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What is a service loop?

Tim Schneebeck | 5. July 2019

A service loop is used to guide cables and hoses in hanging applications e.g. as energy supplyon the top drive. For this purpose, the cables are often cast together in a dress pack. Vote Up +0 Vote Down -0You already voted!

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What are the disadvantages of service loops?

Tim Schneebeck | 5. July 2019

The cables in the service loops have no guidance and do not have a defined bend radius, so they can move and twist inside the hose, resulting in a broken cable in the worst case scenario. In extremely windy conditions, the freely hanging service loop can get caught in the mast, for example, in the […]

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