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Design and Theory

Bushing design

Slide bushings, which are made of an engineered polymer,  provide column moment loading capability;  bushings slide along the extrusion as the column telescopes.  Bushings are keyed and sized into position for proper preloading to insure loading/moment capacity.

Bushing close up


Image inside of the column.  The white slide pushing provide the side-load capacity.

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