Patent ID: 7926694

Claim:
A pole manufacturing apparatus for manufacturing poles from a multiplicity of pole strips having first ends and second ends and edges, comprising: a bottom tensioning device, where said bottom tensioning device is removably attachable to said first ends of said multiplicity of pole strips; a top tensioning device, where said top tensioning device is removably attachable to said second ends of said multiplicity of pole strips; wherein said bottom tensioning device and said top tensioning device position said multiplicity of pole strips such that each of said edges of said pole strips are adjacent to one edge of another pole strip; a multiplicity of welding units are attached to a welding platform, said welding platform movable along said pole strips between said bottom tensioning device and said top tensioning device, and where said welding unit is positioned to weld said pole strip edges; and, wherein said bottom tensioning device and said top tensioning device are positioned vertically along a longitudinal axis of said multiplicity of pole strips; wherein one or both of said bottom tensioning device and said top tensioning device can apply tension along said longitudinal axis of said multiplicity of pole strips; and wherein each of said multiplicity of welding units are positioned to weld a unique joint of said pole strip edges.