Cable Tray Roll Forming Machine

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A cable tray roll forming machine is a fully automated, continuous industrial production line designed for mass manufacturing cable management components.
 
It processes raw metal coils — mainly galvanized steel, stainless steel, or aluminum coils — at room temperature using a continuous cold-forming process.
 
By passing the metal strip through a series of progressive roller dies (multi-stage forming rolls), the machine gradually and precisely bends, shapes, and forms the flat metal coil into high-precision, standardized cable tray profiles without cutting or heating the material.
 

Breakdown of key details:

  • Highly automated: Equipped with PLC control, servo motors, and automatic feeding, punching, cutting, and stacking systems; requires minimal manual operation.
  • Continuous cold-forming: Works at room temperature to preserve material strength, corrosion resistance, and surface finish; enables nonstop high-speed production.
  • Applicable materials: Supports galvanized steel (most common for cost & anti-corrosion), stainless steel (heavy-duty/high-corrosion environments), and aluminum (lightweight applications).
  • Progressive roller dies: A set of specially designed, gradually shaped roll stations that gently form the metal step by step, ensuring stable forming, high dimensional accuracy, and no material cracking or deformation.
  • Precision cable tray profiles: Produces finished cable tray shapes including ladder-type, solid tray, perforated tray, and channel cable tray with consistent cross-section, straightness, and size tolerance.

What's Cable Tray?

Cable Tray System is used to support insulated cables or wiring for power control, communication and distribution.

In the commercial and industrial construction, cable tray is widely used as an alternative to open wiring or cables conduit system. And they are very useful in situation where changes to a cable system are expected.  Because new cables can be installed by laying them in the tray, instead of pulling them through a pipe.

Types Of Cable Tray

  1. Solid bottom cable tray
  2. Ventilated cable tray
  3. Ladder Tray
  4. Cable tray cover
  5. Channel cable tray

Nowadays, A Cable Tray Roll Former can produce both solid and ventilated cable trays, and also the cable tray cover.

Cable Tray Material

  1. Galvanized Steel
  2. Stainless Steel
  3. Aluminum

Use what material is based on where it will be used, Galvanized tray may be made of pre-galvanized steel sheet fabricated into tray. Or may be hot-dip galvanized after fabrication. When galvanized tray is cut to length in the field. And usually the cut surface will be painted with a zinc-rich compound to protect the metal from corrosion.

Cable Tray Load & Type Engine

This Cable Tray Load & Type Engine is a professional-grade structural tool designed for the electrical and roll forming industries. It calculates the Safe Working Load (kg/m) and Deflection based on NEMA VE 1 standards, allowing users to switch between Ladder, Perforated, and Solid Bottom architectures.

By inputting specific side rail heights, tray widths, and material thicknesses, engineers can determine if a profile will support specific cable weights over a given span. It is an essential utility for optimizing material usage while ensuring compliance with industrial safety and structural integrity requirements.

Cable Tray Selection & Load Engine

Industrial Roll Forming Specification Tool

0.0 Safe Load (kg/m)
0.0 Deflection (mm)
Design Note: Ladder trays utilize the vertical moment of inertia from reinforced side rails. Perforated and solid bottom types are limited by the buckling resistance of the base plate. Calculations follow NEMA VE 1 / CSA standards.

Cable Tray Roll Forming Machine Specifications

Cable Tray Roll Forming Machine Layout

The whole line is consist of Uncoiler, Leveler, Servo Feeder and Punch Press, Roll Former, Cutoff Unit, Controlled Box, Collection Table.

Cable tray roll forming machine layoutElectric Uncoiling–  leveling– Servo Feeding and Punching– Guiding–Roll Forming– Straightening– Tracking Cutting– Collecting.

Main Technical Parameters of Cable Tray Roll Forming Machine

3 Ton Electric Uncoiler

  1. Maximum capacity: 3Ton
  2. Minimum Inner Diameter: 508mm
  3. Maximum  Outer Diameter: 1500mm
  4. Motor Power: 3KW

7-Roller Leveling

  1. Leveling roller: Upper 3,underneath 4 (totally 7 rollers)
  2. Diameter of leveling shaft: ￠80mm
  3. Leveling Power: 3KW
  4. Manual adjust, photo for reference only

Servo Feeder and Punch Press

  1. Feeding type: Servo feeding
  2. Width of the material: 0-200mm
  3. Thickness of the material: 0-3.2mm
  4. Feeding Power: 3KW
  5. Feeding line height: 70-140mm
  6. Max line speed: 200m/min
  7. Model: APA-110
  8. Capacity: 110 Ton
  9. Stroke per minute : 60-90 s.p.m, and 50 s.p.m fixed
  10. Stroke: 80
  11. Die height: 410mm
  12. Slide adjustment: 80mm
  13. Main motor: 11KW*4
  14. Bolster area: 1150mm*600*110
  15. Die cushion capacity: 6.3 Ton
  16. Die cushion Stroke: 80mm
  17. Upper platform: 650*470*80
  18. Bottom platform: 900*600*110

Roll Forming Machine Part

  1. Forming Thickness: 1.0-2.5mm
  2. Roll Forming Speed: 10-15m/min
  3. Machine base adopt H Steel, welded, adopt iron cast pillar as the machine stands
  4. Rollers Material: GCR15, quenched and tempered
  5. Shaft Material: ASTM 1045, tempered, 75mm diameter
  6. Motor Power of cable tray roll former : 15KW
  7. Cable Tray Roll Forming Stands: 22 stands
  8. Width Adjustment: PLC controlled automatically adjustment.
  9. Drive type: By Chain or Gear Box

Hydraulic Cutting And Hydraulic Station

  1. Cutting Type:Tracking hydraulic cutting. The machine will not stop while cutting.
  2. Cutting Blade Material: Cr12Mov, Quench treatment, HRC58-62
  3. Hydraulic Station Power: 15KW

PLC Control System 

  1.  Adopts PLC control technology, frequency adjust speed technology, realize the automatic production.
  2. The worker can set the batches, length, quantity on the touch screen, then the machine will work automatically.
  3. Operation type: Touching screen and Button
  4.  Using encoder to calculate the number and measuring the length
  5. Electrical control: PLC frequency control system with touch screen
  6. PLC: Panasonic Brand or Siemens
  7. Encoder: Omron Brand
  8. Touch Screen: MCGS or Siemens
  9. Inverter: Yaskawa
  10. Adopt aviation plug for easy connect the wiring

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Conclusion: Future-Proofing Your Cable Management Production

Investing in a Cable Tray Roll Forming Machine is a strategic move toward manufacturing excellence and operational efficiency. By integrating advanced roll design software and precision-engineered forming stations, manufacturers can produce high-quality, high-tolerance profiles that meet the rigorous demands of the global industrial sector. The transition from manual bending to automated, continuous roll forming significantly reduces production downtime and material waste while ensuring consistent structural integrity across every meter of product.

As infrastructure projects scale in complexity, the need for versatile and robust cable management systems will only grow. Partnering with a leader like Believe Industry Company ensures you have access to the latest 2026 rollforming advancements—from high-yield material handling to integrated prepunching systems—positioning your facility at the forefront of the industry.
 

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