Cable Drum Size Calculator

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.

Cable drum size calculator.

Fill diameter is the flange diameter less 2 which allows for an inch of clearance between flange edge and wire. Steel drums can vary in size from 630mm to 10000mm and carry loads of up to 250 tonnes. The cable sizing calculator uses the resistance r c from table 35 in as nzs 3008 at 75 c. The full drum capacity is calculated below using the formula below.

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. Cable reel capacity calculator concept cables. 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. We can produce our cables in various sizes of wooden drums k6 k24.

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. How should electrical cable drums be stored. All figures given are based upon a theoretical tight pack. This formula is based on the practices of wire rope manufacturers and assumes uniform winding of the wire rope.

For more information about the size and dimensions of the drums we have a drum guide chart that you can find here below. Please verify this guide with actual put ups as variables of tension lay material type etc. We have gleaned the best of these methods and offer this electronic calculator for our customer s convenience. We do not guarantee it will match other rope or winch manufacturers methods or results.

Which drum we use depends on the length diameter of the cable and weight. Ingersoll rand has reviewed and used drum storage formulas offered in engineering hand books and those of various wire rope manufacturers. The reactance for single core cables is selected from the flat touching column in from table 30 in as nzs 3008.