Electrically Operated Cable Winches.

Progress, Volume I, Issue 10, 1 August 1906, Page 285

Electrically Operated Cable Winches.

I Electric cable winches have recently been employed by the German Telegraph Department for drawing m underground cables. The insertion of the cables into the cement conduits previously required ten or twelve men. The electricallyoperated winch gear is distributed over two cars — viz., a smaller car carrying a benzine motor of 6 h.p. capacity/actuating a dynamo, and a larger

car containing the 3 h.p. electromotor and the wmch. The latter is provided with a self-acting cut-out. The haul upon the cables is accuratelyregulated by electrical adjustments with the results quite unattainable with a direct-acting benzine motor. The heaviest cable, 200 mm. m length, can be laid in about seven minutes