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8 December 2025

NEW Canford cable drums - now with cable!

In response to customer demand, Canford now offers a comprehensive range of cable drums pre-fitted with popular cable types, fully terminated and ready for use. The new range incorporates Audio, Video and SMPTE311 hybrid fibre.  Drum options include a robust, high-strength lightweight moulded plastic, or fully steel offering for maximum durability. A fixed winding handle and friction drum brake feature throughout.

For customers who may wish to complete termination work in-house. We also offer Connector plates with 'Universal' series cutouts, for plastic, rubber and metal drums. Made in 3mm aluminium and finished in black, available in two sizes and punched with two, four or eight ‘Universal’ cutouts.

CANFORD CABLE DRUMS - AUDIO

Single and multicore drums, with various XLR options, for general audio use.

This range of audio cable drums come with both plastic and metal cable drums. The plastic range are robust and lightweight, with plastic drums and frames of moulded high-strength plastic. Whilst the metal range all have steel drums, with steel tube frames. Both types have a fixed winding-handle on the drum flange plus a friction drum-brake incorporated into the frame to prevent movement in transit. Some models consist of cable drums with connector combinations on the flange of the drum, whilst others have cable connector tails on both ends of the cable. View the range

 

CANFORD CABLE DRUMS - VIDEO and TRIAX

Co-axial and triax cables, with various BNC and Fischer Triax HD pro+ options, for general video and camera feed use.

This range of video and triax cable drums come with both plastic and metal cable drums. The plastic range are robust and lightweight, with plastic drums and frames of moulded high-strength plastic. Whilst the metal range all have steel drums, with steel tube frames. Both types have a fixed winding-handle on the drum flange plus a friction drum-brake incorporated into the frame to prevent movement in transit. Some models consist of cable drums with connector combinations on the flange of the drum, whilst others have cable connector tails on both ends of the cable. Learn more

 

CANFORD CABLE DRUMS - DATA

Single and multipair, Cat5e, 6 and 7 with various RJ45 and ethercon connector options for general network and CatKit use.

This range of data cable drums come with both plastic and metal cable drums. The plastic range are robust and lightweight, with plastic drums and frames of moulded high-strength plastic. Whilst the metal range all have steel drums, with steel tube frames. Both types have a fixed winding-handle on the drum flange plus a friction drum-brake incorporated into the frame to prevent movement in transit. All models consist of cable drums with connector combinations on the flange of the drum. View the range

Manufactured by Canford, CatKit is an extremely rugged etherCON stagebox system for touring, events and outside broadcast work.

 

CANFORD CABLE DRUMS - SMPTE311M HYBRID FIBRE

Various SMPTE311M hybrid fibre, HD camera cables with Lemo FUW/PUW SMPTE connectors for broadcast use. On metal drums or Skeleton reels.

The metal cable drums have steel drums, with steel tube frames all in a black nylon dipped finish. The winding handle is a separate unit which rotates through 180 degrees for compact storage. A chained drum-locating pin prevents drum rotation during transit. The ‘skeleton’ cable reels are constructed from heavy-duty, welded, steel tubing, on to which an overall passivated zinc plate is applied. These are of a three-flange design suitable for coiling and protecting the inner 'tail' of SMPTE 311M hybrid fibre camera cable.

Avaiable with a range of cables. Cable lengths are 100, 150, 200, 250, 300, 400 and 500 metres, black. Learn more

 

All Canford cable drums can be supplied with different connector combinations, cable colours and lengths as special order. Contact Sales.

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