Cable stacker, cable-processing apparatus comprising a cable stacker, and method for safely conveying a cable

A cable stacker (20) having a first belt conveyor (21a) for conveying a cable (80) along a conveying direction (X), wherein the first belt conveyor (21a) has a conveyor path (22) with an input path portion (221) and an output path portion (222) and a main frame (23) is provided, on which the first belt conveyor (21a) is arranged, wherein a counter barrier (40a) is provided on a first side of the first belt conveyor for guiding the cable (80) along the conveyor path (22), a first drop barrier (31a) is arranged on the main frame (23) in a region of the input path portion (221) of the first belt conveyor (21a), positioned on a second side of the first conveyor belt opposite the first side, to prevent uncontrolled slipping of a leading end of the cable (80) from the conveyor path (22) into a collection area (24) for collecting the cables (80), and wherein the first drop barrier (31a) is movable relative to the counter barrier (40;

• 40a) into an active position for preventing during dropping of the leading end of the cable the uncontrolled slipping of the leading end of the cable (80), and
• wherein the first drop barrier (31a) is movable orthogonally to the conveying direction (X) of the conveyor path (22) from the active position into an inactive position below the conveyor path (22) allowing slipping of the cable (80) into the collecting area (24) and/or movable along the conveying direction (x) of the conveyor path (22).