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www.marinelink.com MN55PRODUCTSACE Winches Continues to Grow ACE Winches, a designer and manufacturer of hydraulic winches, marine deck machin-ery for the offshore oil and gas, marine and renewable energy markets, announced its results for the past 12 months. The annual report reveals a turnover of £16.8 million, up from £12.1 million the previous year and which slightly exceeds its projected turnover for the year. The company, which reports a pre-tax profit of £4.2 million in 2010, also opened a Norwegian base in Stavanger and employees increased to 162 from 122 the previous year, reflecting ongoing organic growth and expansion. Its Modern Apprenticeship Scheme now accounts for 20 percent of its workforce. www.ace-winches.co.uk Rapp Hydema Wins FSV Winch Contract Rapp Hydema has closed a major contract with STX Finland Oy Shipyard related to a new research vessel. The Namibian Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources selected STX Finland Oy to build new hull, No. 1378, which will undertake fishery survey missions. Hydraulically-powered machinery includes Rapp trawl winches, as well as a dou- ble net-drum, a Rapp Gilson winch, as well as a Research/Sounder Winch. A Rapp anchor winch with two capstans is also to be provided, as well as two separate hydraulic power packs for the anchor/capstans package and the fishing winches. www.rappmarine.com MagnaShear Brakes & Winch Tension Control MagnaShear oil shear motor brakes and Positorq oil shear winch tension con-trol brakes from Force Control Industries are ideal for marine applicationsbecause they eliminate nor-mal maintenance and adjustment, operate smoothly, and last up to 10-times longer than standard brakes. High grade castings, marine duty coatings, stainless steel fasten-ers and accessories make these brakes the ideal solution foroffshore marine applications. Their varied ship-board and in-port applications include use on anchor winches, mooring winches, drawworks, capstans, conveyors, hoists, loaders and un-loaders, and more. www.forcecontrol.com Teledyne TSS Introduces DMS-500 Motion Sensor Teledyne TSS has launched the DMS 500, a conservatively priced motion sensor with Ethernet con- nectivity, but without the high integrity subsea housings that typi-fy Teledyne TSS products. The newest addition to the range is the DMS-500H, which can be used tomeasure heave and has important applications such as in support of crane and winch control and helideck operations. The DMS-500RP has been developed to measure roll and pitch to meet the needs of dynamic positioning (DP) sys-tem builders or any application that needs to provide high dynamic accuracy during vessel turns or extreme sea con- ditions. www.tss-international.com Emergency Shutdown System Gives Peace of Mind The ESRS Engine Shutdown System from Sea-Fire auto- mates this procedure using microprocessor technology, in a simple plug and play design.A variety of Sea-Fire rectangu- lar and round display panels enable vessel owners to moni- tor extinguishing system activ-ity nearly anywhere onboard. The plug and play CAT5 cable connections link to the mainESRS unit and the displaypanel indicates suppression system activity and equipmentshutdown. Owners can also choose from models that incor- porate low pressure monitors, or the ability to link in heat sensors for high temperature monitoring. www.sea-fire.com MN#10 (50-57):MN 2011 Layouts 10/5/2011 10:13 AM Page 55