Two new models from North Sea Winches

The model GME-800 slipway winch, designed to DNVGL rules, was produced after North Sea Winches won a contract to design and manufacture a winch suitable for handling a 650t air-cushioned barge when in dock for maintenance.

North Caspian Operating Company (NCOC) developed blueprints for the barge, to operate in shallow waters of the Caspian Sea.

The electric winch is supplied with a dedicated air-conditioned control cabin. The winch included automatic programmable spooling gear, an automatic failsafe disc brake system and an in-house design/manufacture gearing system, including an 800,000 Nm epicyclic output gear set.

2400kg winch

NSW recently produced a 2400kg electric mooring winch for Fugro GB Marine.

The model GMES-200 unit is complete with PLC logic controls, programmable automatic spooling gear and regenerative circuitry to feed power back into the supply when the winch runs in pay-out.

The winch needed to be versatile to be suitable for service on different vessels. This enabled NSW to utilise their in-house design and manufacturing capabilities to come up with a sophisticated winch featuring excellent control capabilities with local and remote operation.

North Sea Winches can design, manufacture, test & paint winches in-house.

By Rebecca Jeffrey