VARIABLE SPEED MOTOR AND HYBRID WINCH WITH CONTROLLED RELEASE AND TORQUE IMPULSE GENERATION CONTROL FOR ANCHOR HANDLING OFFSHORE

摘要

A winch is disclosed, including but not limited to a water-cooled electric winch motor, a water pump attached to a cooling circuit in the water-cooled winch motor, wherein the winch controller controls the water pump to circulate water in the cooling circuit at a proportional flow rate that is a percentage of a full flow rate for the water that circulates through the variable speed motor at a percentage of full flow rate proportional to a percentage of full power for the water-cooled motor.

主权项

1. An electric winch comprising:
a variable speed electric winch motor; and a winch controller that controls the speed of the electric winch motor.