Selecting a cable tray length is based on several criteria, including: The required load that the cable tray must support. This includes both the cable load and environmental loads like wind, snow, ice (See Cable Tray Strength and Load Capacity section in this guide). In practice, cable tray dimensions are a system of interrelated measurements —width, depth, length, and material thickness—that directly affect cable fill compliance, heat dissipation, structural loading, and long-term expandability. For projects that are not 100 percent defined before design start, the cost of and time used in coping with continuous changes during the engineering and drafting design phases will be substantially less for cable tray wiring. maintain spacing or to keep cables in place when the tray is ect the minimum bend ra-dius for cables as they exit the bottom of the cable tray. A tray that is too small will overheat and physically damage, and too large tray will drain the project budget.
[PDF Version]