Among all types of cable trays, basket cable trays use less steel than other types. Let’s take most popular cable tray size 300mm x 50mm for example.
Among all types of cable trays, basket cable trays use less steel than other types. Let’s take most popular cable tray size 300mm x 50mm for example. Standard channel cable tray with material thickness 1.5mm will be about 4.7kg/m before holes perforated. Even if we make material thickness as 1.0mm, it will still be 3.1kg/m. Standard basket cable tray with wire diameter 5.0mm, product weight will be 2.19kg/m.
Ladder cable trays have various side rail and rung designs, but even simplest type at most would have similar weight as basket cable trays. What’s more, manufacturing of ladder cable trays will waste more steel than wire mesh cable trays.
People might not be interested in carbon emissions and environment protection. But surely, they will have great interests in prices. More material using means more costs, especially when it comes to stainless steel.
Meanwhile, wire cable trays save more steel, still they are strong enough.