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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 2000
Filed:
Sep. 26, 1997
Richard A Juelich, Stillwater, MN (US);
Pierre C Delago, Afton, MN (US);
John C Lundell, Brooklyn Park, MN (US);
AmClyde Engineered Products, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
A drum winch is replaced with a traction winch module. The traction winch module is mounted on and supported by the existing mooring winch frame of the drum winch. The traction winch module includes a traction frame, a front traction drum, and a rear traction drum. A portion of the drive system from the drum winch may be retained and used to drive the traction winch module. In one embodiment, the traction winch module is designed to mount between pillow blocks from the existing mooring winch frame. In addition, the power train and load-sensing systems from the existing drum winch may be used with the converted traction winch to drive the drive shaft and to provide the converted traction winch with tension information, respectively.