Systems and Methods for Layering Multiple Conduit Runs Onto a Reel

Abstract

Systems and methods for layering multiple runs of conduit on a single reel are provided. According to embodiments, a reel includes a first conduit run wound onto the reel in a first layer. The first conduit run includes at least one conduit. One or more sheets of material can be wound onto the reel in a first protective layer over at least a portion of the first conduit run. The reel can also include a second conduit run comprising at least one conduit. The second conduit run can be wound onto the reel in a second layer over the first layer of the first conduit run and the first protective layer.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A reel comprising:
 a first conduit run comprising a first conduit, the first conduit run wound onto the reel in a first layer;   one or more sheets of a material, the one or more sheets of the material wound onto the reel in a first protective layer over at least a portion of the first layer of the first conduit run; and   a second conduit run comprising a first conduit, the second conduit run wound onto the reel in a second layer over at least a portion of the first protective layer.   
     
     
         2 . The reel of  claim 1 , wherein the first conduit of the first conduit run includes at least one cable preinstalled within the first conduit of the first conduit run before being wound onto the reel. 
     
     
         3 . The reel of  claim 2 , wherein the first conduit of the second conduit run includes at least one cable preinstalled within the first conduit of the second conduit run before being wound onto the reel. 
     
     
         4 . The reel of  claim 1 , wherein the first conduit run further comprises a second conduit, and wherein the first conduit and the second conduit of the first conduit run are wound onto the reel in parallel. 
     
     
         5 . The reel of  claim 4 , wherein at least one of the first conduit or the second conduit of the first conduit run includes at least one cable preinstalled within the at least one of the first conduit or the second conduit of the first conduit run before being wound onto the reel. 
     
     
         6 . The reel of  claim 4 , wherein the first conduit of the first conduit run has a first diameter and the second conduit of the first conduit run has a second diameter different from the first diameter of the first conduit of the first conduit run. 
     
     
         7 . The reel of  claim 4 , wherein the second conduit run further comprises a second conduit, and wherein the first conduit and the second conduit of the second conduit run are wound onto the reel in parallel. 
     
     
         8 . The reel of  claim 7 , wherein at least one of the first conduit or the second conduit of the second conduit run includes at least one cable preinstalled within the at least one of the first conduit or the second conduit of the second conduit run before being wound onto the reel. 
     
     
         9 . The reel of  claim 1 , further comprising one or more sheets of the material wound onto the reel in a second protective layer over at least a portion of the second layer of the second conduit run. 
     
     
         10 . A method comprising:
 winding a first conduit run onto a reel in a first layer, wherein the first conduit run comprises a first conduit;   winding one or more sheets of a material onto the reel in a first protective layer over at least a portion of the first layer of the first conduit run; and   winding a second conduit run onto the reel in a second layer over at least a portion of the first protective layer.   
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 10 , wherein the first conduit of the first conduit run includes at least one cable preinstalled within the first conduit of the first conduit run before being wound onto the reel. 
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 11 , wherein the first conduit of the second conduit run includes at least one cable preinstalled within the first conduit of the second conduit run before being wound onto the reel. 
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 10 , wherein the first conduit run further comprises a second conduit, and wherein winding the first conduit run onto the reel in the first layer comprises winding the first conduit and the second conduit of the first conduit run onto the reel in parallel. 
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 13 , wherein at least one of the first conduit or the second conduit of the first conduit run includes at least one cable preinstalled within the at least one of the first conduit or the second conduit of the first conduit run before being wound onto the reel. 
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 14 , further comprising securing the first conduit run to a flange of the reel at a first location and at a second location. 
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 13 , wherein the first conduit of the first conduit run has a first diameter and the second conduit of the first conduit run has a second diameter different from the first diameter of the first conduit of the first conduit run. 
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 13 , wherein the second conduit run further comprises a second conduit, and wherein winding the second conduit run onto the reel in the second layer comprises winding the first conduit and the second conduit of the second conduit run onto the reel in parallel. 
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 17 , wherein at least one of the first conduit or the second conduit of the second conduit run includes at least one cable preinstalled within the at least one of the first conduit or the second conduit of the second conduit run before being wound onto the reel. 
     
     
         19 . The method of  claim 18 , further comprising securing the second conduit run to a flange of the reel at a first location and at a second location. 
     
     
         20 . The method of  claim 10 , further comprising winding one or more sheets of the material onto the reel in a second protective layer over at least a portion of the second layer of the second conduit run.