The Drum Twister has applications that include the cabling of round and sectored power cables; Closing of stranded conductors; Assembly of sectored Milliken conductors; Wire Screening, Steel Wire Armouring; Fiber Optic stranding, Cabling and insertion applications as well as the assembly of multi-pair telecon and specialty cables.

Typical auxiliary equipment includes; Concentric and eccentric taping units and binders; Steel wire performers, and fillers among others.