VAHLE spring-operated cable reels are used to supply power to mobile equipment for automatic winding of flexible power or control cables (also: hoses for gases and fluids). The applications for spring-operated cable reels include portal and gantry cranes of all types, shipboard cargo cranes, mobile cranes, construction cranes, loading systems, magnetic and grab cranes, electric hoists, car transfer tables, car lifts, stackers, long scrapers in sewage treatment plants, material handling systems, pallet systems, etc.

VAHLE motorized cable reels are used particularly with port technology. Due to the heavy cable weight, these reels are electrically driven.