FLT spring driven ALFo nov07 FLT - spring driven cable reels Manufactured by Cavotec Alfo

FLT spring driven ALFo nov07 Spring Driven Cable Reels Cavotec is a multi-national group of companies serving the following industries: mining and tunnelling, ports and maritime, steel and aluminium, energy and offshore, airports, general industry and automation. In the early 1960’s our main focus was the design and production of motorised cable reels primarily for manufacturers of tower cranes, harbour cranes and mining equipment. Today, Cavotec is connecting mobile equipment around the world in many diverse applications. The Cavotec Group consists of 7 manufacturing “Centres of Excellence”...

FLT spring driven ALFo nov07 Cavotec Group Organization As shown here the Cavotec Group is organized to support its customers around the world through its manufacturing units and sales companies. Each Cavotec manufacturing company, no matter where it is located, aims at being a market leader in its field by providing innovative and reliable products to Group customers. Each Cavotec sales company, in the 27 countries where they operate, aims at better serving its local market following the Group philosophy “to be local everywhere”. Manufacturing network Centres of Excellence Local Manufacturing...

FLT spring driven ALFo nov07 General product information Standards and norms Spring driven cable reels are subject to the standards and norms set forth in VDE 0100 and the UVV in their latest edition. Warranty Our warranty follows the general delivery conditions of the electric industry for products and services. Wear parts are exempted from the warranty. See also our Terms of Delivery. General installation instructions The drum shall be installed in such a way to ensure that the cable is reeled and unreeled to/from the drum freely and unhampered. Forced guidance and too small bending radii on...

Cavotec Alfo range of cables Our cable range includes a wide variety of flexible cables for reeling applications which will stand the highest mechanical stresses and harsh ambient conditions. Drum design Modular hot-dip galvanised steel drum design for all standard Cavotec Alfo spring reels. Springs made of high-grade spring steel having a long lifetime. The springs can be replaced without removing the drum. Unreeling direction Standard direction= left Standard unreeling direction is anticlockwise, when looking into the slipring body, i.e. to the left when unreeling the cable. Protection type...

FLT spring driven ALFo nov07 General product information APPLICATION EXAMPLES Case 8 - Vertical application – reel on top Case 9 - Vertical application – reel at bottom h Case 11 - Automatic operation Mounting point Stationary reel, automatic unreeling. Please give type of ground surface or the surface friction (µ). Stationary reel, manually operated Explanation of the symbols (case 1 to 7): Lw= maximum reeling cable length [m], (reeling length for reels travelling in both directions = one-half of the total travelling length); h= (installation height) distance between lowest cable end position...

FLT spring driven ALFo nov07 CAVOTEC ALFO D-51491 Overath Person in charge: Applications type Feeding point Mobile application with cable without cable Cable Cable type: Cross section: Total length of the cable L1,Σ= (L1,Σ= reeling length + 2 dead turns as tension relief + connections and/or installed cable outside of the cable reel) h Feeding point Questionnaire for spring-driven cable reels Slipring collector Mobile application Number of isolated poles Feeding point earth conductor Mobile application Mounting Horizontal track length L= m, of which travel distance Lw= Feeding point In case that...

FLT spring driven ALFo nov07 General product information CABLE CALCULATION TABLES Selecting the correct cable for your application is extremely important. This page shows the Cavotec Alfo range of cables and their relative technical specifications. For specific help in selecting the correct cable or, if you have any special requirement for your type of application, please contact your local Cavotec office. Calculation table for multi-layer reels/drums (VDE 0298 part 4 1995 table 19) No. of layers Correction factor * VDE 298 Part 4 1995 table 19 Current capacity correction factor for multi-core...

FLT spring driven ALFo nov07

FLT spring driven ALFo nov07 Spring cable reel Type 125 CHOICE OF CABLE REEL ACCORDING TO SEARCH KEY 1 AND 2 Reeling length Lw (m), Case 1 L z= N° of layers = Grey background: diameter of axis hole is 9 mm Reeling length Lw (m), Case 8 L z= N° of layers = Grey background: diameter of axis hole is 9 mm (*) The correct cable data are given by each cable manufacturer and should be compared with the values in the tables. For vertical applications the cable weight (kg/m) and additional load must be considered. Always check actual reeling length when near capacity limits.

FLT spring driven ALFo nov07 Unreeling direction seen from slipring unit left right Standard 1 to 2 spirals as tension relief Technical data: Drum in hot-dip galvanised steel. Two bearings on each side in aluminium housings. Springs are made of high-grade steel for long lifetime. Slipring housing in strong glassfiber reinforced plastic material. Protection: IP55 Axis hole Slipring Type 30: ø 9 mm Axis hole Slipring Type 58: ø 11 mm Threaded hole Drum type Slipring type Technical data for Sliprings Drum type type 12...- Number of spring turns n vor n Res. n turns Housing dimensions Slipring N°...

FLT spring driven ALFo nov07 Spring cable reel Type 190 CHOICE OF CABLE REEL ACCORDING TO SEARCH KEY 1.1 TO 3.10 Reeling length Lw (m), Case 1 L z= N° of layers = Grey background: diameter of axis hole is 15 mm Reeling length Lw (m), Case 8 L z= N° of layers = Grey background: diameter of axis hole is 15 mm (*) The correct cable data are given by each cable manufacturer and should be compared with the values in the tables. For vertical applications the cable weight (kg/m) and additional load must be considered. Always check actual reeling length when near capacity limits.