Autoreel Ltd engineers, manufactures, and services heavy-duty cable winding systems, de-reelers, and precision linear measuring machinery from our dedicated manufacturing plant in the East Midlands, Great Britain. Empowering global cable manufacturers and distributors to cut, measure, and re-spool bulk materials with certified ±0.5% metric accuracy, effortless one-man floor handling, and minimal product giveaway.
Whether you are setting up a high-volume cut-to-length converting yard or continuous manufacturing process, a complete reeling line comprises three synchronised stages. Here is how each system functions and what they are called in industrial practice:
Holds the heavy master supply drum (up to 8,000 kg with PLP) and lets off the material smoothly under controlled tension. Autoreel Pay-Offs feature friction or pneumatic disc braking to prevent high-speed drum overrun ("free-wheeling" momentum) when the pulling winder decelerates, eliminating bird-nest tangles and damaged cable jackets.
The critical profit and protection bridge between payout and take-up. Features calibrated ±0.5% linear meters that eliminate expensive product giveaway, automated linear traverse guides that lay down cable in tight, parallel rows, and pneumatic dancers that provide 0–10V analog feedback to synchronise line velocity and prevent cable stretching.
The motorised machine that drives and rotates the destination drum (or collapsible coiling head) to pull the material. Driven by AC inverter vector drives with variable speed control, dynamic braking, and safety interlocks. Slashes drum loading changeover times from 30 minutes to under 2 minutes with patented pintle arms.
When your business model relies on converting massive production master drums into custom-specified customer lengths, every second of setup time and millimeter of measurement accuracy directly drives bottom-line margin.
Roll master drums directly into position with our roll-in ramps or engage pintles directly from ground level. Eliminates heavy crane lifts and dangerous shaft handling.
Industrial linear meters (±0.5% accuracy) ensure exact target lengths with programmable automated slowdowns, completely eliminating costly copper giveaway.
Smooth traversing carriages guide the material uniformly across drums, dispatch plywood reels, or collapsible coiling heads for a professional presentation.
Integrated guillotines, quick-release collets, and collapsible coiling heads enable 2-minute order turnarounds for same-day and next-day customer dispatches.
Autoreel machinery is trusted globally across offshore energy, fluid power, and heavy manufacturing to handle virtually all reel-stored continuous products.
From delicate sub-miniature instrumentation wire and high-bandwidth fibre optic bundles to 400kV armoured transmission cables.
Re-spooling and precision length cut-offs for wire-braided high-pressure hydraulic lines, pneumatic tubing, and chemical transfer hoses.
High-tension take-ups and payoff systems capable of handling heavy crane cables, offshore mooring hawsers, and subsea control umbilicals.
A comprehensive overview of legal inspection duties, emergency braking deceleration standards, and written schemes of examination for cable machinery.
Read Guide →How ±0.5% calibrated linear meters protect copper profit margins and eliminate tens of thousands of pounds in annual length giveaway.
Read Analysis →Slashing drum changeovers from 30 minutes to 2 minutes with roll-in payoffs, automated traversing, and collapsible coiling heads.
Read Guide →Watch Autoreel's British-engineered capital winding, pintle loading, and mobile converting machinery operating in real production environments.
Single-operator floor loading and high-speed spooling of heavy cable drums up to 8,000 kg with patented motorised pintle arms.
Demonstrating independent lateral pintle movement and powered warehouse steering for fast cut-to-length cable orders.
Watch closed-loop automatic cable layering and rapid spooling onto domestic plywood and cardboard reels at up to 350 rpm.
Autoreel operates dedicated in-house machine testing bays and mobile field engineers to service, audit, and certify machinery across the UK and internationally. We guarantee full mechanical, electrical, and safety brake conformity.