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BLOHM & VOSS

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The winch series offered by

Blohm & Voss A.G. of Hamburg,

West Germany, comprises large winches of high pulling power and heavy unit weight for applications in the offshore industry, for heavy lift operations, and for use on floating cranes and crane barges.

The company is represented in the

U.S. by Blohm & Voss Co., of

Springfield, N.J.

The Blohm & Voss winches and windlasses can be powered by AC electric or DC traction motors, hy- draulic motors, or diesel engines with torque converter. The winches are designed according to local or customer requirements in accord- ance with the applicable require- ments of the classification societies.

Winch control for speed, engage- ment of drums, drum dogs, wild- cats, brakes, and couplings of

Blohm & Voss positioning winches can be effected at the winch from a control console or from a central- ized master control.

Blohm & Voss drum winches can be equipped with drum grooves or with a reliable level wind sys- tem which is chain driven from the drum with a tension measur- ing system, line counter, and line speed meters.

B&V also offers other deck equipment such as chain stoppers, chain and rope fairleads, deck or underwater mounted tension measuring systems, deck sheaves, and Kampnagel shipboard cranes.

Kampnagel shipboard cranes are of the four-rope grab type. The ar- rangements of the cranes—they are mounted on an undercarriage which traverses on a longitudi- nally traveling portal—provides an optimum operating range over the ship's length and over both sides.

The grab hoist gear is specially designed to ensure filled and se- curely closed gears without time- consuming readjustments and slack rope. The cranes are electrically driven with a power consumption of about 760 kva for two cranes.

The cranes have an outreach of 10m and a lifting capacity of 16 tons during grab operations and 20 tons for general lifting at 16m radius and 25 tons heavy lift at 10m radius.

BRADEN WINCH CO.

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Braden Winch Co., of Broken

Arrow, Okla., a Division of Paccar

Inc. is now marketing the second generation of planetary hoists ti- tled the "CH" series.

The "CH" series is four plane- tary hoists with capacities from 15,000 lbs. to 23,000 lbs. These hoists are offered with four motor options—three single-speed mo- tors and the Braden two-speed mo- tor. The motors have improved starting efficiencies to 84 percent, and the two-speed motor can be shifted on the fly.

The following features have been incorporated in the Braden "CH" series hoists: lower minimum mo- tor speeds—200 rpm for the sin- gle-speed motors and 150 rpm for the two-speed motor, anti-friction bearings throughout which im- prove the hoists' starting effi- ciency (less motor) to 93 percent; longer life; longer duty cycle; smoother spooling; reduced noise level; improved brake valve stabil- ity; improved brake clutch assem- bly; and faster line speeds.

The accessibility of motor bolts, brake discs, wire rope anchor and fill, level and drain plugs makes the "CH" series more easily serv- iceable. Maximum interchange- ability of parts results in lower parts inventory to service all hoists in the series. (continued on page 26)

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MacGREGOR-NAVIRE INTERNATIONAL

Box 8991, S-402 74 GOTEBORG, SWEDEN

Tel. (46)-31-23 50 20. Telex 20826

You will find all our present companies under the same addresses as before

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