Long-life terms of flexible reeling cables in cranes and other handling systems depend on cables installation and laying in a professional way.
The most professional and safety way to avoid torsion stress is to lay the complete cable length from the supply drum over support rollers on the ground with unfixed ends. If this is not possible, in case of less space, lay up the cable like in the below mentioned
ways.
To ensure that, you have to respect the following rules: