Reel Components

Most of the components we use to make our reels are manufactured in house.

The following items can be purchased as individual products.

Flanges(Card, Plywood, MDF, Plastic)

A minimum of two flanges along with a barrel form the basis of every reel.

We manufacture cardboard, plywood, MDF and plastic flanges in house.

The flanges can include any required center holes, drive holes or slots etc.

Our flanges can also be printed or stencilled

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A selection of flanges

Metal Stampings

Metal stampings hold together our card metal stamping reels (MSRs) and plywood MSRs

Our metal stampings can have lengths ranging from 90mm to 457mm with either 2 or 3 prongs on their ends and are manufactured in house.

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Metal Stampings

Metal Cylinders / Tins

Used as the barrels for our cardboard BMCR reels.

We supply beaded and unbeaded cylinders in a range of standard sizes:

Diameter (Inches) Lengths (Inches)
2 1.75, 2, 2.5, 3, 3.5, 4 & 6
3 2, 3, 4, 4.5, 5 & 6
3.75 3, 4, 5 & 6

The cylinders can be made with or without a hole. The holes are used by auto winders to wind your product onto the reel. The standard hole sizes available are:

Small hole - 14mm diameter, Large hole - 20mm diameter, Slot - 18mm x 100mm

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Metal Cylinders

Cardboard Tubes

Used as barrels in the construction of a number of our cardboard and plywood reels.

The barrels can be notched with a 15mm, 30mm, 40mm or 50mm notch

Used in-place of a plywood barrel for plywood reels when the barrel shape needs to be perfectly round

Available in various diameters, lengths and thicknesses

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Cardboard Tubes

Metal Cups

Used to hold together our Metal Cup Reels

The metal cups come in various sizes and configurations:

Diameter Centre Hole Louvers Depth Drive Holes
70mm 28mm Yes 20mm 2x8mm
70mm 28mm Yes 14mm 1x8mm
76mm 35mm Yes 18mm 1x8mm
70mm 28mm No 14mm 1x8mm
70mm 28mm No 9mm 1x8mm
70mm 28mm No 14mm 1x8mm + Window

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Metal Cups

Other Reel Fixings

Plastic plugs and snap rings

These are used in the construction of our plastic plug reels and snap ring reels respectively

The plastic plugs are available in diameters of 19mm or 25mm

The snap rings are available in a diameter of 38mm

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Plastic Fixings