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Feature
Reels & Spools
July 2016 43
Manufacturers of flexible products ranging from 3D printing
filament to fibre optics can utilise a tangle and twist-free
packaging solution that eliminates internal packaging structures
altogether.
As the standard packaging method in the structured cabling
industry for over 30 years, Reelex® is a patented method of
winding any flexible filamentary material into a figure-eight coil.
This unique coil dispenses from the inside-out without twists,
tangles, snags or overruns. Because the coil does not rotate
during payout, there is no inertia, and thus no need for stands or
brakes. And since the coil does not require any moving parts as a
means of dispensing the product, it may be packaged in a wide
variety of package shapes and materials, or simply placed in a
cardboard box.
The product dispenses through a range of payout tube sizes
which are inserted into a hole woven into the wall of the coil by a
specialised Reelex coiling machine.
While Reelex has become the standard package for deploying
“last mile” lengths of communications, data, telephony, security
and other low-voltage products, the coiling method has
applications for a wide variety of products.
“We encourage manufacturers of everything from fibre optics to welding
wire to consider Reelex as a superior packaging method,” said Timothy
Copp, vice president of business development.
Mr Copp added, “Because
the Reelex coil can be
packaged in a variety of
container shapes, sizes and
materials, the coil allows
manufacturers to leverage
their own creativity and
innovation to create a
unique delivery platform for
their product.”
The standard package is
a cardboard box, but coils
can be packaged in anything from simple stretch wrap, to the heat-shrink
ProFlex Packaging System® or innovative SlingPack packages.
Reelex Packaging Solutions – USA
Website:
A ‘Reel’ alternative
▲ ▲ SlingPack packaging system featuring stretch wrapped Reelex® coil
▲ ▲ Cat-6 cable in a ProFlex package
▲ ▲ SlingPack packaging system