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The main purpose of a welding cable reel is to store away long welding cable safely, eliminating trip hazards. This will make your workshop a safe place, as well as reducing wear and tear, ensuring that your expensive welding equipment will last. One of the first items to consider when selecting a welding reel is whether you will need, automatic spring retraction, manual or electric. Manual reels are significantly cheaper than their electrical counterparts, but they take more time and physical effort to retract the cables. Power reels, on the other hand, are more efficient by...

Hose reels are a relatively simple piece of machinery, yet they serve a pivotal function in a variety of different industrial applications, providing safety and added efficiency to any business requiring the use of hose, cord, or cable. Because of the many different circumstances and...

When someone thinks of a reel, the first thought that may come to mind is your standard garden hose reel. Many would be pleasantly surprised to find that reels can be used in a multitude of applications such as utility and fleet trucks, pest control, marine, construction, automotive,...

In the ninth decade under the third generation of family ownership, Coxreels proudly manufactures the industry’s highest quality and widest variety of hose, cord, and cable reels. The Coxreels family takes great pride in our growth and innovation as a U.S. manufacturer. We...

With the invention of hose reels, industrial manufacturers now create different types of hose reels that have unique mechanisms in order to cater to the endless applications requiring hose maintenance and safety. Hose reels differ in terms of product specifications and rewind methods....

Motor driven hose reels are the last of the three main types of reels available for the industrial market. Unlike the spring driven and hand crank reels, motor driven, also commonly referred to as automatic retraction, reels can be used for essentially all types of applications and...