Pole-Line Hardware
A ground rod in Ohio is an earth rod in Manchester, an earth stake in Brisbane, a piquet de terre in Lyon and an Erdungsstab in Munich; a carriage bolt is a coach bolt across the UK and Australia. This page lists the names linemen and utility suppliers use in the US, the UK and Ireland, Australia and New Zealand, and in French, German, Italian and Spanish, each linked to the Corona pole-line product it describes.
Five languages, seven markets
Every name here was checked against a utility hardware supplier, fastener catalogue or earthing supplier in its market. Generic words such as bolt, nut or washer on their own are left off, so each name points to one product.
Bolts & Arming Hardware
Machine / Square Headed Bolts are machine bolts or square head machine bolts in the US; in other languages they are boulon à tête carrée (French), Vierkantschraube (German), bullone testa quadra (Italian) and perno de cabeza cuadrada (Spanish).
Bolts & Arming Hardware
Hex Headed Bolts are hex bolts or hex head machine bolts in the US; in other languages they are vis à tête hexagonale (French), Sechskantschraube (German) and bullone testa esagonale (Italian).
Bolts & Arming Hardware
Carriage Bolts are coach bolts in the UK and Australia, where they are also sold as cup head bolts; in other languages they are boulon poêlier (French), Schlossschraube (German) and perno carruaje (Spanish).
Bolts & Arming Hardware
Double Arming Rods are double arming bolts, or DA bolts, in the US; in Spanish they are perno doble armado.
Bolts, Washers & Ground Rods
Lag Bolts are lag screws in the US, with fetter drive lag screws for driven installs, and coach screws in the UK and Australia; in other languages they are Sechskant-Holzschraube (German) and tirafondo (Italian).
Bolts, Washers & Ground Rods
Washers for pole-line bolts are square washers and curved square washers in the US and spring washers for the lock type in the UK; in other languages they are rondelle Grower (French), rondella piana (Italian) and arandela plana (Spanish).
Bolts, Washers & Ground Rods
Ground Rods are grounding rods in the US, earth rods in the UK and earth stakes in Australia; in other languages they are piquet de terre (French), Erdungsstab (German), picchetto di terra (Italian) and pica de tierra (Spanish).
Anchors & Nuts
Earth Anchors / Augers are screw anchors, guy anchors or helix anchors in the US; in French they are ancre à vis.
Anchors & Nuts
Square Nuts are écrou carré in French, Vierkantmutter in German, dado quadro in Italian and tuerca cuadrada in Spanish.
Anchors & Nuts
Hex Nuts are hexagon nuts in the UK and heavy hex nuts in their thicker US pattern; in other languages they are écrou hexagonal (French), Sechskantmutter (German), dado esagonale (Italian) and tuerca hexagonal (Spanish).
