Cable Trays and their Applications

An open bare wire is most dangerous when left alone. A bare wire leads to damage to your workplace or even your own life. Almost all industries have a mess of wires and cables and finding a reliable solution to manage them are the most daunting task especially when they are high on security Cable Tray is a bridge that allows safe transport of wires across open spans and gives protection against the overheating and fire buildup problems. It is a cable management system that is available in a variety of sizes and styles, which ease the work of entering or exiting the new or existing wires in the tray. These are used to handle the heavy bundles of wires and protect them from any damage. There are several types of cable trays including Ladder, Galvanized, Perforated, PVC, Stainless Steel etc. available in the market. Before selecting any of them, keep an eye on its configurations that leads you to the right direction.

Cable basket trays are the go-to solutions for routing and supporting numerous cable runs.. This can be appropriate beneath desks, elevated floors, or hanging tray systems. One can assemble basket trays for intersections, horizontal sections, mounting braces, hardware, and tray cutters.

The cable basket tray made of welded steel wires is considered the most popular support for copper and data cabling. The basket is light-weight and easy to install with a complete array of cable tray accessories. Solid basket trays are recommended for heavier wires. These baskets are fabricated to withstand natural elements. Although the material is not solid steel, it is capable of protecting cables from corrosion and lasts longer.

Cable tray has always been a popular choice for effectively supporting and routing cable in the commercial environment, and faster installation continues to be the most significant factor influencing the enhancement of cable tray products.

The physical construction of a building tells you what type of span and support you need, while the environment tells you what type of finish you need. For instance, aluminum offers better corrosion resistance in outdoor applications.

Popular cable tray styles include two-sided, center-rail, and wire-mesh basket tray systems:

● Most often seen in exposed areas, such as the data center, two-sided ladder rack resembles a ladder with strong members for holding bundles of cables
● Geared toward communications cabling, center-rail cable tray is hung from the center and features open rungs on either side that enable easy cable installation. Center rail offers the most accessibility and flexibility for installing and removing cables, which is ideal for datacom applications with many moves, adds, and changes. The tray can be simply filled or emptied over the sides, and individual cables can be easily dropped out at any location as needed
● Wire-basket cable tray is a lightweight, usually two-sided wire basket that can be hung via trapezestyle, center, or wall supports.

Traditionally, wire-basket tray has been used in hidden areas, such as above drop ceilings or under raised floors, while ladder rack has been the preference in visible applications, such as the data center. But a shift has taken place over the past few years. The amount of wire basket tray sold is greater than ladder rack today because it’s lighter and easier to handle. The one reason why ladder rack has prevailed in the data center is that it’s been sold by rack vendors as an accessory that attaches to the top of equipment racks.

Wire Cable Tray System is available with prefabricated junctions and comes in a variety of protective powder-coated colored finishes, which responds to the demand from customers who are looking to color-code their pathways

Wire Mesh Cable Tray and Wire Basket cable trays offer double the cable support area to better support data communication and fiber optic cabling in addition to saving time and money in those lighter-duty cable support projects. Job site, field adaptable support system primarily for low voltage, telecommunication and fiber optic cables. Wire Mesh cable trays are available in galvanized, zinc plated, painted and stainless steel, wire mesh. Wire Mesh tray cable trays are generally used for telecommunication and fiber optic applications and are installed on short support spans, 4 to 8 feet.

Hutaib Electricals are Pune based Manufacturers,Exporters and Suppliers of outstanding variety of Cable Trays,Raceways,WireMesh & industrial fabrications. The company has expertise in Manufacturing and Exporting products like perforated cable trays, ladder type cable trays,wire mesh cable trays,raceways, basket trays, junction boxes, & industrial fabrications, and their accessories such as bends, elbows, tees, cross, reducers, and many more. Hutaib Electricals is located at Burhani Industrial Area in Pune which is a renowned industrial area