Microwave
Our in-house engineering staff is familiar with design requirements for wind load, ice load, and twist and sway. Using a combination of proprietary and commercial software, we custom tailor each tower to the needs of the end user. This allows us to produce towers which are designed "just right" --not overdesigned or underdesigned as catalog type towers often are. A "just right" design uses less steel to perform a given task, which results in lower cost. With 28 years experience and a CAD library of thousands of details developed over the last 13 years, we can design to your specific needs efficiently and effectively. With our in-house installation crews providing feedback to our engineers, we continually fine-tune our designs to produce towers which are the easiest to erect in the industry. With fewer pieces to sort and assemble, they are also the fastest and therefore least expensive towers to erect. Also unlike catalog towers, Tower Structures' microwave towers are designed to provide support for the antenna side struts. Too often our field crews observe towers in the field with antenna side struts haphazardly attached in the middle of a diagonal brace member designed only for tensile and compressive loads. This renders any so-called calculations virtually worthless since the actual loads differ from the theoretical design loads.
At our original manufacturing facility we produced over 250 towers in three months, and have also produced single towers weighing in excess of 1 million pounds. Our new facility in Minden, Nevada will provide an even greater capacity. We are proud to be the only tower manufacturer who has continually maintained the City of Los Angeles' Approved Fabricator status for 25 years. This program requires quality control procedures such as welder certification and material source documentation, with annual re-qualification and unannounced audits to insure strict compliance. We also offer a complete line of accessories for microwave towers, including antenna mounts, side strut supports, antenna ice shields, waveguide support systems, climbing ladders, platforms, safety climb devices, obstruction lighting kits, and grounding systems components such as bus bars, lightning rods, wire, connectors and both conventional and electrolytic ground rods. All components are designed for low cost of manufacturing and ease of installation.
We install what we manufacture. We provide tower erection and foundation construction, as well as complete services including installation and testing of antennas and waveguide. Most of our installation supervisors have been with the company for 15 years or more, so you are assured of a quality installation by a professional. Our installation procedures include inspections by registered deputy building inspectors from independent testing laboratories for such things as concrete placement and torquing of bolts, even when these are not required by local building codes. We have installed microwave antennas of every size and frequency made. We were among the first companies ever to install solar powered sites, including radio repeaters, batteries, and solar panels. When we provide a complete design, manufacturing and installation of a tower, we will beat or match the warranty of any tower manufacturer.
Tower Structures, 2567 Business Pkwy., Minden, NV 89423. Tel: 775-267-1308; Fax: 775-267-1408.