Patent ID: 8567037

Claim:
A method of forming a reel, the method comprising the steps of: extruding a tubular member having an axial direction and a radial direction, configured to receive a stranded material wrapped therearound; molding a first flange configured to engage the tubular member wherein molding the first flange comprises forming an arbor wall defining an arbor aperture, said arbor wall formed for supporting the reel on an arbor through the arbor aperture, forming an outer portion extending radially away from the arbor wall to an outer edge of the first flange, for restraining stranded material in an axial direction, and forming the outer portion with a plurality of wedge-shaped corrugations in which each corrugation thereof extends from substantially the arbor wall to substantially the outer edge of the first flange, and each of the corrugations is dimensionally of the same order of magnitude; and molding a second flange configured to engage the tubular member opposite the first flange.