The Difference Between Windlass And Winch
Aug 29, 2021
A windlass is a device used to lift and release anchors. Most of the anchor cables are anchor chains, and they may also be wire ropes;
There are many kinds of winches. The most mooring winches on the ship are used to retract the ropes when the ship is berthing and leaving the port. In addition, there are many more.
Such as ship moving winches, water winches, piling winches, hoisting winches, miscellaneous winches and so on.
The windlass is divided into hydraulic windlass and electric windlass according to the power source;
According to the power source, the winches are divided into hydraulic winches, electric winches, and pneumatic winches;
At present, there are combined anchor winches in the market, which can both lift and release anchors and retract cables.
