SAFE Winch Launching

Chris,

Nothing special required, except that the rollers or pulleys should be
smoothed out and polished if they have been used for steel cable. Some
types of drum may need to be reinforced as Dyneema can slip and tighten on
the drum to the extent that it get crushed.

What type of winch do you have?

Derek Copeland


At 23:50 22 July 2009, Chris Nicholas wrote:
Has anybody in the good old US of A developed a printed, available,
specification for the pay-on gear for Dyneema etc. rope =96 like low
weight (aluminum? - note USA spelling!) rollers, low friction and low
inertia bearings, anything special needed for the drum , etc.?

I suspect that there is scope for saving inventing too many wheels
twice over.

(And for the avoidance of doubt, I am NOT going to get into the Bildan/
DC/DJ etc. spats =96 you are all welcome to keep those among
yourselves.)

Chris N.