Active Heave Compensation Winches
Any of ACE Winches’ standard winch and HPU packages can be supplied with the ACE Winches Active Heave Compensation (AHC) Winch Control System. Designed for use on floating vessels or platforms, the AHC control system works by controlling the direction and speed of the winch to counteract the effects of vessel motion on the hook load.
The system offers the following features and advantages:
- Designed to ensure the constant deployment or retrieval of the winch hook load, or allow the hook load to be held stationary in relatively heavy sea states
- Uses a Motion Reference Unit (MRU) to sense movements of the vessel
- Filters out the effect of wave movement
- Prevents vessel motions from causing snatch loads and slack in the wire
- Increases safety and reduces damage risk during critical operations
- Increases effective operating window
- Reduced weather-related downtime
- Allows for more accurate data readings
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Options include:
- Various interface and monitoring options
- Data logging
- Online remote service and data download access
- Wire wear management
Winches and power units for use with the AHC control system will be specified according to the application to ensure that the system has sufficient capability to meet the demands of the specific application and expected vessel motions.
Contact
For more information, please contact our UK Sales Team.
