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IDEX 2013
Tri-Service defence exhibition
17 - 21 February 2013
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Clark Masts Teksam designs, develops and manufactures for civilian and military applications a comprehensive range of masts under the different brands “Clark Masts” and “TekMast”.

At IDEX 2013, Tekmast shows a light-weight sectional mast built with the experience of more than 30 years of military standards.

Tekmast is built around special designed and machined aluminium alloy tube sections, 60 mm diameter by 1,00 metres effective length. These plug into each other with a generous overlap and are finally rotationally locked by tightening a wing nut on the field base plate.

The erection gear consists of a mast guide unit on three folding legs which are fitted with large feet for soft ground. Tube sections are introduced into the mast guide unit from underneath and lifted by a hand cranked winch fitted with automatic brake. Guy collars and antenna are attached to the mast at ground level before erection which results in simultaneous lifting of antenna as well as tubular mast sections in one operation.

A unique manually operated guy control system allows a safe erection/retraction of the mast in a very simple and easy way by a single person, even in windy conditions.

All the equipment is carried in a set of canvas bags. The heaviest individual bag has a weight of 30 kg. All materials and finishes are to military standards of quality. Only materials proved to be totally reliable in a military environment are used.

The Tekmast mast is currently in use by many armed forces all over the world.