Commonly used iron or aluminum metal accessories for transmitting wires, collectively referred to as hardware. There is a wide variety of hardware, each serving different purposes, such as various clamps for installing wires, various suspension rings for forming insulator strings, various compression and repair sleeves for connecting wires, various types of spacer rods on divided wires, and so on. Additionally, there are various types of tension hardware for poles and towers, as well as protective hardware related to the size of the wires, which must be coordinated with each other.
