Marine winch is widely used on ships, docks or shores for anchoring, mooring and towing various boats, or lifting and towing heavy objects on the ship. The commonly used marine winches are: anchor winch windlass, anchor mooring winch, mooring winch, towing winch, capstan. These winches can be electrically or hydraulically powered as per requirements. There are many optional functions to choose from to ensure that you end up with an ideal winch system.
Types of Marine Winches for Sale
Anchor winch
There are different types of anchor winches: electric anchor winch, hydraulic anchor winch, anchor rope winch and anchor chain winch. The anchor windlass is usually installed on the main deck of the ship’s stern. The warping head on both sides of the sprocket can be used for line handling.
| Model | Marine electric anchor winch |
| Dia of anchor chain/rope | ø12mm ~ ø128mm |
| No. of gypsy | single or double |
| Load capacity | 1~100ton |
| Speed | 9~11 m/min |
| Certificate | BV, ABS, DNV, RMRS, etc |
| Model | Marine hydraulic anchor winch |
| Dia of anchor chain/rope | ø12mm ~ ø128mm |
| Load capacity | 1~100ton |
| Speed | 9~11 m/min |
| Certificate | BV, ABS, DNV, RMRS, etc |
Mooring winch
The role of mooring operations in the operation of a ship is crucial. The mooring winch can operate effectively when the ship is moored or docked, and has many other functions such as drifting, support and positioning during loading and unloading, and at the same time adjusts with constant tension to compensate for deviations caused by vibration.
| Model | Marine electric mooring winch |
| Load capacity | 1~100 ton |
| Rope capacity | 200~600m |
| Working speed | ≤15m/min |
| Drum | single or double |
| Protection level | IP 56 |
| Model | Marine hydraulic mooring winch |
| Load capacity | 10~50 ton |
| Drum capacity | 100~1000m |
| Working speed | ≤15m/min |
| Drum | single or double |
| HPU | provided as customized |
Anchor mooring winch
The winch is a combination of windlass and mooring winch so that it can play the role of both anchoring and mooring. There are two main types: electric and hydraulic winches.
| Model | Electric combined winch |
| Load capacity | 1~100 ton |
| Rope capacity | 100~1500m |
| Working speed | 9 ~ 15 m/min |
| Drum | single or double |
| Driven type | electric |
| Model | Hydraulic combined winch |
| Load capacity | 10~100 ton |
| Drum capacity | 100~1000m |
| HPU | provided as client’s requirement |
| Dia of anchor chain | ø12mm ~ ø128mm |
Towing winch
Towing winch is used to tow a boat. The pulling force of the towing winch is relatively large, and the speed is generally 10m/min.
| Model | Marine electric towing winch |
| Load capacity | 10~100 ton |
| Drum capacity | 200~1500m |
| Working speed | 5 ~ 20 m/min |
| Drum | single or double |
| Certificate | BV, ABS, DNV, RMRS, etc |
| Model | Marine hydraulic towing winch |
| Load capacity | 5~300 ton |
| Drum capacity | 200~1500m |
| Working speed | 4.5 ~ 20 m/min |
| Drum | single or double |
| Certificate | BV, ABS, DNV, RMRS, etc |
Marine capstan
Capstan marine is a small winch that is used on deck or shore to moor and anchor. The speed can be single speed, double speed, or three speed.
| Model | Marine capstan |
| Load capacity | 0.5~35 ton |
| Rope capacity | customized |
| Rope dia. | ø11mm ~ ø60mm |
| Working speed | ≥8m/min or customized |
| Driven type | electric |
Buy A Marine Winch – Electric or Hydraulic?
When selecting a winch marine, energy efficiency is very important. The most commonly used winches are electric or hydraulic winches.
Marine electric winch
Electric marine winch use electricity directly from the generator set. This winch system is simple and easy to operate, convenient to repair and maintain. Electric winches are the great choice for light duty and moderate use.
Marine hydraulic winch
Hydraulic marine winch works with fluid power, which uses a hydraulic system and a hydraulic motor pump between the generator set and the winch. It has stable operation, and can realize stepless speed regulation and automatically prevent overload. Hydraulic power winch can handle extreme heavy loads, so it is the best choice for large ships. When choosing a marine hydraulic winch, you must consider the electrical system that controls the winch. The control of the hydraulic winch includes a control panel display, joystick, switches and buttons.
Aicrane has extensive experience and expertise to help you determine which winch is right for you. Contact us immediately and let us show you the many winches we provide for your specific needs.
Customer Cases
15 Ton Hydraulic Winch Shipped to Vietnam
Our Vietnamese customer ordered four marine hydraulic winches. These winches are very convenient to use and also provide high efficiency. Hydraulic winches have high versatility, so they can be widely used.
5 Ton Electric Winch to UAE
Our UAE client ordered several 5 ton marine electric winches. The nominal speed of the winch is 9m/min(1st layer), drum capacity ø18mm×300m (7 layers). Jaw clutch: manual operated, brake: manual operated.
12 Ton Waterfall Type Hydraulic Winch Installation in The Philippines
We provide the best design solutions according to customer needs, and provide complete after-sales service to ensure the safe, reliable and fast operation of the winch equipment.
Get The Price of Marine Winch
If you want to get the latest marine winch price, please let us know some basic information of the winch you need first, including:
- The use of the winch and working environment. Where is the winch used? On board, or port? What is the winch used for? For towing, mooring, or anchoring?
- What rated load or pulling force is required?
- Single drum or double drum?
- What drum capacity is required?
- What is the speed requirement?
- Electric or hydraulic?
- Do you need a rope guideror rope spooling device?
- 3-phase voltage (v/hz)?
You can fill in the contact form or send an inquiry by email. We will get back to you as soon as possible after receiving your inquiry, and help you select the most suitable winch machine for your business.
FAQs
Marine winch can be classified in many different ways:
According to the purpose, it can be divided into anchor winch, mooring winch, towing winch, positioning winch, etc.
According to the power source, it can be classified into electric marine winch and hydraulic marine winch.
According to the drum configuration, it can be divided into single drum, double drum and three drum winches.
Marine winch is deck machinery that can be designed for anchoring, mooring, towing, positioning, as well as lifting and pulling heavy loads on ships.
The windlass is specially designed for lifting and lowering anchors.
Marine winch and capstan are different in use, size and pulling force.
- Marine winch can be designed for anchoring, mooring, towing, as well as lifting heavy objects on the ship. Marine capstan is typically used for anchoring and mooring.
- Capstan is a sort of small winch that can wind but not store the rope. Its size is smaller thanthe marine winch.
- Typically, the load capacity of a capstan marine is up to 10 tons. However, the loadcapacity of the marine winch can reach several hundred tons.
In order to get the right size of the winch, you need to know the maximum load capacity of the winch, which must be higher than the maximum weight that needs to be lifted or towed. Generally speaking, it is necessary to provide traction capacity twice the load to be traction.
You also need to consider the winch capacity of the first winding layer. As the rope or chain winds, the winding diameter and winch speed will increase. At the same time, due to the increase in torque associated with the increase in winding diameter, the traction capacity of the winch decreases. You can estimate that the traction capacity of the winch is reduced by 13% per layer.
If you want the winch to be able to lift the set load, make sure that the load indicated by the marine winch manufacturer is not just a traction load.
The winch speed and drum diameter must be adapted to its purpose. These two factors determine the traction speed of the winch. You need to distinguish the rotation speed of the idle winch from the towing speed under full load.
