I-beam reels are tools used for winding metal wires and steel wire ropes. They are made of steel, wood, and plastic, with steel reels suitable for winding steel wires, while wood and plastic reels are mostly used for thin metal wires. Their outer diameter specifications vary widely; steel wire rope reels can have an outer diameter of up to 6 meters, while those for tubular stranding machines range from 100 to 630 mm. Steel I-beam reels are made by welding reinforced thick plates and undergoing dynamic balancing testing, while plastic I-beam reels are injection molded from engineering plastics, with side plates featuring a densely ribbed reinforced structure and a balancing accuracy of 6.3 or higher.
In steel wire rope production, this tool needs to be used in conjunction with a stranding machine to maintain a horizontal wire feeding state, forming a helical structure through the rotation of the reel. Applications include fiber optic cable production, steel wire welding and drawing processes, and anti-oxidation packaging in the tire industry. In intelligent applications, MES systems combined with flexible intelligent robots can achieve automatic loading and unloading of I-beam reels and monitoring of the production process. For sealing requirements, the driving torque range is 6.63-47.16 N·m.
