Markey Machinery custom designed the type DEPCF-52 for ship assist and tanker escort service. The winch features an automatic level wind, 75hp electric drive motor and hands free render-recover controls. The render-recover controls enable the tug captain to adjust the set point for automatic cable tensioning operations to full rated line speed (378 ft/minute) and load (46,227 lbs.). A band brake applies 600,000 lbs of holding power to the winch's single drum.  This winch can carry up to 750 feet of 10 inch synthetic line.

The type DEPCF-52 integrates Markey’s latest technology, advanced winch system software. This new system software takes the man/machine interface from initial escort service setup and in service line tension monitoring to a deeper level. Fully integrated into the winch drive and render recover control system, Markey enables drive and render recover control system status be displayed to the operator during winch operations. Operator selected drive system alarms can be date-time stamped, logged to file, and instantly retrieved by plugging a flash type drive into the panel mounted USB port automatically.

This software’s level of integration and functionality puts diagnostic and corrective winch tools in the hands of the DEPCF-52 operator to ensure the ship escort winch is available for service whenever needed.  Whether to analyze winch performance during escort events or review cumulative winch-hawser stress information, Markey’s newest technology eases the mariners’ task of monitoring winch operations and managing mission critical tug/ship escort equipment.