FRP Cooling Tower Components

Since the mid-1980’s, the cooling tower market has been utilizing pultruded fiberglass products. Pultruded FRP is now recognized as the best structural material for cooling tower construction because it offers:

• Cost Competitiveness with Traditional Materials (i.e. wood, metal, concrete, etc.)

• Design Innovations

• High Strength, Lightweight

• Corrosion/Rot Resistance

• Consolidation of Parts

• Ease of Erection

Tower Reconstruction

In reconstruction of existing towers, FRP products are excellent replacements for rot-prone wood beams and columns. FRP parts can be made to the exact wood dimensions if necessary.

Standard Strongwell products such as SAFDECK® are often used to replace traditional materials. The photo above shows SAFDECK® replacing a rotten wood fan deck. Designing FRP to wood connections is also an important consideration in tower renovation.

Literature to Download:   (1) FRP Decking  (2) FRP Grating  (3) Wood Replacement Shapes