Broadly used iron or aluminum metal accessories for transmission lines, collectively known as hardware. Hardware comes in various types and serves different purposes, such as various clamps for installing conductors, various hanging rings for insulator strings, various compression sleeves and repair sleeves for connecting conductors, various types of spacer rods for split conductors, and also various tension hardware for towers. Additionally, there are hardware items related to the size of the conductors used for protection, which must be coordinated with each other.
