System Design
Designed to conform to the varying curvatures of steel water tanks via independently mounted magnets, the Magnemount system eliminated the need for Broken Arrow’s carrier installers to weld, cut cable trays, or add additional hardware to accept the arc cable duct of the tank.
This is accomplished by placing one Magnemount cable/cable tray mount on each end of every length of cable tray. The final system leverages the originally patented Magnemount (Patent No.7,624,957) attached to 304 grade stainless steel “Unistrut”.
Furthermore, Chris Stump worked with Metal & Cable Corp.’s President and Magnemount inventor, David Klein to provide specific revisions to the system’s unique combination of magnets, hardware and neoprene washers. According to Klein, “The adjustments involved plastic trunking using longer hex head cap screws (up to 5” long) so the cable trays can adjust further off the tank. These act like refrigerator leveling feet so the end of one tray can mate with the new end by adjusting the height of the acorn nut that supports the whole apparatus.”
Stump noted that, “The new configuration made it even easier for our installers; once the Magnemount cable tray holders are placed on the tower it takes no more than 1 minute to make adjustments, if necessary. It also accommodates existing surface painting plastic duct under the system on the water tower tanks and may eliminate the need to remove it during future painting processes.”
