The tool that helps prevent jacket damage by keeping cables together as they enter a raceway is called a?

• A. Cable Guide
• B. Jacket Guard
• C. Grouping Ring
• D. Cable Clip

Answer: (C)

Keeping cables bundled as they enter a raceway protects the outer jackets from rubbing and snagging on the raceway edges. A grouping ring acts like a collar around the whole bundle, holding the cables together so they feed in as one neat unit. This minimizes friction and damage to jackets during pulling.

A cable guide is more about directing a single cable along a path, not maintaining a tight bundle. A jacket guard focuses on protecting the jacket itself but doesn’t organize multiple cables entering the raceway. A cable clip secures individual cables to a surface and doesn’t keep a group aligned at entry.