Control and Monitoring Systems
ACE Winches manufactures a wide variety of standard and bespoke winch control systems from basic manual mechanical control to fully automated Active Heave Compensation (AHC) systems.
Low powered hydraulic winches will normally be driven by an open loop hydraulic system and controlled via a directional control valve mounted on the winch. These valves feature a manual control lever as standard but can also be controlled remotely via a system, which can be tailored to suit the application.
Electric winches and higher powered closed loop hydraulic winches are normally supplied with, and controlled from, a power unit which can be designed and built to suit the application. The control systems in these winches control the direction and speed of the winch by controlling the flow and direction of the power out from the power unit. Again, these control systems can be designed to suit the specific application.
Standard:
- Local Manual control (Open loop systems)
- Manual control of speed and direction via handheld joystick panel connected to power unit (Closed loop or electric drive systems)
Optional:
- Constant Tension
- Remote control via hydraulic pilot system (open loop systems)
- Remote manual control via electronic joystick (open loop systems)
- Multi winch control systems
- Mooring spread control systems
- Active Heave Compensation control systems
- Load monitoring
- Data Logging
- Choice of system monitoring options (Lamps, Gauges, HMI etc)
- Stand alone control console pedestal
- Operator control cabin
- Remote control and monitoring stations
- CCTV monitoring of remote equipment
