a cable drum , having a substantially cylindrical drum body with drum walls arranged at its axial ends and a groove arrangement arranged on the drum body , enables winding of a cable in a rotational direction clockwise as well as counter - clockwise thereto . the groove arrangement has parallel areas in which the grooves are parallel to the circumferential direction and incline areas in which the grooves are slanted at an angle relative to the circumferential direction of the drum body . all grooves in the parallel areas have identical groove width . the grooves in the incline areas cross one another .