Standard Cable Drum Sizes

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.

Standard cable drum sizes.

Steel drums can vary in size from 630mm to 10000mm and carry loads of up to 250 tonnes. We can produce our cables in various sizes of wooden drums k6 k24. The standard drum sizes used for different cable types are specified below. 4 5 1 4 and 8.

The basic characteristics of wooden drums are given in the table below pursuant to din standard 46391. The reeling direction of the cable is indicated by an arrow. For more information about the size and dimensions of the drums we have a drum guide chart that you can find here below. A cable reel is a round drum shaped object such as a spool used to carry various types of electrical wires cable reels which can also be termed as drums have been used for many years to transport electric cables fiber optic cables and wire products.

The 8 diameter cable drum which has a cable capacity of 32 feet. For d d e w w transportation and. Depending on the drum manufacturer the number embossed in the drum will be in either inches or feet. Size of drum diameter of drum d diameter of drum core d mm width of drum b mm width between sides b mm nominal drum weight kg.

Which drum we use depends on the length diameter of the cable and weight. Special non standard drums can be supplied on request. Each cable drum also has another number associated with it which corresponds to the drum s cable capacity. The drum number is marked on the drum.

How should electrical cable drums be stored. Cables are wound on wooden drums plywood reels or coils of standard lengths.