Franklin County · Central Ohio
Grove City cable from plastics, racking and yards
The south-west arc mixes injection moulding with distribution, and the cable that comes out of it is as likely to be tray and control as it is to be building wire.
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Tell us the wire type, the quantity and where it is stored.
- Reviewed by a buyer, not a scale
- Reels, pallets, partials or a full truckload
- Anywhere in Ohio, one desk
- 01Send the wire type, quantity and pickup city.
- 02A buyer reviews the lot and replies with a basis.
- 03Freight and release are agreed, then the load is booked.
Lot details
Everything helps, but the wire type, the quantity and the pickup city are enough to start.
Moulding machines and their cable
An injection moulding plant runs on heat and hydraulics, and its electrical maintenance follows the machines. Heater bands, thermocouples and controller wiring are replaced constantly, which produces instrument and control cable in short, mixed lengths.
The larger cable sits between the machine and the panel: feeder runs to a moulding cell, tray cable along a mezzanine, and VFD cable on the drives that were retrofitted when the older DC machines were replaced.
Distribution overstock next door
Grove City also holds warehouses that serve the contractors working the Columbus arc. Their surplus is different in character: full reels of standard constructions, obsolete SKUs that no longer match what the counter sells, and pallets that were broken up for a single order.
That material is often the easiest on the site to review, because the part numbers are known. A warehouse can produce a list from its system in an afternoon, and a list with part numbers is worth more than any description written from memory.
- Feeder and tray cable from moulding cell upgrades
- Instrument and thermocouple cable from machine maintenance
- VFD cable from drive retrofits
- Obsolete distribution SKUs in full reels
Yards that can take a trailer
The industrial parks on the south-west arc were built for trailers, so access is rarely the problem. Forklifts are usually available, the yards are paved and drained, and a 53-foot unit can turn without a shunt.
The exception is a plant that has grown into its yard. Where racking and trailers share the same apron, loading has to be scheduled around a shift, and the desk needs to know that before it books anything.
What the review needs
For the plant material: construction, voltage and length on each run, plus whether the cable was removed with the machine or cut out of a tray. For the warehouse material: part numbers, reel counts and whether the reels are full.
If both exist on one site, submit them as two lots. They will be reviewed on different facts, and separating them keeps the pricing honest instead of averaging a clean reel against a box of cut-offs.
Related pages
Adjacent cities, wire families and regional briefs.
Questions sellers ask
Do you buy cable from a moulding machine that is being scrapped?
Yes, but describe how it comes out. Cable removed with the machine is usually cut at both ends and coiled, which makes it recovery material. Cable pulled intact from a tray can still be inventory.
Can a warehouse produce a list instead of photographs?
A part-number list is the best starting point for warehouse stock. Photographs still help for jacket print and reel condition, but the list gets the review moving faster than images alone.
Is obsolete stock still sellable?
Often. Obsolete means the counter no longer stocks it, not that nobody can use it. The review checks the construction and the standard it was made to, and prices it on that.
Do you take material from a contractor yard?
Yes. Contractor yards usually hold a mix of job leftovers and returns, which is reviewed as a group unless the seller separates the tagged reels from the loose coils.
Request a quote
Tell the desk what you have in Grove City
Send the basics and a buyer reviews the lot, usually the same working day.
- Reviewed by a buyer, not a scale
- Reels, pallets, partials or a full truckload
- Anywhere in Ohio, one desk
- 01Send the wire type, quantity and pickup city.
- 02A buyer reviews the lot and replies with a basis.
- 03Freight and release are agreed, then the load is booked.
Second look at the lot
Everything helps, but the wire type, the quantity and the pickup city are enough to start.