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    Helical strakes are made from steel bars of various sizes and are used to decrease vortex shedding and reduce vibration in tall structures like power lines, power plants, and wind turbines. The ideal size of strakes depends on the engineering of the specific structure. Chicago Metal produces strakes for jobs of all sizes and can provide value-added services like cutting, marking, and kitting strakes according to the requirements of each structure. One project involved attaching strakes to electrical transmission towers to solve a vibration problem that was causing the towers to crack and fall over.

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    Helical strakes are made from steel bars of various sizes and are used to decrease vortex shedding and reduce vibration in tall structures like power lines, power plants, and wind turbines. The ideal size of strakes depends on the engineering of the specific structure. Chicago Metal produces strakes for jobs of all sizes and can provide value-added services like cutting, marking, and kitting strakes according to the requirements of each structure. One project involved attaching strakes to electrical transmission towers to solve a vibration problem that was causing the towers to crack and fall over.

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    Helical Steel Strakes

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    Helical strakes are made from steel bars of various sizes and are used to decrease vortex shedding and reduce vibration in tall structures like power lines, power plants, and wind turbines. The ideal size of strakes depends on the engineering of the specific structure. Chicago Metal produces strakes for jobs of all sizes and can provide value-added services like cutting, marking, and kitting strakes according to the requirements of each structure. One project involved attaching strakes to electrical transmission towers to solve a vibration problem that was causing the towers to crack and fall over.

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    HelicalSteelStrakes|ChicagoMetalChicagoMetalRolledProducts

    Helicalstrakescanbemadefromsteelbarsofvarioussizes.Theidealsizetouse
    dependsontheengineeringofthestackitself.Bestpracticeforthedesignofstrakesor
    spoilersonstackscanbefoundatASMESTS12011.Generalguidelinesinclude:
    1.Usethreesetofhelicalstrakes120degreeapartattachedtothestackcircumference
    2.Thepitchofthehelixshouldbefivetimesthestackdiameterovera360degree
    rotation
    3.Thestrakewidthshouldbeonetenthofthestackdiameter.Commonthicknessescan
    rangefrom10gaugeto3/8",andwidthsfrom2"to12".Strakesoutsideofthese
    dimensionsarealsoabletobeproduced.
    Itiscriticalintheproductionofstrakesthattheflatbarbeasclosetoperpendiculartothe
    stackaspossible.Wehavetheabilityandexperiencetodocriticalfitmentchecksinsuring
    tighttolerancesaremet.
    ChicagoMetalRolledProductshasproducedstrakesforjobsvaryinginsizefromasmall
    sectionofonetower,tothousandsofpiecescoveringhundredsofstructures.Forlargeor
    smalljobs,ChicagoMetalcanmeetyourhelicalstrakebendingneeds.

    HelicalStrakes:ValueAddedServices
    ChicagoMetalcanshear,saw,ortorchcuttheendsofhelicalstrakes.Itcanprovide
    uniquemarkingsforeaseofinstallationinthefield.Anditcankitvarioussizesofstrakes
    tomatchtherequirementsofeachvaryingtower.Shipmentscanbestaggeredforatimely
    deliveryatthecustomer'splantorjobsite.
    ChicagoMetalRolledcanalsoprovideclipstoattachthestrakestothestacks.

    HelicalStrakesApplications
    Themostcommonapplicationofhelicalstrakesistodecreasethevortexsheddingthat
    causesunacceptablevibrationintowers.Thestrakes"confuse"thewindandreducethe
    movementtoacceptablelevelsofoscillation.Tallstructuresforvariouspurposescanuse
    helicalstrakes.Powerlines,powerplants,exhauststacks(alternatelycalled"smoke
    stacks"and"chimneystacks"),aerialtowers,weatherstations,andwindturbinesaresome
    possibleapplications.
    Onelargeprojectinvolvedattachingstrakestoelectricaltransmissiontowers.Underheavy
    winds,thetowerswerevibratingsoviolentlythattheycrackedandcrashedtotheground.
    Ateamofengineersstudiedtheissue,madethenecessarycalculationsandusedwind
    tunneltestingtoconfirmthattheattachmentofhelicalstrakestothetowerswouldsolvethe
    problem.
    ChicagoMetalRolledProductsprovidedthesamplesforthewindtunneltestingatTexas
    TechUniversity.Aftersuccessfultesting,additionalsamplesweresenttothejobsiteto
    developthebestmethodtoattachthestrakestothepolesinthefield.Engineers,welders,
    erectors,suppliersandothersallgathered20milesnorthofLasVegas.Methodsof
    attachmentincludedweldingthestrakesdirectlytothetowers,weldingclipstothetower
    andthenweldingthestrakestothetips,andweldingthestrakestothetowerandthen
    weldingtheclipstothetowerandthestrakes.Thislastmethodprovedtobethefastest
    andeasiestmethod.
    Beforethevibrationissuehadbeenidentified,towersofvariousheightshadbeendelivered
    tositesevenlyspacedalongmilesofhighway.Thestrakesandclipswerekittedforthe
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    specialrequirementsofeachtaperedtower.
    AnotherapplicationinvolvedhelicalstrakesinstalledinAlaskatomitigatethevibrationof
    stacksforgeneratorsatamissiledefensesite.
    Contactusformoreinformationonmanufacturinghelicalsteelstrakes.

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