Cable Trays

Cable Tray Systems for Every Environment and Cable Type:

When it comes to running large quantities of power or data cables overhead or under-floor, cable trays are almost always the perfect solution. Designed to both route and provide ample support for vital wiring, cable trays (also known as baskets, trunking, and cable ladders) can range from simple to highly customized, so it’s a good idea to know what types of features your application requires before you start shopping. Here’s a quick rundown of a few basic tray styles and what the work best for…

Basket-Style Cable Trays:

Aptly-named “basket” cable trays are the most commonly-used type, and get their name from the fact that they look like long baskets made of wire. Basket trays can be mounted along walls, suspended from the ceiling, and even run below the raised flooring that’s often found in data centers and other facilities. Because they allow air to easily flow through, these cable trays help ensure that cables stay well-ventilated and cool, preventing heat-related malfunctions. Basket trays are typically made of steel, and come in different finishes, including powder coat and zinc plating.

Snake Trays:

Another type of cable tray named for the way they look, Snake Trays are a unique brand of metal basket-style cable trays that are able to bend and flex in many different directions to accommodate the twists and turns your network cables need to take. Snake Trays are extremely convenient because the installer can bend them by hand without cutting out rungs or using any special tools.

Fiberglass Cable Trays:

Unlike the metal-based types, fiberglass cable trays are completely non-conductive, so they don’t need to be grounded in order to meet electrical codes. Fiberglass trays are lightweight, strong, won’t interfere with signals, are oftentimes UV-resistant, and have the added benefit of being more chemical and corrosion-resistant than metal cable trays.

Solid PVC Cable Routing Systems:

Designed with bend-sensitive fiber optic cabling in mind, PVC cable trays have a solid floor and side walls, but are open at the top. Unlike basket-style cable trays that have spaces between each wire rung, a PVC tray’s smooth, solid styling creates a perfectly even support system that never allows delicate fibers to sag or be pinched at sharp angles.

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PRO-10 is a a one-tool, basket type cable tray management system that cuts installation time up to 50 percent. It adapts to the most difficult architectural designs and is UL Classified / Classified. This low voltage cable tray is grounded and is ideal as a fiber optic cable tray. It comes in several powder-coated colors including yellow, white, chrome, black and orange.

PRO-10 Wire Cable Tray Wiremaid U.S.A. has just created the “Cable Tray Maker,” an easy-to-use cable tray designer that takes the guess work out of ordering a cable tray system. Click on a cable tray part, choose your options and add the quantity. It creates a bill of materials that you can print or email.

• Requires NO bending or cutting; ready–made 4-way, “T” and “L” shaped junctions

• Acts as a continuous ground conductor; no grounding splices

• Adapts to difficult architectural designs to accommodate changes in direction and elevation of cable runs

• Cuts installation time up to 50 percent

• Provides strength, rigidity without additional hardware; has smooth edges

• Manufactured in an array of protective, powder-coated, colored finishes to minimize corrosion

• Featured in light or heavy duty product styles

• All support hardware available

• Powder coating is standard finish

• Custom sizes available

Cable Tray Straight Sections Straight sections have a grid pattern of 2 inches x 2 inches or 2 inches x 4 inches and are available in standard widths from 2 inches up to 36 inches. Lengths can be ordered in 1, 2, 5, 8 and 10 feet with a depth/height of either 2, 4 or 6 inches. See finish chart for standard colors; Chrome is the standard. Custom sizes and colors are available. Sections include interconnecting hardware.

Cable Tray Junctions / Intersections Pre-fabricated junctions have a grid pattern of 2 inches x 2 inches or 2 inches x 4 inches and are available in standard widths from 2 inches up to 24 inches with a depth/height of 2, 4 or 6 inches. Junctions/intersections lengths are standard: 12 inches wide or less come 2 feet in length and junctions/intersections more than 12 inches wide come 3 feet in length. All drops are available in 12, 18 or 24 inches in length. See finish chart for colors; chrome is the standard. Custom colors are available. Junctions/intersections include interconnecting hardware.

Cable Tray Reducers Pre-fabricated reducers are available in standard configurations with a grid pattern of 2 inches x 2 inches or 2 inches x 4 inches or and a depth/height of 2, 4 or 6 inches. All reducers are 2 feet in length. See finish chart for standard colors; safety yellow being the standard. Custom colors are available. Sections include interconnecting hardware.

Cable Tray Accessories & Hardware Kits Accessories and hardware kits that provide support and cleanly finish the installation. With an assortment of threaded rod kits and various extensions, there is support for floor, wall or ceiling mounted cable tray options to conveniently complete the job. See finish chart for standard colors; chrome being the standard. Custom colors are available.