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DROMEC Winches constructs winch system for megadoor Smulders UK

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Smulders is an international steel construction company operating in the onshore and offshore sectors. For a new production facility in Newcastle, DROMEC Winches at the request of ASAV lifting- and hoisting technology has developed an advanced winch system for an impressive megadoor.

Megadoor

The impressive production facility stands at a height of 36 meters and a width of 47.5 meters, equipped with a megadoor operated by two powerful winches on each side. The megadoor consists of steel panels divided into sections, hanging from the steel structure. The advanced winch systems effortlessly lift the panels upward or lower them downward, ensuring perfect alignment during opening and closing. Additionally, the winches can be operated independently for added safety or in case of a malfunction. The winch system has the capacity to hoist a weight of 135 tons on a single cable.

Winch System

The two winches are strategically positioned on either side of the megadoor. The cable runs up and over multiple pulleys on one side and descends to a fixed point on the other side. The system is precisely mirrored on the opposite side. Both winches operate synchronously to maintain the desired speed during the opening and closing of the megadoor. The winch system has a pulling force of 19 tons and can handle peak loads of up to 38 tons. In situations where the winches need to bear the weight or during emergencies, the system operates at a lower speed to ensure safety.

 

Jesper Becks from Smulders:
“The installation of the megadoor was a complex process that required a combination of technical expertise and practical experience. Given our specialization in steel construction, we relied on DROMEC as a reliable partner for the supply and installation of the electromechanical components. DROMEC handled the entire process, from the engineering of the winches and lifting mechanism to the installation. Transparency, flexibility, and safety were paramount at every step. Thanks to DROMEC’s technical knowledge and flexibility, the installation of this impressive 135-ton megadoor went smoothly. The successful and safe completion of the installation is a significant milestone in this project.”

 

Controls

Both winches can be easily operated using a control panel or a button. The control system includes a switch to detect whether the doors are in the upper or lower position. Sensors acting as limit switch are installed at both the top and bottom of the door. Furthermore, the door is equipped with a wind sensor to prevent opening in strong winds. DROMEC has also incorporated a built-in functionality to seamlessly switch from the regular power supply to a generator if necessary.

 

Pieter van Roekel from DROMEC:
“The Smulders project showcases a combination of precision and weight within a timeframe of approximately 15 weeks. We have made every effort to fully support Smulders throughout the process. The installation and tensioning of the cables were carried out by our experienced team in collaboration with our partners at TWS.”

Multifunctional Dinamic Oil winches in stock at DROMEC winches

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DROMEC winches is a leader in the field of winches. With a strong team of engineers, DROMEC winches develops various customerspecific projects per week. A committed family business that can realize a system from application to end product in a short period of time. In this context, DROMEC winches works together with highquality partners.

In the field of hydraulic, compact winches, Dinamic Oil is a reliable supplier.  DROMEC winches has a large stock, so that we can help the customer quickly and accurately in case of malfunction and damage. This small functional ‘liftingmate’ is also often used in newbuild projects.

Application

The Dinamic Oil winch is used in various sectors as Inland shipping as a car crane winch, but also on trucks and compact cranes. The jib equipped with a winch is widely used on telehandlers, maritime- and offshore cranes. But also for agricultural mechanization, forestry and tree nurseries, the winch is a popular. At DROMEC winches, the service technicians also think along with you about the necessary accessories such as safety hooks, lifting blocks or cable that has been spooled under the right pres-tension.

Dromec further expands sales network to Brazil

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Dromec and the Brazilian company Underwater Transmission start a collaboration!

Dromec further expands sales network to Brazil by starting a collaboration with company Underwater Transmission.

As Dromec we are very happy to report that Mr. Rodrigo Fonseca has become a member of the Dromec family. In his role as Application and Operations Manager, Rodrigo will be an extension for the Dromec organization in Brazil.
For all winch related issues, questions, RFQ’s, project etc. you can contact him on e-mail: rodrigo@underwatertransmission.com

We wish Rodrigo all the best and we look forward to a long-term cooperation.

Summer holiday 2022

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Because of summer holiday, we are not fully staffed in weeks 31 & 32, but we remain available by phone.

Incase our regular telephone number is not answered, you can reach us on our servicenumber: +31(0) 0317-681156

Custom EWA-650-KB anchorwinch

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This week we again supplied an EWA-650-KBV wire anchorwinch. Due to the onboard situation, the requirement was to position the winch directly near the living area, to realise extra free deck space.

Because of this a modification to the bandbrake handle was needed. Now the handle points horizontally forward instead of the standard vertical position.
Also a 35 x 7 non rotating cable is spooled on the drum with right pre-tension. This cable is equipped with an open spelter socket to make anchor assembly quite easy.

Are you looking for a standard anchor winch or are you looking for a special execution? Dromec provides a solution!

Hydraulic tugger winches for Herman SR. BV

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Recently Dromec supplied two hydraulic tugger winches of type HPV-12000 to company Herman SR. BV.

Herman SR. BV supplies workboats including crew for all kind of maritime projects. Both  HPV-12000 (12 mT on layer 1) as the 15 mT variant, HPV-15000 are available from stock.

The winches are characterized by a solid and compact design and cable capacity of 104 mtr. In 5 layers. Winches are equipped with a disc braken and brake valve and plug and play to use.

As surface treatment, a 3-layer offshore coating RAL9005  is applied. Nice to see that also Dromec’s  cable spooling machine type DPW-750 is in use!

Dromec wishes Herman SR. BV many safe and pleasant jobs.

Compact, safe and powerful winches

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In recent years, we supplied several winches to our customer Waternet Amsterdam. De winches on the photo’s where supplied in 2019 and are used as couple & mooring winches.

In that time, the customer required powerfull and safe winches with minimal impact on shipdesign and free deckspace.

Because outgoing cables run below deck and are completely covered, a safe working environment is created.

Recently we replaced new stainless steel drum covers.

Dromec Manrider Winches for Diving Operations

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Since 2008 Dromec is a well known name in the world of manriding & personnel lifting winches.

In most cases these winches are developed together with our client with a tailor made winch as end product.

Manrider winches can be found in several industries  as Offshore Diving (Launch And Recovery Systems LARS), Offshore cranes, Rescue winches, winches for inspection and repair applications and boat Davit systems.

Do you need a manrider or personnel lifting winch?  Electric or hydraulic driven? Including your own personalized controls and full color HMI? Complete stainless steel ?

Dromec designed and build special cable spooling machine for DEME

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In the field of spooling machines, Dromec already designed and built many different versions however, this EPW-750-400-KTPF was special again.

This so called “Electric Constant Tension System” can work in a forcerange between 7 and 17 mT and can handle a reelweight of 40 mT !

Via Dromec’s wired full color  HMI,  the operator has realtime information about adjusted and realtime speed and torque values on each specific cable layer.

This spooling machine will be applied on board of Deme’s Spartacus for rewinding the winches with new steel cables under the right pre-tension. Because of the special design, the cable can leave the machine at several locations so all ships winches can be reached while the machine itself can remain in 1 fixed location.

UFO restaurant Rotterdam

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During a weekend trip in Rotterdam,  I came across an old acquaintance of Dromec in the magazine “Inside Rotterdam” namely the UFO restaurant.

In this unique restaurant you can dine at a height of 42 meters and while the floor rotates slowly, you have a 360 degree view of the Rotterdam skyline. Dromec designed and built the top section of this tower.

The top section houses 4 Dromec hydraulic HPH-20000 winches, controls and the hydraulic power packs to raise and lower the restaurant in a safe and comfortable way  .

This project shows Dromec’s strength, namely providing turnkey customer specific solutions.

Dromec supplied a Dinamic Oil S20 winch from stock

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This week we supplied again a Dinamic Oil winch type S20 equipped with cable pressure roller and 3-last winding detection.

The S20 has a capacity of 2mT on layer 4 and stores 76 mtr. Ø12mm cable. Hoisting speed of 49 mtr/min is possible.

Depending on winch type, we can supply several options as: electronic load limiter, encoder, endswitches etc.

Do you like to receive our winch cataloque? Just send us a message.

You can also visit our new website for detailed info about our Dinamic Oil winch programm.

Dromec supplied 2 pcs ATEX Fall Arrestors

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This week, Dromec delivered 2 pcs so called Fall Arrestors.

Purpose of a Fall Arrestor is well known in the world of climbing and mountaineering, and in this case designed in ATEX for applications in the Oil&Gas industry.

If, due to any reason, a load comes down uncontrollably, the Fall Arrestor intervenes and will bring the load down in a save and preset speed.

Dromec designs and produced several Fall Arrestors based on customer spec’s and for  several application.

Are you interested in these products? Please contact us!

Special project

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At this moment we are busy with the assembly of a special project, we will share more details later on.

For this system, Dromec designed a special cable pulley that is produced by our supplier Hillebrand Verspaning Middelburg. This pully has a diameter of ø1600 mm and is suitable for a ø 86 mm cable. Weight is 1200 kg!

Nice piece of metalworking!

EPV-5000 tugger winches with central control

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For our customer Geo. Gleistein & Sohn GmbH,  the well known producer of Dyneema fiber ropes as GeoYacht, GeoMarine, GeoProfessional & Geolift, Dromec developed and build a winchsystem on customer requirements.

Set contains 2 pcs. EPV-5000 tugger winches with central control that makes it possible to control each winch individualy and pre-tension each Dyneema fiber rope from 500 up to 5000 kg during production.

System is operated by wireless remote control that makes it possible to adjust the speed and CT values as required in the manufacturing process.

This project is a good example of a “Customer idea” translated by Dromec into a technical solution with focus on price.

Dinamic Oil T27 recovery winches

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For an application in internal transportation, Dromec supplied 2 pcs of Dinamic Oil T27 so called recovery winches.

These winches are standard equipped with manual release lever to switch the winch drum in freewheel. Besides that these winches can be supplied with cable guide rollers, cable pressure roller and pneumatic freewheel switch.

Together with these winches, we supplied 2x 22 mtr ø 12mm DynaOne rope including 2 pcs safety hooks.

Contact us for more information about Dinamic Oil winches.

Dromec supplied 2 pcs. Rotating Bollards to GMS REIMA Binnenschifffahrt

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After a lot of positive reactions from inland shipping colleagues about Dromec’s Rotating Bollard, Mr. Reinhold Martin from GMS REIMA Binnenschifffahrt got also interested. In the meantime 2 of these special capstans are on it’s way to his ship.

Mr. Martin made a good choice we think! Dromec’s rotating bollard combines the characteristics of a  capstan with a classic static bollard. The special compact  design results in more free deck space and a static  holding force of 15mT.

Besides that, this EPK-5000 saves also time because  in most situations mooring can be done by 1 (one) person.

Do you like to know more? Contact us!

Dinamic Oil NP08 winches

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Last week Dromec supplied 2 pcs Dinamic Oil NP08 winches.

This winch is the second smallest winch out of the Dinamic Oil winch family and often applied on smaller cranes. Complete with stainless steel cable pressure roller and last 3-winding detection & 630 kg linepull on layer 4.

Do  you like to receive a Dinamic Oil hard copy catalogue? Send an e-mail to Sales@dromec.nl

Double ECA-4000-KB anchor winch

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Beginning of june 2021, Dromec supplied a double ECA-4000-KB anchor winch to company Steenbergen Aqua Service / Shipfix. Last week, the old winch was replaced by the new one. This results in some nice photo’s. The compact design results in a lot of extra free space on deck. Again craftsmanship by the guys Steenbergen!

Kitepower & Dromec: Building the New Generation of Wind Energy Systems

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Kiterpower published a great testimonial about our tailor-made winches, winch systems, controls and power transmission. You can read the full article here: https://thekitepower.com/kitepower-and-dromec-building-the-new-generation-of-wind-energy-systems/

Dromec specializes in tailor-made winches, winch systems, renewables,  controls, reel machines and power transmission. Dromec’s approach assures the highest reliability in power transmission applications and boasts dynamic and innovative manufacturing techniques when it comes to winch systems. Such features had made Dromec a key development partner of Kitepower since day one, when back in 2015, at the time of REACH, the Dutch company has joined the mission to develop Kitepower’s first commercial Airborne Wind Energy System (AWES).

The role of Dromec is to manufacture the ground station (GS) of the Kitepower AWES, an exclusive development path that so far has brought to life two versions of Kitepower’s combined smart generator and winch system. Within a Kitepower system, the ground station is the component that converts the mechanical energy of the kite into electrical power and is also used to reel the kite in and out by using the generator as a motor.

Kitepower is proud to be cooperating with Dromec in the construction of an energy system capable to play a significant role in the EU’s energy mix and majorly contribute to the global energy transition to renewables.

For other Dromec Green Energy Systems see also www.floatingsolar.nl/en/