Deck winch is an important deck machinery designed for different purposes, such as anchoring, mooring, towing as well as lifting and pulling heavy objects on the boats. As the name suggests, it is installed on decks of ships. According to the power supply, the winch can be electric, hydraulic, pneumatic or diesel engine driven. At Aicrane, we mainly provide customers with electric and hydraulic deck winches which can provide proper balance between cost effectiveness, efficiency and suitability.
Anchor Winch
Common Applications of Marine Deck Winches
The typical applications of marine deck winch can be anchor winch, mooring winch, towing winch, pulling winch, lifting winch, positioning winch, or barge deck winch.
The deck anchor winch is a useful deck equipment for ship anchoring. There are two main types of anchor winches, including anchor chain winch and anchor rope winch. By means of chain or cable, it allows the anchor to be raised and lowered. The speed of winch is generally about 10m/min. In the design of a deck mounted anchor winch, you need to specify the anchor weight as well as the length and diameter of anchor chain or wire rope.
Mooring winch can operate effectively when the ship is mooring or docking, and has many functions such as drift, support and positioning during the loading and unloading process.
Anchor mooring winch is designed to perform both anchoring and mooring operations. According to motive power, it can be electric and hydraulic.
Positioning winch can be four-point positioning, six-point positioning and eight-point positioning.
Capstan winch is a sort of small marine winch used for anchoring and mooring on a deck. The speed can be single speed, two speed or three speed according to your specific uses.
Towing winch is normally installed on the aft deck of a ship to tow another boat. It is widely found on tugboats to carry out its tasks efficiently.
