Cable Drum Size Calculator

Which drum we use depends on the length diameter of the cable and weight.

Cable drum size calculator. We have gleaned the best of these methods and offer this electronic calculator for our customer s convenience. How should electrical cable drums be stored. Cable reel capacity calculator concept cables. It is recommended that an allowance of up to 30 be made to accommodate loose winding.

The cable sizing calculator uses the resistance r c from table 35 in as nzs 3008 at 75 c. For more information about the size and dimensions of the drums we have a drum guide chart that you can find here below. Cable drum capacity calculator a handy tool for finding a cable drum that suits your needs just enter your cable diameter and required length and it will return a list of matching cable drums. We do not guarantee it will match other rope or winch manufacturers methods or results.

Concept cables limited is an independent insulated wire and cable manufacturer providing cabling solutions for a whole spectrum of industries across the uk europe and worldwide. Steel drums can vary in size from 630mm to 10000mm and carry loads of up to 250 tonnes. Please verify this guide with actual put ups as variables of tension lay material type etc. Fill diameter is the flange diameter less 2 which allows for an inch of clearance between flange edge and wire.

In actual practice drum capacities may be 25 30 less than the values given by this formula due to uneven spacing loose winding and overlapping. The full drum capacity is calculated below using the formula below. This formula is based on the practices of wire rope manufacturers and assumes uniform winding of the wire rope. We can produce our cables in various sizes of wooden drums k6 k24.

The appropriate storage of cable drums and the electrical cable it contains will depend on both the type of drum and whether or not the cable itself is designed for indoor or outdoor use. This is the worse case scenario. Wire rope estimator tugger wire rope calculator winch cable capacity.