DROMEC Winches Supplies Winch System for FLEET CLEANER Delft

FLEET CLEANER Delft specializes in cleaning seafaring vessels in ports such as Rotterdam, focusing on efficiency during the loading and unloading processes. DROMEC Winches has supplied a winch system for the work vessel Thunderbird 4 of FLEET CLEANER, enabling environmentally friendly cleaning of ship hulls.

 

Umbilical System

Onboard FLEET CLEANER’s work vessel, a crane with a remote-operated robot, known as the ROV (Remote Operated Vehicle), is positioned. This robot is controlled remotely and connected via an umbilical cable to the system provided by DROMEC. Within this umbilical bundle, hydraulic, electrical, and data cables are integrated, along with a wastewater hose, allowing for eco-friendly water discharge. The winch is suitable for ATEX environments, enabling FLEET CLEANER to clean oil and chemical tankers as well.

 

Mechanical Coupling

DROMEC Winches’ winch system can spool up to 180 meters of umbilical cable. The fully electrically powered system boasts a pulling capacity of 2.5 tons and a holding force of 4.5 tons. The cable can be reeled in at a speed of 30 meters per minute. DROMEC Winches has specially developed a mechanical coupling on the cable guide, which is detachable, allowing FLEET CLEANER to manually adjust the cable. This feature proves particularly useful for the umbilical cable, which may not always maintain a consistent shape.

 

ATEX Certification

Jan Willem, engineer, explains,
“While this winch system has the size of a container, it is very straightforward to operate with just two buttons on the control panel for speed and winding. All components are ATEX-certified, except for the control unit located below deck. An interesting development is that DROMEC Winches now also develops winches with full ATEX certification, including control units. DROMEC has already developed a wide range of umbilical winch systems, providing us with a diverse selection of models.”

Hydraulic tugger winches for Herman SR. BV

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.

Dromec Manrider Winches for Diving Operations

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 ?