Thanks to all for the replies to my last posting.

My boss wants me to use the junction boxes where I am mounting the receptacles that power individual machines, to also support the cable drops to the same machine. His thought is to drill a hole thru the side of the box and mount a hook to hold the kellum grip. I'm pretty sure that this isn't right but I need to find it in the code.

We are using 12/4 and 10/4 SO cords on all of the machines, with a woven strain relief to support the cable at the ceiling and twist-locks for the disconnect plug. If I am not allowed to use conduit to support things, how can I be allowed to drill thru the side of a junction box to hang a cable?

I'm looking thru the 2002 code book but I haven't found it yet. Can anybody help me with this?

Thanks

Larry C