Counter Twist Coiling Wire in Drums Loose coils bird's nest increasing down time and limiting drum capacity to about 500 lbs. But, all drums are coil wound, and all coils bird's nest. Not convinced, take a look into a drum and see for yourself. The tendency of loose coils to bird's nest limits the practical capacity of drums to about 500 lbs., and severe bird's nesting can block wire feeding causing unscheduled line shutdowns and wasted product. The tendency of loose coils to bird's nest limits the practical capacity of drums to about 500 lbs.,which means twice as many line shutdowns compared to 1,000 lbs.
All drums have coils that limit their safe operating capacity.
Safely Hold 1,000 Lbs. This self palletized design allows for easy forklift handling. Stackable Stack empty spools to virtually any height, and store full spools in stacks upto 5 spools high. This means you can easily store upto 20,000 pounds of wire in as little as 5 square feet of floor space. Cartable One man can easily move spools on individual spool carts you make or buy.