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  2. Winch - Wikipedia

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    The winch is made of cable made up of a braided synthetic rope, or a steel cable wrapped around a motorized drum. Each is controlled electronically, allowing the operator to control the winch speed. [5] Modern vehicles typically use electric winches running off the car's 12V starter or 24V secondary battery. The winch is either controlled with ...

  3. Capstan (nautical) - Wikipedia

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    In yachting terminology, a winch functions on the same principle as a capstan. However, in industrial applications, the term "winch" generally implies a machine which stores the rope on a drum. Most cassette players utilize a device called a capstan to draw the magnetic tape from the cassette across the tape head. It functions similarly to, and ...

  4. Anchor windlass - Wikipedia

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    The anchor is shackled to the anchor cable (US anchor chain), the cable passes up through the hawsepipe, through the pawl, over the windlass gypsy (US wildcat) down through the "spurling pipe" to the chain/cable locker under the forecastle (or poop if at the stern (US fantail)) - the anchor bitts are on a bulkhead in the cable locker and the bitter end of the cable is connected to the bitts ...

  5. Fairey Aviation Company - Wikipedia

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    By the 1970s Fairey was manufacturing a wide range of winches, covering mechanical, hydraulic and electric drive and capstan/drum configurations. Fairey winches formed the bulk of the manufacturer-approved winch options for Land Rover throughout the 1970s and early 1980s.

  6. Steam donkey - Wikipedia

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    A steam donkey or donkey engine is a steam-powered winch once widely used in logging, mining, maritime, and other industrial applications. Steam-powered donkeys were commonly found on large metal-hulled multi-masted cargo vessels in the later decades of the Age of Sail on through the Age of Steam, particularly heavily sailed skeleton-crewed ...

  7. Category:Winches - Wikipedia

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    Winch; C. Capstan equation; H. Hoist (mining) Hydraulic jigger; P. Porsche 335; S. Steam donkey; W. Windlass This page was last edited on 31 December 2018, at 22:09 ...