What is a 3D-printed cable tray — and which clip do you actually need?
A 3D-printed cable tray is a bench-management part you download as an STL or 3MF file and print on the FDM printer you already own — no $90 cable-management line item, no waiting on lead times, no custom clip sizes quoted out. BenchWerkz ships the file plus a shared 20 mm backbone, so an under-bench cable tray, a peristaltic-tube guide, and a labelled BNC / RJ45 / power clip set all dock onto the same rail the rack family already uses.
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Why a printed cable tray wins
The $90 supplier line item, refactored as a file
The line item on your lab budget is real. The cost-versus-time trade is not — a BenchWerkz file replaces the SKU, prints on the printer you already own, and adds three sibling parts (under-bench tray, peristaltic-tube guide, BNC / RJ45 / power clip set) the supplier doesn’t sell together in this family.
Print one cable tray today. Print ten more next month, in the same PETG spool, on the same printer. The line item in your lab budget stays flat.
The cable family
Three printable cable-family parts to start
Three printable cable parts to start — under-bench cable tray, 4-channel peristaltic-tube guide, and a labelled BNC / RJ45 / power clip set. Each card links into the cable family at /families/cable-management. The cable family is growing, and additional sizes land over the coming months.
Family · Cable trays
BenchWerkz Cable Tray 600
A 600 mm under-bench cable tray that prints support-free on 0.4 mm FDM in PETG and snaps in below the bench rail.
Open the tray spec sheetFamily · Peristaltic guides
BenchWerkz Tube Guide 4ch
A 4-channel helical peristaltic-tube guide for 1.5 / 2.4 mm pump tubing — kink-free runs from pump to instrument.
Open the guide spec sheetFamily · Connector clips
BenchWerkz BNC / RJ45 / Power Clip Set
Labelled snap-on clip set for BNC, RJ45, and instrument power leads — every connector snaps into a named slot.
Open the clip-set spec sheetGet the file
Replace the cable-tray line item with a file.
Email us for a custom length, a lab-seat quote, or a cable clip that isn’t in the family yet. BenchWerkz ships the day your order is placed.
WHAT YOU GET
STL + 3MF download
One-time, single-digit dollar download. Both file formats ship together so the file you choose matches the slicer you already run.