1.Socket eye is forged iron or malleable iron, hot galvanizing. Spring catch be bronze or stainless steel, the cotter pin is stainless steel.
2.Its usage is fixing the insulators to the overhead power transmission line or substation.
3.It can be with strain clamp, U bolt, plates and a various of fittings, etc.
The socket eye is also called socket tongue. It is widely used on the transmission line, overhead line, and power line. The socket eye is an indispensable pole line hardware that connects the tension clamp and socket type insulator. In different countries, there are different kinds of connections on the socket eye.