WINCH

Winch

NOTE:

Every effort has been made to ensure that the information contained in this manual is accurate;
however no labiality is accepted for errors. Should an error be discovered please inform the
company in writing, giving full details. Any experimental results given are for guidance only and
are not guaranteed as exact answers that can be obtained for a given apparatus; due to the
complex variables applicable to most experiments.

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Table of Contents
Page
1. INTRODUCTION........................................................................................................... 1

2. GENERAL DISCRIPTION ........................................................................................... 2

2.1 Unit Assembly ............................................................................................................ 2

3. SUMMARY OF THEORY ............................................................................................ 3

4. EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURE................................................................................ 5
4.1 Objective ..................................................................................................................... 5
4.2 Theory ......................................................................................................................... 5
4.3 Procedure .................................................................................................................... 5
4.4 Observations ............................................................................................................... 5

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1 INTRODUCTION:

The EES® Winch Apparatus are lifting, hauling or holding devices in which a
tensioned rope is wound round a rotating drum. They are extensively used for
transporting people or goods, and they can be found especially in mines and in marine
applications. Winches are the fundamental elements, for example, in crane and mooring
systems, for activating cable cars, lifts and as a matter of fact, whenever a dynamic pull is
required from a flexible rope. Throughout history winches have been used and probably
the earliest illustration of a directly coupled winch is the mechanism used at a well-head
for lifting water containers.

Fundamentally the term “winch” describes the whole machine which consists of a drum
or pulley carrying rope and driven by some form of power unit. The choice of drum/rope
configuration, drive transmission and power unit depends upon the designed application.
There is also a brake system to lock the drum from rotating for holding load and safety
reasons. The drum can be manually driven or by electric, hydraulic or steam power
depending on the application, and the driving device is coupled to the drum directly or
indirectly according to the availability of torque and the torque requirements. An indirect
coupling would be to use a clutch or gear and the intermediate of both components. Most
systems are gear coupled when the power source is not capable of producing adequate
torque, but when it can be used, the direct coupling system is mechanically better. It
eliminates gearing, reduces the number of bearings and simplifies the overall design.

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2 GENERAL DISCRIPTION:

2.1 Unit Assembly:

Effort Wheel Pinion

Spur Wheel Load Drum

T1 = Number of teeth on the pinion = 12

T2 = Number of teeth on the spur wheel = 60
D = Diameter of the effort wheel = 220mm
d = Diameter of the load drum = 110mm

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3 SUMMARY OF THEORY:

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4 EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURE:

4.1 Objective:

To find the Mechanical Advantage, Velocity Ratio and Efficiency of Winch.

4.2 Theory:

T1 = Number of teeth on the pinion

T2 = Number of teeth on the spur wheel
D = Diameter of the effort wheel
d = Diameter of the load drum
V.R = Distance moved by effort / Distance moved by load
= πD / ( πd / (T1/T2) )
M.A = Load / Effort
Efficiency = M.A / V.R

4.3 Procedure:

1. Firstly stabilize the single purchase crab machine and wrap the cord around
the load drum and the effort wheel.
2. Put some weight on the load drum and add some effort to the effort wheel via
hanger.
3. Stop adding effort until both the load and effort got stabilized.
4. Write down the reading in the observation table.
5. After this apply the above procedure, four to five times with gradually
increasing the load as well as effort to the load drum and effort wheel
respectively.
6. Write down all the readings in the given observation table.
7. Measure the Diameter of load drum and effort wheel.
8. Calculate M.A, V.R and Efficiency of machine.

4.4 Observations:

Sr. # Load W (N) Effort P (N)

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