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Applications The BEKAPOLE has virtually unlimited applications. It can be manufactured to any requirement relating to the number and configuration of luminaires to be mounted, inclusive of any special colour.

Main roads

Sportsfields

Area lighting

Perimeter security Highways

Residential streets

Decorative lighting

Post-top lighting

Parks and Gardens

Glass fibre poles whip around in the wind... Due to the unique process of glass filament winding, standard BEKA Schréder GRP poles are designed to withstand a wind pressure of 500 Pa on a projected luminaire area of 0.20m2. Some of our most satisfied customers are situated in coastal environments subjected to high winds. All BEKA Schréder GRP poles are designed and manufactured with a safety factor of 2,5.

Glass fibre poles are deteriorated by sunlight... The ultraviolet rays in sunlight will deteriorate only unprotected glass fibre. This has been eliminated by pigmenting the resin and the application of a polyester gel coat with UV inhibitors to the surface of the pole structure.

Glass fibre poles cannot support big headloads... Each BEKA Schréder glass fibre pole is individually engineered by factoring in the weight, projected area and windloading requirements of the installation site. The most demanding installation is easily achieved by a pre- engineered BEKA Schréder glass fibre pole.

Glass fibre poles are made out of plastic... BEKA Schréder glass fibre poles are manufactured by the filament winding process where continuous glass rovings are fed through a polyester resin bath and wound at an even tension onto a rotating mandrel, resulting in a mass glass to resin ratio of 70:30, making full use of the tensile strength of the glass filament which is more than that of steel.

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