Drum Size Calculation

Plastic drums

Ideal for indoor use. This type of drums, usually made of recyclable plastic, are well-suited because of their low weight, their smooth winding area and easy handling.

Standard wooden drums
Ideal for outdoor use. This drum, usually made of natural environmentally-friendly wood, ensure long life and high carrying capacity.

Drum type

Flange-Ø

Barrel-Ø

Overall width

Winding width

Weight of drum (approx.)

Maximum carrying capacity

D1

D2

L1

L2

in mm

in mm

in mm

in mm

in kg

in kg

050/057

500

150

456

404

4

100

70

710

355

510

400

11

250

80

800

400

510

400

16

350

90

900

450

680

560

23

400

100

1000

500

704

560

32

500

Drum type

Flange-Ø

Barrel-Ø

Overall width

Winding width

Weight of  drum
(approx.)

Maximum
carrying capacity

d1

d2

L1

L2

in mm

in mm

in mm

in mm

in kg

in kg

71

710

355

520

400

25

250

81

800

400

520

400

31

400

91

900

450

690

560

47

750

101

1000

500

710

560

71

900

121

1250

630

890

670

144

1700

141

1400

710

890

670

175

2000

161

1600

800

1100

850

280

3000

181

1800

1000

1100

840

380

4000

201

2000

1250

1350

1045

550

5000

221

2240

1400

1450

1140

710

6000

250

2500

1400

1450

1140

875

7500

251

2500

1600

1450

1130

900

7500

281

2800

1800

1635

1280

1175

10000

Cable

Diameter
D mm

051 05

061
06

071
07

081
08

091
09

101
10

121
12

141
14

161
16/8

181
18/10

201
20/12

221
22/14

250
25/14

251
25/16

281
28/18

6

1131

1111

2025

2756

7

816

841

1481

2341

8

631

641

1065

1464

2731

9

461

471

891

1153

2203

2867

10

391

389

681

981

1769

2350

11

211

316

565

761

1405

1911

12

261

255

471

644

1207

1541

13

221

239

386

543

1033

1340

2727

14

191

191

361

455

881

1160

2265

2967

15

171

181

301

431

750

1001

1990

2480

16

151

141

240

359

633

861

1756

2205

17

131

135

229

295

604

737

1545

1960

18

111

103

219

281

506

706

1356

1738

19

106

97

173

229

486

600

1184

1535

2722

20

101

93

166

221

403

577

1139

1352

2435

2830

21

81

91

160

211

388

486

990

1304

2172

2527

22

65

122

167

316

469

857

1146

1931

2249

23

62

117

160

305

390

828

1000

1871

2173

2954

24

60

113

156

295

378

710

968

1658

1928

2608

25

58

110

150

286

366

689

840

1609

1868

2522

26

56

80

116

227

300

669

815

1421

1651

2218

27

78

113

221

291

568

701

1245

1451

2150

2860

28

76

109

216

283

551

681

1211

1411

1880

2777

29

73

106

210

227

463

664

1181

1371

1826

2450

2976

30

70

103

163

221

451

565

1029

1201

1583

2383

2893

31

76

158

215

429

551

1004

1167

1540

2089

2558

32

74

154

220

440

538

867

1010

1500

2035

2978

2490

33

72

151

205

353

451

847

986

1289

1984

2908

2428

34

147

159

345

441

829

963

1257

1726

2606

2135

35

109

155

337

431

711

825

1227

1685

2548

2084

2890

36

106

151

330

423

693

807

1040

1646

2271

2056

2820

37

104

149

266

349

679

789

1017

1418

2224

1775

2760

38

144

259

340

664

772

993

1385

1968

1734

2422

39

110

254

334

560

653

971

1355

1929

1696

2380

40

105

249

328

550

641

811

1327

1891

1485

2330

41

102

244

265

540

628

794

1129

1663

1434

2036

42

100

190

260

530

616

778

1106

1632

1405

1995

43

187

255

438

511

762

1084

1602

1198

1956

44

183

250

431

503

749

1064

1573

1174

1692

45

180

246

423

493

609

889

1372

1152

1660

46

177

241

416

485

599

873

1348

1129

1630

47

174

188

409

476

588

857

1325

1109

1600

48

130

185

331

387

577

841

1143

929

1366

49

127

181

326

381

567

827

1124

913

1342

50

125

179

320

374

557

877

1106

897

1320

51

123

176

315

368

441

665

1088

882

1298

52

120

173

311

361

434

654

1071

868

1276

53

171

306

357

427

643

911

714

1276

54

127

231

281

419

633

897

699

1276

55

125

236

277

413

623

884

689

1276

56

123

233

271

407

613

871

679

1276

57

122

229

268

399

487

859

667

1276

58

120

226

264

303

479

719

657

1276

59

118

223

261

299

472

709

648

1276

60

220

257

294

465

699

639

1276

61

216

253

289

459

689

609

1276

62

160

191

286

452

679

499

1276

63

158

188

281

447

669

493

1276

64

156

185

279

439

661

486

1276

65

154

183

274

334

639

479

1276

66

152

181

269

329

533

473

1276

67

150

179

265

325

527

467

1276

68

175

263

319

519

461

1276

69

173

187

318

516

457

1276

70

171

185

314

511

451

1276

71

169

183

311

503

343

1276

72

167

181

306

499

339

1276

73

165

178

301

491

335

1276

74

163

176

298

487

331

1276

75

161

174

295

481

327

1276

76

113

171

292

381

323

1276

77

111

169

288

376

319

1276

78

110

167

285

371

315

1276

79

109

165

282

368

311

1276

80

108

164

279

364

307

503