
The Shakespeare Composite Structures story...
	Our first innovation in the light pole business was to originate the composite light pole. Building logically on the fiberglass reinforced composites technologies developed for other products, Shakespeare Composite Structures scaled its manufacturing processes to create a strong light pole that has revolutionized the lighting standard industry. Over the years, our continued innovation has developed proprietary and custom formulated resins, coatings, and patented assembly techniques (for example, on Breakaway poles), to achieve the unmatched Shakespeare Composite Structures quality and durability. Round filament wound Round Tapered Poles The Round Tapered Tuff-Poles start with our specially engineered filament winding process, utilizing equipment built and engineered in house. Fiberglass filaments which are impregnated with pigmented resin are spirally wound onto a rotating, heated mandrel. The computer-controlled precision winding is applied under continuous, uniform tension, and helically at low angles for axial strength. Additional circular windings provide compression strength. The machines' winding processes are linked to a sophisticated computer driven process control systems, for precision and repeatability - a Shakespeare Composite Structures innovation. The result is a one-piece, composite pole with a uniform surface along its entire length and a naturally textured finish showing off the shape of the strands of fiberglass which created it. The poles' thermosetting polyester resin contains a minimum of 65 percent fiberglass - maximum 35 percent resin - by weight. Our Tuff-Pole technologies let us engineer resin formulations that maximize the properties demanded by the poles' specific application.
Tuff-Poles On Location: T&D - Round, Square and Decorative Straight Square composite poles are another Shakespeare innovation.	Square poles Square Composite Tuff-Poles · Tapered Square Composite Poles Shakespeare Composite Structures 4"x4" and 5"x5" Straight Square Tuff-Poles are manufactured in one piece by pulling the shape through special heated dies. Their strength derives from fiberglass strands which traverse the poles - and they are exceptionally strong. Square Tuff-Poles are available in a range of strength ratings to suit your needs. Decorative Composite Tuff-Poles For streetscapes, nothing looks as good as our Decorative composite and Polymer Concrete Base Decorative Composite poles. Decorative Tuff-Poles are cast in the same highly engineered resins as our round and square poles. The Historical Series features classical looks from the past, executed in low-maintenance, durable composites. See Decorative Tuff-Poles. Our Polymer Concrete Series poles provide the benefits of composite shafts plus an extremely durable, abrasion-resistant, polymer concrete base. They're all one-piece construction, direct burial style, light weight, easily transported, and inexpensive. See the catalog: Polymer Concrete Series Tuff-Poles (PDF).
	Transmission and Distribution Poles They dot the landscape, holding up the electrical and communications lines that keep us all going. To do what they do, utility poles don't have to look good - but if there's one in your back yard, it would be nice if it looked like it originated on this planet. Shakespeare Composite Structures solves that problem, as well as many others, with great looking Transmission and Distribution Tuff-Poles and Lewtex® composite crossarms: products engineered for durability and to look good doing their job. See T&D Poles.
Embedded good looks Round, square, utility, or Decorative, from the beginning of the manufacturing process, color pigments and UV inhibitors are formulated into the resin itself, so color and longevity go all the way through. An array of standard, special, and premium colors is available, including architectural colors.
Direct Burial poles Shakespeare Composite Structures round, square, and Decorative Tuff-Poles are available in Anchor Base or Direct Burial Styles. The Direct Burial composite poles are designed to mount directly into the ground. During the round poles' forming stage, our process applies an anti-rotation flare which becomes integral to the structure of the pole. The flare is constructed of the same composite which forms the rest of the pole. Direct Burial square poles' shape naturally discourages rotation. Our Direct Burial Decorative poles have an integral burial foundation that incorporates an anti-rotation section. Direct Burial Tuff-Poles save time and money: Lower installation labor Lower installation construction equipment cost Reduced traffic interruption and required traffic management costs Faster, simpler, easier, less expensive site preparation No concrete foundations required in most locations Reduced or eliminated need for lifting equipment for installation on site Ideal for underground wiring and PoleCrete™ (PDF) mounting foam makes it concrete-free, and so easy!
Shakespeare's Composite Burial Foot offers the convenience and economy of direct burial style poles for Anchor Base poles up to 30 feet mounting heights, and all Decorative Poles.
Finishing operations All of our composite poles are finished with a proprietary, polyurethane coating that is pigmented throughout. Our Tuff-Poles incorporate UV-resistance into resin and coatings for maximum life in adverse weather conditions. The Veil finish on our SportsLighting poles (PDF) is unsurpassed. Smooth-finish poles are wound with additional resin-impregnated polyester cloth during manufacture. After curing and cooling, they're polished before receiving their finish coat of pigmented polyurethane. The final manufacturing step is to outfit them for use in the customer's specific application. That means adding pole caps, tenons, anchor bases, etc., and drilling the poles to accept a variety of mast arms, brackets, or other specified attachments. Factory pre-drilling can save you money and time.
Breakaway poles	Designed to reduce injuries in the event of vehicular impact, Breakaway poles are specially joined so they'll break off and fly over a vehicle that strikes them, minimizing danger to the vehicle's occupants. They are required in certain applications near roadways. Shakespeare Composite Structures made the first Breakaway poles, and holds patents on joining techniques with which the poles are assembled. A large Breakaway Tuff-Pole being subjected to testing.
Options and Accessories Handholes and wiring entrance openings are cut into the pole in the specified positions. In addition, holes are predrilled for a variety of other attachments that are to be assembled on the installation site, including arms, brackets, etc. Luminaires What's a light pole without. . . light! Choose the luminaires you need for your application, and Shakespeare Composite Structures can supply poles to accommodate them. Simply specify the luminaires and other options you require, and provide the appropriate templates, dimensions, and instructions. After more than three decades, hundreds of thousands of Shakespeare Composite Structures' poles stand tall from coast to coast in every conceivable application, weathering every storm, every season. Impervious to the elements, Tuff-Poles retain their lustrous beauty for generations, standing stubbornly against the strongest winds. Shakespeare Composite Structures luminaires (PDF)
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Shakespeare Composite Structures is a Philips group brand
19845 U. S. Highway 76, Newberry, SC 29108
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