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Instruction manual
Estaleiro Promar
Newb. No. : 12
Plant No. : A-9067
Table of contents
Warning and Cautions 818-842GB
1. Introduction
Introduction 243-682
Example how to use the instruction manual 243-683 A
Questionnaire for instruction manual 243-680
Table of contents
2. Technical specification
Technical specification
3. Operating Instructions
3.1 Main System

Instruction for use of warning signs 324-247
Piping diagram 397-488 G
Parts list 397-488-00 D
Important Items
Symbols for piping diagram 331-093 A
Operation and maintenance of Hydraulic Deck Machinery UBR 21/92
The Hydraulic Power Transmission UBR 13/90
Lubrication instruction for open gears with Klüber lubricant 414332 B
Instruction lubrication pump towing drum 392-677-40
Instruction lubrication pump anchor handling drum 392-677-41
Instruction lubrication pump secondary winch lower unit 392-677-54
instruction lubrication pump secondary winch upper unit 392-677-55
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User Instruction 815-015

Towcon NT 200 Revision B
Rolls-Royce Marine AS Tel.: +47 70 20 85 00. Fax: +47 70 20 86 00.

dep. Deck Machinery - Brattvaag E-mail: [email protected]
Årsundveien 24, N-6270 Brattvåg, Norway Homepage: www.rolls-royce.com
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Issue number Reason for Change
= First issue
A Added information about wireguard alarm on page 56.
B Rewritten chapter 4.3 Using cable lifter.

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PREFACE ............................................................................................................................. 6
1 SYSTEM ........................................................................................................................ 7
1.1 System layout............................................................................................................................ 7
1.2 Workstation .............................................................................................................................. 8
1.3 Interface board......................................................................................................................... 9
2 USER CONTROLS ...................................................................................................... 10
2.1 CRT Monitor.......................................................................................................................... 10
2.2 Power Switch .......................................................................................................................... 10
2.3 Power on lamp........................................................................................................................ 10
2.4 Contrast Control .................................................................................................................... 10
2.5 Brightness Control ................................................................................................................. 10
2.6 Degaussing button.................................................................................................................. 10
2.7 Touch Screen .......................................................................................................................... 11
2.8 Screen adjustments ................................................................................................................ 11

2.8.1 Select button..................................................................................................................... 11
2.8.2 Functions with LED indicators ........................................................................................ 11
2.8.3 +/- Control........................................................................................................................ 11
2.8.4 Reset button ..................................................................................................................... 11
2.8.5 Cleaning the screen .......................................................................................................... 12
3 OPERATION................................................................................................................ 13
3.1 Using Trackball...................................................................................................................... 13
3.2 Using a Touchscreen .............................................................................................................. 14
3.3 Screen Elements ..................................................................................................................... 15

3.3.1 Folders, Tabs and Panels.................................................................................................. 15
3.3.2 System Panel .................................................................................................................... 16
3.3.3 Buttons and Lamps........................................................................................................... 17
3.3.4 Digital Displays................................................................................................................ 17
3.3.5 Bargraphs ......................................................................................................................... 18
3.3.6 Meters .............................................................................................................................. 18
3.3.7 Sliders .............................................................................................................................. 18

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3.3.8 Popup Menus and Keypad ............................................................................................... 19
3.3.9 Night color / dimmer........................................................................................................ 20
3.4 The user menu .......................................................................................................................... 20

3.4.1 System info ...................................................................................................................... 20
3.4.2 Date / Time ...................................................................................................................... 21
3.4.3 Calibrate touch ................................................................................................................. 21
4 USING THE SYSTEM.................................................................................................. 22
4.1 Manual Operations .................................................................................................................. 22

4.1.1 Monitor Pictures for normal operations ........................................................................... 22
4.1.2 Preparing Operation ......................................................................................................... 23
4.1.3 Start of Hydraulic Pumps & Servo Units......................................................................... 23
4.1.4 Manual pay-out --- “Wire Length Limit”....................................................................... 26
4.1.5 Keeping the Towing Length --- “Wire Length Limit” ................................................. 27
4.1.6 Monitor motor pressure --- “Max Pressure Limit- Pmax”.............................................. 28
4.1.7 Monitor wire tension --- “ Tension Alarm “ .................................................................... 29
4.1.8 Releasing the brake – check Tension Control adjustment. ............................................. 30
4.1.9 Trend Monitoring --- What happened some minutes ago ? ............................................ 31
4.1.10 Keep an eye on Oil Temperature. ................................................................................... 32
4.1.11 Avoid motor breakdown -- Overspeed Protection ......................................................... 34
4.1.12 What went wrong? ---- Alarm monitoring..................................................................... 35
4.1.13 Get the progress on paper ---- Print-Outs....................................................................... 36
4.1.14 Measuring wire length. .................................................................................................... 37
4.1.15 Why doesn’t anything work ? --- Security Lock............................................................. 39
4.2 Automatic Operations ........................................................................................................... 40

4.2.1 Preparing Automatic Operations...................................................................................... 40
4.2.2 Automatic Pay-Out .......................................................................................................... 43
4.2.3 Automatic Dynamic Towing............................................................................................ 45
4.2.4 Automatic Hoist ............................................................................................................... 47
4.2.5 Adjusting PARAMETERS for automatic functions ........................................................ 49
4.3 Using Cable Lifters ................................................................................................................ 50
4.5 Alarm ...................................................................................................................................... 54

4.5.1 Alarm Reset button .......................................................................................................... 54
4.5.2 Alarm lamp ...................................................................................................................... 54
4.5.3 Maxvalue logging ............................................................................................................ 55
4.5.4 Emergency stop................................................................................................................ 55
4.5.5 Overspeed ........................................................................................................................ 55
4.5.6 High oil temperature ........................................................................................................ 55
4.5.7 High oilpressure ............................................................................................................... 55
4.5.8 High Tension.................................................................................................................... 55
4.5.9 Low pressure expansion system....................................................................................... 55
4.5.10 Low level expansion system ............................................................................................ 55
4.5.11 Low brake pressure .......................................................................................................... 55
4.5.12 Rotating drum .................................................................................................................. 55

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4.5.13 Bitter end.......................................................................................................................... 55
4.5.14 Node nn lost ..................................................................................................................... 56
4.5.15 Bus warning ..................................................................................................................... 56
4.5.16 Wireguard Limit............................................................................................................... 56
5 OPTIONS..................................................................................................................... 56
5.1 Isolation Transformer ........................................................................................................... 56
5.2 Uninterruptable Power Supply (UPS) ................................................................................. 56
5.3 Slave monitor.......................................................................................................................... 56
5.4 Additional workstations ........................................................................................................ 56
6 INDEX .......................................................................................................................... 58

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PREFACE
The monitoring and control system is developed in co-operation with our customers. We have
through many years had the opportunity to derive advantage from the immeasurable experience of
some of the worlds most influential operators. The system is designed to give the crew precise and
reliable information about the system status, as well as offering automatic functions that will enhance
the useability of the winch system.

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1 SYSTEM
1.1 System layout
The System is configured and operated from a Computer system which hereafter is referred to
as a workstation .The workstation consists of a ruggedized display unit for displaying the
operating condition and data for the winch system, and an Marine Grade Computer.The
Display also functions as an input device enabling the operator to change system parameters
and operating modes. The actual presentation and contents of the display may differ from one
application to another, depending on which information is relevant to the specific application.
Max. 500 meter
• Built in features for error detection.

• The system is easy to install.
• The system reduces the need for cabeling to the Brigde.
• The systems functionallity is expandable.
• Built in NMEA 0183 interface.
• Optional workstations may be installed.
• Optional VGA slave colour monitor may be installed .

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1.2 Workstation
The workstation is basically an marine grade monitor, computer and pointing device. The
monitor is of high resolution type and may be equipped with a user interface realized by a
touchscreen or a trackball if preferred. A combination of touch screen and a trackball may
also be used. A Workstation may have several slave monitors connected to the same
computer and they all will display the same picture.
A system may also have several workstations which is operated totally independent of each
other in respect to screen layout and input devices.
WORKSTATION 1 WORKSTATION 2
Max. 500 meter total bus length
A workstation consists of the following connections:
• CRT or LCD Monitor

Power 230VAC
VGA Video Input
RS232 Touchscreen (option)
• Trackball
PS2 cable attached to trackball (2m)
• Computer
Power 24VDC
CAN bus (total bus length must never exceed 500m, and must be terminated at both ends)
Ethernet
COM1 - 4 Serial Ports ( RS232 )
VGA output
LPT1 – 2 Paralell ports (Printer Connection)
PS2 Mouse port
PS2 Keyboard port

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1.3 Interface board
All connections to the winch system is via the interface board, with exeption of NMEA-
communication, monitors and printer if fitted.The interface board consists of a highspeed
processing unit and terminals for external connections.
• All digital inputs are isolated.

• All digital outputs are isolated.
• All digital outputs have separate fuses.
• All 44 digital I/O have built in status indication.
• 4 Hispeed optoisolated inputs for length counters.
• 4 Analog outputs , selectable between 0-10V or 0-20mA
• 8 Analog inputs , selectable between 0-5V,0-10V,0-20mA,4-20mA or ratiometric (potmeter).

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2 USER CONTROLS
2.1 CRT Monitor
TOUCH SCREEN
POWER SWITCH
CONTRAST
POWER INDICATION LAMP
BRIGHTNESS
DEGAUSSING BUTTON
COVER FOR GEOMETRY CONTROLS
2.2 Power Switch

The power switch turns the monitor and touchscreen (if fitted) on and off.
The switch does not turn off the PC nor the interface board.
NB! It is important that the monitor is switched on before the PC, if not the PC will not
find the monitor touchscreen and the touchscreen will therfore not function properly.
2.3 Power on lamp
Is lit when monitor is switched on and power cord is connected.
2.4 Contrast Control
Adjusts the image brightness in relation to the background.
2.5 Brightness Control
Adjusts the overall image and background screen brightness.
2.6 Degaussing button
This is an special electronic feature built into the monitor which allows the operator to
demagnetize the screen, this because over prolonged periods of use the screen will
magnetize itself and the result is that the image on the screen could be slightly blurred , which
is caused by the colors tendency to ‘bleed’ into each other . The monitor degausses itself at
each power on , so this effect will be avoided if the screen is regularly switched off. For

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vessels passing the equator it might also be nessesary to degauss the screen since the earths
magnetic field has been reversed and in some cases results in a display with completely
distorted colors.
2.7 Touch Screen

The whole screen is covered in a touch sensitive film , which presents the operator with an
intuitive and straightforward interface to the systems different settings and operating modes.
2.8 Screen adjustments

Remove the cover on the left side of the monitor and the controls will be visible.
NB! If screen geometry is adjusted the touch screen needs to be recalibrated, this because the
touchscreen is relative to the front of the cathode ray tube (CRT). And will therfor stay in the
same position even if the picture itself is moved . See APENDIX A
RESET BUTTON
CONTROL +
SELECT BUTTON CONTROL -

LED INDICATORS
2.8.1 Select button

Select control proceeds to the next control selection. Move the led indicators across the
adjustment controls from left to right.
2.8.2 Functions with LED indicators

Starting from left the controls are as follows:
• Horizontal position control adjusts the horizontal position of the image.
• Vertical position control adjusts the vertical position of the image.
• Horizontal size control adjusts the horizontal size of the image.
• Vertical size control adjusts the vertical size of the image.
• Side pin cushion control, adjusts the appearance of curved edges of the display image
either inwards or outwards
2.8.3 +/- Control

Increases or decreases the adjustment of the selected control function.
2.8.4 Reset button

Resets the image settings back to factory setting.

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2.8.5 Cleaning the screen
Monitors need to be cleaned for dust and fingerprints at regular.
If the monitor is fitted with a touchscreen one can obviously not touch the screen without the
risk of changing parameter and statuses unintentionally, therfore it has to be turned off first.
The screen should be cleaned with special CRT cleaning towlettes or a cloth moistend with
weak soapwater.
Never use any strong solvents for cleaning the screen!

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3 OPERATION
Like so many other systems that surround us today, the monitoring and control system is
based on computer technology. The operator will usually identify the control system with the
Monitor and the Trackball, which he’ll use in his daily work. All communication between the
operator and the control system will almost without exception be confined to these two units.
This is what often is called the MMI; the Man Machine Interface. There are several possible
options to choose from when selecting the MMI units, hence the configuration described in
this manual may not be equal to the one of your system. The two units used for MMI are a
Trackball and/or a monitor with built-in Touch-screen facility. Your system may include
either options, or only a trackball and an ordinary monitor. If your system includes both
options, they will both be usable at the same time.
Ball
Right key
Left key
3.1 Using Trackball
If you are familiar to using a PC you may most likely have used a trackball before,
or you’ll pretty soon find out by yourself how it works.
However, if you are new to using this type of equipment, here are some hints :
• Look at the picture on the monitor, and try to find the Cursor.
Move
Keep an eye on the cursor and at the same time rotate the ball on the Trackball.
Cursor
You should now see the cursor moving on your screen.
Try to move the cursor to and from definite places on the picture to get used to its
movements.
• Now move the cursor to the top of the screen and place it on one of the tabs.
Press the left key on the Trackball. The picture on your screen will now change according to
”Click”

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your selection. Try to change between the different pictures to get the ‘feel’ of how this
works. This is what is called a “click”
• Move the cursor to the lower right corner and place it on the Clock-panel.
Press the left key on the trackball rapidly two times.
This is what is called “double-click”
Your screen should now contain a panel with the heading “Adjust Time”.
Move the cursor to the “OK”-button and press the left key once more. The panel disappears.
Try this a number of times to get used to “click” and “double-click”
3.2 Using a Touchscreen

You have probably been using a touch-screen quite a lot of times without even thinking about
what is behind the surface. What is common for all types of touchscreens is that they all
display some kind of “buttons” on a monitor screen. The most familiar is maybe the type you
find on some ATM’s and Infosystems at various airports. In the way of use, they are all the
same: simply press your finger on the “button” on the screen.
However, if you are new to using this type of equipment, here are some hints :
• Look at the picture on the monitor, and try to find the Cursor.
Move Keep an eye on the cursor and tap your finger somewhere else on the screen. Not on a
Cursor “button” this time. Notice that when you withdraw your hand the cursor has now moved to
where you tapped your finger. Try to move the cursor to and from definite places on the
picture to get used to its movements. Be careful not to hit one of the “buttons”.
• Now press your finger on the cursor and move it upwards while keeping a light pressure on
the screen, then move down an around the screen. Be careful not to cross one of the
“buttons”. Notice that the cursor now follows your fingertip and when you withdraw your
hand it remains where you last touched the screen.
• Tap your finger on one of the tabsor labels at the top of the screen, the picture on your
screen will now imideately change according to your selection.
”Click” .Try to change between the different pictures to get the ‘feel’ of how this works. This is what
is called “click” when operating the touchscreen.
• Move the cursor to the lower right corner and place it on the Clock-panel by touching the
screen at that point. Tap on the panel rapidly two times. You may also tap two times on the
”Double- panel at once. This is what is called “double-click” when operating the touchscreen.
Click” Your screen should now contain a panel with the heading “Adjust Time”.
Tap with your finger on the “OK”-button. The panel disappears.
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3.3 Screen Elements

This section will explain briefly about the different elements you’ll find on the monitor
pictures. The monitor is not only used to display information; it is in fact more like a control
console. As described in earlier the monitor is the systems most important
MMI-element. Getting familiar with the MMI and the several picture elements is essential to
the comprehension of how to use the system. It is advisable to study this part of the manual
before proceeding to the more advanced functions.
3.3.1 Folders, Tabs and Panels

Unlike many other systems this system has no pulldown menus. This means that you never
need to change from one picture to another just to get access to the one you really wanted.
Your monitor screen may be compared to a file cabinet with an open drawer. Just “click” on
one of the tabs at the top of the picture, and the folder you have selected will display its
contents on the screen. You may open any folder at any time just by one “click” on its tab.
Every monitor picture is made up of numerous elements. You’ll see that the picture is divided
into separate parts, called Panels. Each panel have its own special function; and some panels
are even “pop-ups” that presents itself to you only when it is needed..
”Panel” ”Folder” ”Tab”

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3.3.2 System Panel
The System Panel occupies a narrow section across the lower part of all pictures, and is
mainly intended to display the System’s condition. If some serious faults should occur in the
electronic systems, there will be a message on the middle part of the panel. Normally you’ll
never see any of these messages, and they are only useful for service engineers.
At the left end of this panel, there are 16 small, pillar-shaped rectangles. Each of these
indicates one electronic unit that may be connected to the bus-system. How many units that
are in fact connected may vary on different installations.
• A grey rectangle indicates that no electronic unit has occupied that special bus address.
• A green rectangle indicates a unit that is connected,
operating normally and is communicating on the bus.
• A blue rectangle indicates that a unit is detected,
has received all its messages, and is ready to communication the bus.
• A yellow rectangle indicates that a unit is detected,
but it is at the moment in initiallization mode, possibly waiting for data .
• A red rectangle indicates that a unit has previously been detected,
but has been lost. In other words it is either malfunctioning or lost its power.
Next to the bus-indicators there is a small box with a text like “ 12 MPS “. The digit will
vary according to the traffic on the bus. A low value will indicate that the traffic at the
moment is moderate. That’ll be typical when winches are not used. The value may be very
low (1-4 MPS) if no operations has been executed for a long time. When hoisting heavy
loads in rough weather, with wire tension constantly changing, the bus traffic pick up and he
value in the traffic indicator window will then be considerably higher. This indicator is only
useful for service engineers.
On the right part of the System Panel there is a box displaying a clock.
The clock may be adjusted at any time to synchronise with other systems.
Next to the clock, at the left; there is a box displaying a numeral of several digits. This
indicates how much “free memory” that is available on the system. The value displayed will
normally be changing, but variation should be insignificant. Normal variation is less than 100.
This indicator is only useful for service engineers.
Node Statuses Bus Traffic System Alarms Memory Indicator Clock

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3.3.3 Buttons and Lamps
As described earlier in this manual the monitor screen is the main part of TOWCON’s MMI
system. The pictures on the screen are more like control panels rather than just illustrations.
Graphic techniques are used to make it look like the screen contains real push-buttons and
indicator lamps. To activate a Button you should “click” on it as described in section 1.3.3
and 1.3.4. Buttons may have several different shapes, but they all have in common that you’ll
see some kind of alternation when you activate them. Some buttons will change appearance
permanently as you activate or deactivate them, while others will go back to their original
look as soon as you release the left key on the trackball. ( or moves your finger away from the
touchscreen ). It may seem difficult to discern between Lamps and Buttons. This doesn’t
really matter, because nothing will happen if you “click” on a lamp. Lamps are only used to
display changes in some kind of operation, and have no influence on the winch control.
3.3.4 Digital Displays

Some pictures introduce important information in Digital Displays. This is boxes of different
extent displaying a digital value of some measured and calculated indicator signal. Typical
use is presentation of oil temperature, motor pressure/RPM and wire length. If there is defined
an alarm limit related to the topical measuring result, the display’s background colour will
change if calculated value is too high ( or too low ).
”Lamps”
”Buttons”
”Digital Display”

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3.3.5 Bargraphs
On other pictures, measuring results may be displayed as Bar Graphs. This is boxes of
different extent, containing a coloured bar with adjacent scale lines and dimension text.
Typical use is presentation of oil temperature, motor pressure/RPM and wire length. If there is
defined an alarm limit related to the topical measuring result, the bar’s colour will change if
calculated value is too high ( or too low ).
3.3.6 Meters
Some measuring results will even be displayed as Panel Meters. This is images having an
appearance more or less like those good, old-fashioned circular dial instruments that were
used on control panels some years ago. Typical use is presentation of oil temperature, motor
pressure/RPM and wire length. The dial plate may be divided in sectors with different
colours,
indicating for instance “low”-values, normal operation and “high”-values.
3.3.7 Sliders
Both Bar Graphs, Trend Displays and Meters may have attached “Sliders”. A Slider is an
image that may be moved in certain directions along a specified path, typical along the outer
circle of a meter. How to “drag” sliders is explained in chapter 1.3.3 / 1.3.4. As a slider is
moved, the appurtenant meter/bar’s appearance will change. As an example the size of the
sectors on a meter may be adjusted in this way. As long as the slider is moving, there’ll also
be a digital value displayed to show its position at the moment.
On these examples is shown how it

looks like when a slider is being
moved on a Meter and on a Bar
Graph. Notice the black cursors
and the digital values.
It is also indicated by cursors in
other colours where cursor must be
placed to ”get a grip” on the other
sliders.
Hint :
If you think it’s difficult to ”get a
grip” of the slider you want to
move, try to place the cursor on the
”bar-area” and move it towards the
limit you want to change.

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3.3.8 Popup Menus and Keypad
To be able to adjust wire lengths, wire diameters, or maybe just correct the system clock,
a keypad is needed. The keypad is a “pop-up” that’ll be accessible by double-clicking on the
right elements on certain monitor pictures. What may be adjusted by use of the numeric
keypad is described in other sections of this manual. Notice that the pop-up menu for
correcting the system clock is made special for this purpose, and don’t look exactly like the
numeric keypad.
Nevertheless, they are quite similar in the way they are used.
Keypad is only accessible on monitor pictures showing system parameters such as mentioned
above. These parameters are normally displayed on special pictures, and are most easily
recognised as a text followed by a small, black on white digital display, and behind that some
unit of measure. These picture images’s will in this manual be referred to as executing
elements. When opening the keypad, place the cursor on the executing element on screen and
double-click on it. The keypad will then open and be accessible until you click on the “enter”-
button.
Illustration shows keypad

opened to correct value
for Wire Length.
Notice that keypad
becomes accessible both
when double-clicking on
the text-line and on the
digital display box,
because they are both
executing elements for
this winch parameter.
To get access to the keypad, double-click on one of the lines or its topical digital
display.
On this clip you can see the text-cursor in the display box for Wire Length. This is
the only mark that for sure is indicating what digital value you are about to adjust.
Click on the ”Cancel”-button if you have opened the wrong digital display,
or if you after all decide not to change the value.
Keypad will then close, and the digital value’ll remain unchanged.
To adjust a value, click on the CLR-button until you have deleted what was wrong
and then write in the correct value by using the number-buttons. As you clear faulty
digits or write in the correct ones you’ll see the contents of the digital display change.
When you have changed the value and can see in the digital display box that it’s
correct, just click ”ENTER” and the keypad’ll close. The correct value is now stored
in the system.

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3.3.9 Night color / dimmer
As it’s different requirements regarding brightness and

contrast on monitor pictures at day- and night-time,
TOWCON may even compensate for this.
Select the ”SYSTEM” –picture and click on either
”UP”- button or ”DOWN”- button to adjust the light
intensity screen in steps from 100 (very bright) to 30
(very dark).
3.4 The user menu
A double-click on the canvas tab will display the user menu. This menu
gives the user the possibility to view some system information, adjust the
date and time, and calibrate the touchscreens.
3.4.1 System info

The System Info window displays some information about the state of the system. This
information is intended to service personnel, but you might be asked to read or write down
this information in case of troubleshooting via phone/fax.

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3.4.2 Date / Time
Use this dialog box to adjust the date and time

on the system. Double clicking on the date/time
field on the status line will also open this
dialog.
Click on the number you want to change. The

keypad will pop up. Then type the new value
and click the ENTER-button to apply it to the
system.
3.4.3 Calibrate touch

The Calibrate Touch button in the User menu will let you calibrate all connected touch
screens.
Press and release point 1. It will turn yellow as long as you press it, and disappear when you
release it. Now the second calibration point (number 2 in the picture above) is displayed.
Repeat the procedure for this one. Finally, when you have pressed the third calibration point
(number 3 in the picture above), the result of the calibration is displayed. This is shown in the
picture below. If this was the last touch screen you’re asked to press the OK button in order to
close the window. If not, you must perform the same operation with the next touch screen.

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4 Using the system
4.1 Manual Operations
4.1.1 Monitor Pictures for normal operations
During normal winch operations there are two monitor pictures available that’ll give the
operator read-out of what is happening on the winch. The firs one “ALL DRUMS” gives you
an overwiev of all the drums, with active graphical elements to indicate the position of brake
and couplings.
Ex.
If drum 0 is coupled to motor 0 the drum will adapt the colour of the motor, which in this
case is green. And if the band brake goes on it will be coloured red. In addition to this there is
also separate picture for each drum, which have bigger dials and contains the control buttons
for auto mode operation.
”ALL DRUMS” – picture. The couplings and brakes will move/change colour according to their feedback sensor.

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”Single-DRUM” picture. The text, DRUM 0 ….3 is normally replaced with the actual drum name, like TOW, AH etc.
4.1.2 Preparing Operation

Before starting any pumps, one should always make sure that brakes are engaged,
and that there are no open valves, filters etc due to maintenance work or other, and that all
personnel are alarmed against the danger of getting injured in chains, wires etc. because of
winches is now being used. Further information is to be found in Users Instructions for
Remote Control. Take special notice of all procedures concerning safety of crew and craft.
4.1.3 Start of Hydraulic Pumps & Servo Units

On most vessels were TOWCON is the winch monitoring system, remote start of Servo Units
and Hydraulic Pump Units is only executed by this system. Of course all pumps still may be
started by operating switches on the starter cabinets, and the Emergency Stop system will
always be in function.
Start and stop of pumps is done by clicking on buttons on the monitor pictures. Some pumps
may deliver oil to one or another winch dependent on use of change over valves. If pumps are
running, but oil is not supplied to topical winch, this will be indicated on monitor. Oil supply
to this winch may be claimed by clicking start-button belonging to the topical winch. Please
study example below.

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Example shows part of monitoring picture for a

”Special Handling Drum”
Example shows that pump 17b is in service, and

that oil from this pump unit is available for the
Special H. Winch.
Pump 17a is also running, but oil from this pump
is at the moment not available for use on the
Special H. Winch.
If the oil supplied from pump 17a is requested for

use on the Special H. Winch, this may be achieved
simply by ”clicking” on the start-button. The grey
”NO OIL” -lamp will then change to a green
”AVAILABLE”-lamp, and change over valves
will be operated automatically to make oil flow
from pump 17a to the Special H. Winch.
Most TOWCON –Systems include a special monitor picture for control of pump units. By
operation of buttons on this picture, normally all pump units can be started and stopped, and
if there is Change Over Valves these may also be overrided by On/Off –buttons. Override of
change over valves should not be carried out unless for function testing, because valves will
automatically be activated to make oil flow to the requested winch.
On examples of monitor pictures below, notice that pump 17a is monitored as ”running” on 2
panels on the ”PUMPS” –picture and on 1 panel on the ”SPECIAL H” –picture. This may in
the beginning seem a little confusing, but is in fact very easy to operate. Control of pumps
Start/Stop from the panel ”Manual Pump Control” will do nothing else but starting or
stopping pumps. All appurtenant running indicators to a special pump will change at the same
time on all panels as the pump is stopped or started. When ”clicking” on the Start-button on a
panel belonging to a certain winch, also change over valves will be operated at the same time
to make oil flow from the topical pump to that winch. The ”Oil Available” –indicator will
vary according to position of change over valves. Requesting oil from one certain pump to a
dedicated winch is always done by ”clicking” the pump’s start-button on panel belonging to
that winch. If the pump is already running, only change over valves will be operated. If the
pump is stopped, it will also be started

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Example : Picture for monitoring Hydraulic System and picture for monitoring One Drum :

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4.1.4 Manual pay-out --- “Wire Length Limit”
Before starting to pay out wire or chain, operations as described in section 1.4.3 must be
carried out. Shooting may be done in two different ways; either lowering by use of the speed
control, or by reducing motors stalling force by the tension control until winch is rendering.
Please study users instructions for the remote control to get more information about this.
Often when paying out wire it is decided on beforehand what the wire-length is to be when
payout is completed. Of course the operator may look after this by constantly watching the
length bar graph and digital display on the monitor, but there is also a more pleasant way to
do this. By giving TOWCON the right information, the operator may get a warning when a
special wire length is reached, and thus do not have to pay too much attention to the monitor
screen during this operation.
EXAMPLE :
Wire length is to be 2550 metres when pay-out is completed, and
towing operation is to be carried out at that length.
Operator is preparing to pay out wire by use of the tension control. (

or speed control ) Because he’ll not be constantly watching the
monitor during pay-out of almost 900 metres of wire, he is now
adjusting the wire length alarm limit to 2550 m.
This is done by placing the cursor on the scale line between green
and red on the Length Bar; and then drag the limit to the new
alarm value. This narrow part of the length bar is also referred to as
the “length limit bar” in this manual.
Then he’ll adjust the tension control until winch starts to render, and
when the length limit is reached he’ll get an audible alarm from
TOWCON in time to concentrate merely on the winch before the
determined towing length is exceeded.
The length bar will now be red,
because the alarm limit is exceeded.
When towing length is reached, he’ll once again adjust the length
alarm limit to get a warning if the winch pays out too much during
towing operation.
Hint : “Drag”
See section 3.3.7 to brush up on how to operate sliders
Hint : Length
Want to stop exactly at the metre ?
Don’t bother the length bar graph,
but rather concentrate on the
Digital Length Display

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4.1.5 Keeping the Towing Length --- “Wire Length Limit”
During towing operation it is most often preferable to keep the brake disengaged and let the
winch motors supply the holding power. In this way one will derive advantage from the low-
pressure hydraulics’ special quality of being a strain restrictive braking device. If pressure in
hydraulic motors exceeds a certain limit the winch will render, and in this way it is possible to
take special care about how powerful strain is possible to get on wire. However there is
always a small leakage in hydraulic motors, causing that winch will render quite slowly. Even
though the rendering because of hydraulic creep is rather imperceptible, this’ll still make the
wire length paid out to increase with some metres every hour. If it is very important not
letting the wire length exceed a certain limit, the operator may get a warning from TOWCON.
By adjusting the Wire Length Limit, an audible alarm will be heard when this special wire
length is reached. In this way the winch operator don’t have to pay too much attention to the
monitor screen during towing operations.
EXAMPLE :
Wire length is to be 2800 metres when pay-out is completed, and
towing operation is to be carried out at that length.
Wire length is not allowed to exceed 3000m.
Operator has already paid out wire. Because he don’t want to be

constantly watching the monitor during endless hours of towing
operation, he’ll take benefits of using the TOWCON system to help
him keeping an eye on the wire length.
He’ll now adjust the wire length alarm limit to 2950 metres.
This is done by placing the cursor on the scale line
between green and red on the Length Limit Bar;
and then drag the limit to the new alarm value.
Then he’ll adjust the tension control until winch just starts to render to
find the minimum necessary pressure, before he makes the final
adjustment of the towing pressure; which may vary according to
weather conditions, wire length and load.
When the length limit is reached he’ll get an audible alarm from
TOWCON in time to concentrate merely on the winch before the
determined towing length is exceeded.
On his monitor screen the Length Bar Graph
will have changed to red colour.
Hint : “Drag”
Want a warning also when pulling in ?

It’s possible to adjust even an alarm limit for a minimum length. Do as
described for adjusting the maximum length, and the lower part of the
-
scale will change to yellow colour. When length get shorter than this
limit, even the Length Bar will change colour to yellow. OOPS ! You’ll
get no audible warning.

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4.1.6 Monitor motor pressure --- “Max Pressure Limit- Pmax”
During towing operation with disengaged brake one will derive advantage from the low-pressure
hydraulics’ special quality of being a strain restrictive braking device. If pressure in hydraulic motors
exceeds a certain limit the winch will render, and in this way it is possible to control how powerful
the winch should be. However, it may be convenient to know if the pressure is frequently exceeding
the adjusted level. By adjusting the alarm limit for high pressure this may be achieved. See also the
users manual for remote control for more information about how to operate tension control.
EXAMPLE :
Wire length is to be 2800 metres when pay-out is completed, and towing
operation is to be carried out at that length.
Operator don’t want to be constantly

watching the monitor during endless
hours of towing operation, but will
take benefits of using the TOWCON
system to help him keeping an eye on
the wire length. He has already
adjusted the wire length limit, and
will now adjust the tension needed to
hold the load. He wants the winch to
pay out smoothly if tension in wire
suddenly increases, and do not want
the winch to hold more than just
what is necessary.
First step should be to adjust the tension control until winch just starts to render to find the
minimum necessary pressure. Then, to secure that the winch is capable of holding the load
without rendering, the tension adjustment should be increased a little.
How much extra power to be calculated must be decided by the winch operator as a result of his
experience and know-how, regarding to the present towing conditions. As a default setting may
be used the measured pressure plus 15%.
In our example let’s say that the winch renders at about 25 Bar, and that pressure variation is
between 20 and 30 Bar. Operator estimates 32 Bar to be passable. The maximum pressure in our
example system is 48 Bar. So, roughly calculated the adjustment on tension knob, which has a
scale 1 – 10, should be somewhere between 6 and 7 is set to a little above 6.
When this is done, an alarm limit for motor pressure may be adjusted to get a warning each time
this limit is exceeded.
This is done by placing the cursor on the “UP”-button for Pmax on the right side of the circular
Pressure Instrument; and then click the limit to the new alarm value. One click will decrease the
value by one bar. As this is done the uppermost part of the scale ,in red colour, will grove
correspondingly . To increase the limit value (= decrease the red scale area) just click on the
“DOWN”-button.
Hint : Adjusting Pmax Find more about this in section 4.2.1.

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4.1.7 Monitor wire tension --- “ Tension Alarm “

During towing operation with engaged brake, the winch has no other strain restriction than
what is in the brake itself. Adjusting towing force must than be done by operation of the
vessel. The TOWCON system offers however the possibility of setting an alarm limit at a
certain load. An alarm will be given also if load exceeds this limit when brake is disengaged.
Example :
Vessel is supposed to be towing with fixed wire length.
Tension in wire is not allowed to exceed 280 tonnes.
Winch operator has adjusted wire length to agreed value and

engaged the brake. He wants TOWCON to give him a
warning if wire tension approaches the allowed maximum
limit of 280 tonnes. To have some safety margin he decides
to set the alarm limit at 265 tonnes.
This is done by placing the cursor on the scale line between

green and red on the Tension Bar; and then drag the limit to
the new alarm value.
This narrow part of the tension bar is also referred to as the
“tension limit bar” in this manual.
Hint : “Drag”

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4.1.8 Releasing the brake – check Tension Control adjustment.

During towing operation with engaged brake the winch has no other strain restriction than
what is in the brake.When releasing the brake wire load is being transferred from the brake
arrangement to the hydraulic motor unit, and maximum holding power is thus dependent on
the adjustment of the Tension Control. To secure that winch will not render unintentionally
when brake is released, it is therefor of great importance to check tension adjustments on
beforehand. By benefit of TOWCON’s advantages the operator is able to adjust the tension
control to almost exactly the requisite pressure to hold the load before releasing the brake.
Example :
Vessel is towing with fixed wire length at 800m and
brake engaged. Tension in wire is not allowed to exceed
180 tonnes, and must not be less than 120 tonnes. Wire
length is to be increased to 1000m.
Wire speed during this adjustment should not exceed
about 15 m/min.
Winch operator has to release brake to increase wire

length, and has to make sure that the winch will not
render to rapidly when the brake unloads. To be able to
control the pay-out speed he has decided to let the winch
render by use of the tension control, rather than paying
out by the speed control.
To secure a smooth start he adjusts the tension controller

until the dynamic tension limit indicator on the Tension
Bar is just above the present load. He’ll see the indicator
moving as he adjusts the tension controller. As long as
the tension control is being adjusted there’ll even be a
digital value on the indicator. In this way he can securely
release the brake, in assurance that the winch will not
render uncontrolled.
He’ll than adjust tension firmly as he watches the Wire Speed Display to control the pay-out
speed.
On the Wire Length Display he’ll get exact information about the increasing wire length, and
by increasing tension he’s able to stop the pay-out at precisely the right value.
The Tension Display will show the present tension, so that this can be easily watched over at
the same time. If preferable, it is also possible to get an alarm if the tension exceeds the
maximum allowed limit. See section 4.1.7 for more info.

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Notice that the Tension Controller Indicator will move up and down on the Tension Bar Scale according to more than
one factor : Calculated maximum rendering force is dependent on wire-length, motor-pressure and maybe even of how
many motors being connected to the topic drum at the time
Please study Users Instructions for Remote Control for info. about Tension Control
4.1.9 Trend Monitoring --- What happened some minutes ago ?

During long lasting towing operations, winch operator will of course have other things to do
than just gawping at the TOWCON monitor. Even in this situations when the operator has to
concentrate on other duties for some minutes, the TOWCON system will come to his
assistance. Trend Displays will give a rather good picture of what has happened during the
last minutes. Winch data is constantly being stored in log-files, and the events just happened
can be reviewed on the monitor.
Scale used on vertical axis on Tension Trend is always in Tonnes,

while scale used on vertical axis on Pressure Trend is always in Bar.
Scale on horisontal axis is always minutes.
Notice that alarm limits ( red area of the narrow Bar Graph to the left of Trend Display ) may
be adjusted both on Trend Displays and on other Bar Graphs or Meters. Adjusting limit on
one of these devices will cause the limit to be corrected also on all the others.
Hints : “Bar Graphs” , “Trend Displays” , “drag” , “Sliders”

See section 3.3.7 to brush up on how to adjust limits on Bar Graphs,
review use of Trend Displays and how to “drag” an alarm limit.
Have a problem to “get a grip” on the Sliders ? Section 3.3.7 will get you a hint even about
that.

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Example :
Vessel has been towing for a periode with brake engaged to keep the wire length fixed.
Now the winch operator is told to concentrate on avoiding heavy jerks in wire.
It is however not necessary to keep the length fixed any longer.
During towing operation with disengaged brake one will derive advantage from the low
pressure hydraulic’s special quality of being a strain restrictive braking device.
If pressure in hydraulic motors exceeds a certain limit the winch will render,
and in this way it’s possible to control how powerful the winch should be.
Winch operator may then look at the trend display showing how the tension has varied the
last minutes to get an idea of the holding power the winch motors will have to cope with.
He’ll then be able to adjust tension according to this before releasing the brake.
4.1.10 Keep an eye on Oil Temperature.

During long lasting winch operation hydraulic oil will sometimes get rather warm, and to
avoid further heating action will have to be taken. Some vessels have automatic cooling
systems, while on other crafts the crew will have to look after this. Anyway, the winch
operator should always keep an eye on the oil temperature, because severe damages may arise
in motors and pumps if oil gets too hot. TOWCON has some kind of oil temperature
presentation on all the monitor pictures used during normal operation. Alarm limit is pre-set
at 65 deg. Celsius, but may be adjusted to a lower value if preferable.
Too quick variation in oil temperature may also harm motors and pumps; and should be
avoided. On the monitor picture for control of pumps is to be found a Trend Display showing
course of events in heating and cooling of the oil. If the monitored trend reveals dramatic
changes in temperature; actions must be taken to stabilise this as soon as possible. A typical
problem is that temperature drops too fast when water is being let into a water/oil cooler,
which may cause that cold oil pour into a rather warm hydraulic motor. An even more serious
problem is that hot oil my be guided into a cold motor by operation of a change over valve.
If this can’t be avoided oil should be allowed to just flow through the manouver valve for a
short time befor rotating the winch. Heat from oil will then spread to the motor.
Example:
Winch operator wants to indicate a part of the
temperature scale to be the ”ideal” range.
Recommended temperature is about 40
deg.Celsisus.
Operator has adjusted the lower scale indication to

abot 35C, and is about adjusting the upper scale
indication to 55C. Notice the digital value visisble
as long as limit is being adjusted. Alarm limit can
not be adjusted higher than 75C.
In this way the operator has made a green ”ideal

Hint : “Drag” sector” on the meter were the pointer should be
See section 3.3.7 to brush up on when winches are in use.
how to operate sliders
Example : Trend Display for oil temperature to be found on the ”PUMP” monitor picture.

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Above is an example of how the trend display for Oil Temperature may look like after some
hours of operations. If the curve reveals sudden drops in temperature like indicated happened
about two hours ago on this example, this should be investigated to find the reson why,
and effort should be put into preventing recurrence

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4.1.11 Avoid motor breakdown -- Overspeed Protection
Although the remote control system has a built-in overspeed protection facility to prevent
hydraulic motors being damaged by too high revolution speed, it’s absolutely advisable to
keep in mind RPM-values when operating the winches. Especially when lowering or letting
the winch pay out by rendering this should be carefully watched. TOWCON will take action
if too high revolution speed is detected. If the automatic overspeed protection comes into
force the winch motors will be stopped, motor pressure will be adjusted to maximum and
finally the brake will be engaged. To get a warning in time to take action to recline rotation
speed, the winch operator may adjust TOWCON to give an alarm at a lower RPM-value than
what is in fact the guaranteed maximum limit. Adjusting the alarm limit doesn’t influence on
the limit on which the overspeed protection will be activated.
Example :
Vessel is to set an anchor,
and will have to lower about 1800m.
Winch operator has adjusted tension and the winch is

rendering at acceptable speed. As wire is paid out the
necessary load to make the winch render will increase.
To compensate this tension control will have to be continuous
adjusted during the pay-out. At the same time load on wire
caused by the vessels propulsion may vary, and will also
influence on the necessary rendering force on winch. As a
result of this, the tension control may accidentally be adjusted
to low, and the rendering speed may exceed the maximum
limit.
Hint : “Drag”
See section 3.3.7 to brush up on how If the overspeed protection system is activated it’s not a
to operate sliders special pleasant event, because it may cause a rather severe
yank in the towing line.
Wondering what’s the max RPM- To get a warning to take action while there’s still time, the
limit winch operator decides to adjust the RPM alarm limit a little
on your winch ? lower than the maximum value, which is 130 RPM in this
Just try to adjust alarm limit to max example. Operator wants to be warned when rotation speed
on scale, and it’ll automatically exceeds 120 RPM.
be reset to max RPM-limit.
This is done by placing the cursor on red area on RPM-scale;
and then drag the limit to the new alarm value.

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4.1.12 What went wrong? ---- Alarm monitoring
No matter how proficient and experienced the winch operator is, accidents may still occur.
It’s than valuable to have the opportunity to subsequently get detailed information from TOWCON
about what actually happened. All alarms will be stored in a log-file, and be available later on, so that
winch operator can concentrate fully on solving the problem instead of spending time on trying to
read alarm-texts before they possibly disappears.
When an alarm is activated, the sound will not go off unless someone “click” the Alarm Reset –
button on the monitor. The Alarm-Reset –button is to be found only on the “ALARM”-picture. A
text line on this monitor picture will give detailed information about what’s wrong. Alarm texts will
not be deleted from list even if the reason to the alarm given is clarified. As alarms may be given
from time to time, new lines will be written on top of the list while old ones will finally disappear at
the bottom. All monitor pictures has an alarm-indicator that turns red when an alarm is activated and
not yet acknowledged by pressing “Reset Alarm”-button.
The reason why an alarm is activated is often quite obvious and easy to identify even without looking
for the explaining text-line on the Alarm-picture, because it’s also clearly indicated on other pictures.
As an example the colour in the Digital Display showing wire length will turn to red if the adjusted
wire length limit is exceeded. Otherwise, there may also be given alarms not detectable no other
place than on the ALARM –picture; such as “Emergency Stop” or “Low Level in expansion tank”.
Example :
Vessel is to keep a specified distance to the object it’s towing,and the winch operator has engaged the
brake.
Suddenly a hose on the brake cylinder blows, servo oil is flushed out on deck; and level in oil
reservoir on servo unit decreases in a short time to a minimum.
Because the hose blew, servo pump couldn’t maintain pressure in servo system. TOWCON detected
this and activated the audible alarm. Winch operator changed to the picture
“ALARMS” to see what was wrong, and pressed Alarm Reset –button. He found the message LOW
BRAKE PRESSURE, but didn’t stop servo pump unit. Then he got a new alarm, LOW OIL LEVEL
- MAIN SERVO. He’d had to press the Alarm Reset button once more to get rid off the audible
alarm given because of the oil level. Before so is done, the explaining text’ll be red. On the monitor
picture in our example we can see that there also was an alarm earlier the same day, because someone
activated Emergency Stop. That situation has obviously been clarified, because the text has turned to
grey.
Example from ALARM-picture
Hint : Alarm Texts - Coluors Alarm-indicator to be

Red New alarm detected “Alarm Reset” is not yet found on all monitor
pressed. pictures.
Yellow “Alarm-Reset” is pressed, Cause of alarm is still
present
Grey Old alarm, Cause of alarm is clarified

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4.1.13 Get the progress on paper ---- Print-Outs
Some times it’s essential to be able to document how things progressed during a certain operation or
time period. The best way to do this is most often simply to get statistical data presented on paper.
Normally this’ll be easy understandable and may be studied continuously while event is progressing.
TOWCON offers print-out to be executed at adjustable intervals.
In addition to this all monitor pictures includes a ”PRINT”-button. By clicking this button, each
print-out line will be printed once. Keeping the button “pressed” will cause continuos printing off all
print-out lines until button is “released”.
Print-out interval may be set to values from 1 to 9999 seconds, in step by 1;
lowest possible is 1 second. Selecting values higher than 9999 will cause printing to stop. It is not
possible to adjust decimal numerals. While printing by using the “Print-button” print delay will
always be 1 second between each line, which is about the quickest the printer is capable of
performing. It is not advisable to use shorter print interval than number of lines to be printed.
As an example, if there are 4 drums, and also 4 lines to be printed, print interval should not be shorter
than 4 seconds. If printer doesn’t cope with the data it’s supposed to print each second, its memory
buffer will eventually be overfilled and data will be lost.
”PRINTER SETUP” –panel

STB TOW DRUM, TIMER, 1999/12/21, 08/34/10, 1256m, 192t, 114rpm, 42bar
PRT TOW DRUM, TIMER, 1999/12/21, 08/34/10, 6m, 0t, 0rpm, 2bar is to be found on monitor picture
STB AH DRUM, TIMER, 1999/12/21, 08/34/10, 1m, 0t, 0rpm, 0bar PARAMETERS
PRT AH DRUM, TIMER, 1999/12/21, 08/34/10, 5m, 0t, 0rpm, 0bar
PRT TOW DRUM, TIMER, 1999/12/21, 08/34/14, 6m, 0t, 0rpm, 2bar
STB AH DRUM, TIMER, 1999/12/21, 08/34/14, 1m, 0t, 0rpm, 0bar
PRT TOW DRUM, TIMER, 1999/12/21, 08/34/18, 6m, 0t, 0rpm, 2bar
STB AH DRUM, TIMER, 1999/12/21, 08/34/18, 1m, 0t, 0rpm, 0bar
Example above illustrates how the printout may look

like on a system designed for a 4-drum winch.
Printed data is as follows on one line for each EXAMPLE :
drum : Starting and Stopping a printout executed by
Drum identity, last print executor, date, time, timer. Double-click on the Timer-box to get
wire length, wire tension, motor rpm, motor access to the keypad. Adjust value to wanted
pressure time interval.
As soon as you click on ”enter” the printer
Notice that ”last print executor” may be TIMER or will start.
USER. By using the ”Print Now”-button this text will To stop the printer repeat as described, but
change to USER, until the next time printing starts adjust the timer to a value higher than 9999.
because of a time sequence. As soon as you then click on ”enter” the
printer will stop.
”Print Now”-button.
Normally to be Hint : “Pop-Up Menu”, “Keypad”
found See section 3.3.8 to brush up on how to
in lower right corner operate Pop-Up Menues and Keypads

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4.1.14 Measuring wire length.
All calculations TOWCON executes are dependent on the few basic parameters concerning
wire data. These parameters may be individual for wire on each drum, and they are available
by selecting monitor picture PARAMETERS.
It’s of coarse no problem to adjust all parameters needed to calculate wire length correct when
they are known. But what is to be done when you don’t know the wire length? Entering a
faulty value as wire length will most likely have influence also on tension calculations.
Following example will give some hints of how to deal with such problems.
Example :
Vessel has to take onboard an unknown length of wire, which later on is to be paid out again
when placing a buoy. All that’s known about wire is that diameter is 76mm, and that length
can’t possibly be more than 2400 metres. Most likely length is something between 2000 and
2300 metres. First part of wire is already spooled up on Stb Common-Handling Drum. About
5 turns on first layer is now on drum.
Winch operator decides to measure length of wire as it’s pulled in.

First thing to be done is to adjust wire data, so he selects monitor picture PARAMETERS.
First-layer diameter: 1390 mm

On drum: 5 turns
5turns= 1,390×3,14×5=21,8m
Wire length out:

3000 21 8 2978 2 t
Wire diameter is known to be 76 mm, so that’s no problem.

Remember Assuming that wire is much shorter than this, he adjusts
to click ”Reset Length” Wire length to 3000 metres.
each time Length Out How much wire that’s still to be pulled in must than be the
has been corrected. difference between what’s already on drum and the fictious total
length of 3000 metres.
He’ll have to calculate this and put the value into the ”Wire
length out”-box.
Calculation must be based on the diameter of drum on first layer

and the 5 turns of wire that’s already on drum. Drum diameter on
lst-layer is found on data sheets in the Users Manual for Remote
As the Stb CH –picture Control, and is 1390 mm.
shows up on the monitor Knowing this winch operator is able to calculate length of wire on
screen he can see that wire drum fairly accurate to be 21,8 metres; and hence Wire length
length display indicates 22 out must be 2978,2 metres. Operator enters this wire data and
metres. Pull in of wire can clicks on “RESET LENGTH” before selecting monitor picture for
now be started. Stb Common Handling Drum.

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--- example from previous page continuous ----
All wire is pulled in …….

When all wire is pulled in Length Display still indicates that
there’s 978 metres left. This only shows that the winch operator
was right when assuming that the wire was quite a lot shorter than
3000m.
Now he has to select the PARAMETER-picture once more and re-
adjust the wire parameters. ”Wire length” is 3000m minus the 978
978m should be left, but end
of wire still lays on deck…….
Estimated wire-length: 3000m

Still indicated, end on deck: 978m
Actual length=3000-978=2022m
Don’t forget to click

”Reset Length”
each time Length
Out
When wire now later on is paid out, length will be displayed correctly
as contents on drum shrinks. Digital display and Length Bar will
indicate length of wire paid out.
Hint :
Remember how to use the keypad ?
If you want to refresh, study section 3.3.8
Please observe:
As the Stb CH –picture shows up on TOWCON doesn’t know anything about the outer
the monitor screen he can see that diameter of the drums. This means that the estimated
wire length display indicates 0 wire length may be adjusted much longer than what
metres. This is correct because all the drum actually can take.
wire now is spooled up on the drum So you don’t have to estimate length very carefully,
just decide on a length that you are sure is too long.

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4.1.15 Why doesn’t anything work ? --- Security Lock
When touchscreen or trackball has not been used for at least 5 minutes, the Security Lock will
be activated. This is made like this to prevent faulty operations to be executed because
someone accidentally touches surface of monitor screen ( if it’s a Touch-Screen )
or the Left Key on trackball. Security Lock will be presented on monitor picture as a red hand
in the upper right corner. As long as this image is visible it’s not possible to execute any other
operation from neither touch-screen nor trackball than just unlocking the system. You can still
move cursor around, but trying to execute some kind of operation by clicking on one of the
images on the picture will not have any effect.
Illustration to the left shows how it looks

like when Security Lock is activated.
Unlock like this :

Place cursor on Red Hand and click on it.
Red Hand will now move to left upper
corner.
Now complete the unlock operation by

placing cursor on the left Red Hand and
click on it.
The left Red Hand disappears, and
system is ready for use.
Hint : placing “Cursor” & “Click”

See section 3.1 / 3.2 to brush up on how to move cursor
around on monitor pictures and activating operations by
clicking on picture images.
Thinking it’s mucky to need to click on two “Red Hands” ?

Click on the first one as soon as it appears.
Then just one click on the left Red Hand is needed to get
you online !
However, take care; you’ve already lowered the security
precautions.

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4.2 Automatic Operations
4.2.1 Preparing Automatic Operations

This section will explain briefly what to be done before winch operations are executed.
Before starting any pumps, one should always make sure that brakes are engaged,
and that there are no open valves, filters etc due to maintenance work or other, and that all
personnel are alarmed against the danger of getting injured in chains, wires etc. because of
winches is now being used. Further information is to be found in Users Instructions for
Remote Control. Take special notice of all procedures concerning safety of crew and craft.
Be aware that there are certain restrictions attended with accessibility to automatic operations.
Detailed explanations about this are to be found in document section
describing the topical operation.
Do also pay attention to the limits for wire lengths possibly needed to be adjusted.
Select monitor picture PARAMETER to get access to these settings.
These parameters should always be checked before starting any automatic function.
All automatic operations may at any time be stopped

by clicking on ”MANUAL”-button.
Hint : “Auto/Manual-limit”
“Pay-out brake length”
“Tow/Hoist limit”
See section 4.2.5 to brush up on

how to adjust these parameters.
Clip from monitor picture ”PARAMETERS”

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Please observe that indicator on ”MANUAL”-button is green when this mode is selected,
while indicator on ”Auto”-buttons is red. This is not because automatic operations are to be
considered as dangerous, but still a reminder is given so that operator shall not forget that
winch may suddenly rotate without him having even touched the speed control lever.
All automatic operations may at any time be stopped by clicking on ”MANUAL”-

button.
In this part of manual adjustments of the pressure limits is essential. Please find more
information about use of the limits in the following examples. Illustration beneath indicates
adjustment of Pmax.
Click the “UP-arrow”-button on the right side of the circular Pressure Instrument to
decrease Pmax One click will decrease the value by one bar. As this is done the uppermost
part of the scale ,in red colour, will grove correspondingly . To increase the limit value (=
decrease the red scale area) just click on the “DOWN-arrow”-button.
In the opposite way clicking on the “UP-arrow” for Pmin will increase the Pmin limit.
Common for Pmin and Pmax is that clicking the “UP-arrow” will make the yellow (or red)
area grow bigger and clicking on the “DOWN-arrow” will make the same areas of scale
smaller.
Adjusting Towing Pressure is done simply by clicking the +/- buttons. Towing Pressure is
indicated on scale as a black dot.
Notice that a digital value

according to the limit will
appear as the limit is being
adjusted. After a short while
without changes the digital
value will disappear.

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Also on the ”Main Winch Display” on monitor picture ”WINCHES” is indicated that one
drum is now used with an automatic function in service. It is not possible to use automatic
functions on more than one drum at the same time. Illustration below shows an example of a
winch installation where one of the drums at the moment is used in one of the 3 automatic
modes PAY-OUT, TOWING, or maybe HOIST.

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4.2.2 Automatic Pay-Out

Automatic Pay-Out is introduced to take off the winch operators hands the unpleasant job of
lowering maybe several hundred metres of wire. This might of course be done in the
traditional, manual way but why not let TOWCON take care of it ?
Remember that to get access to this function, wire must on beforehand be paid out to a length
at least equal to what’s set as Auto / Manual Limit for the current drum.
Please study both the example below and the “frequently asked questions” on next page.
Example :
Vessel is to pay out 700m of wire.
Auto/Manual limit is set to 140m.
Winch operator manually pays out 150m by lowering with

speed control to get clear off the Manual/Auto Limit. Then he
lets go off the speed control lever and turns his attention to the
TOWCON monitor. First of all he takes a look at the present
motor pressure and estimates how the pressure limits should Check rendering pressure
be adjusted. He adjust tension controller firmly counter-clock
Length = 150 until winch starts rendering. The pressure is then about 22 Bar,
and he adjusts tension controller to maximum.
Knowing that the winch will get increased rendering force as

wire is paid out, he adjust Pay-Out pressure “P-min” a little
lower than this; at about 18 Bar.
Adjust Pay-Out pressure,
When TOWCON has finished the automatic pay-out it’ll swap Pmin
to the automatic function Towing. As wire length is increasing
to the Brake Length Limit; TOWCON will prepare stopping
the pay-out at the exact wanted towing length. During the last
part of the pay-out TOWCON will gradual increase pressure to
Towing Pressure. Winch operator has to estimate how much
pressure the motors will need to hold the load without
rendering. He estimates this to be about 24 Bar, and adjusts
this on the tension meter on monitor screen.
Adjust wanted Adjust Towing Pressure
Towing Length Before activating Pay-Out he’ll have to tell TOWCON the new
700 m wanted Towing Length. This is done by adjustment on the
length bar graph on monitor screen.
Now everything is prepared, and winch operator starts the

automatic pay-out by clicking the “PAY-OUT” –button.
Observe :
Operator may at any time stop the automatic function,
simply by clicking on “MANUAL”.
Hints:
Pay-Out completed.
See also section 4.1.4 / 4.2.5 to brush up on “Wire
System has swapped to
Length Limit”, and section 1.5.6 for adjusting
automatic ”TOWING”
“PARAMETERS”

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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS : AUTOMATIC “PAY-OUT”
Why am I not allowed to select “PAY-OUT” ?

Check actual wire length on length bar graph or digital display, and also what is set as
Manual/Auto Limit on the monitor picture PARAMETERS. If the actual displayed wire length is
shorter than Manual/Auto Limit you’ll be denied selecting automatic “PAY-OUT”.
Please re-adjust Auto/Manual Limit or manually pay out more wire.
Why does the winch stop so often during automatic “PAY-OUT” ?

You may have adjusted Pay-Out Pressure too low. If this is so, winch will render too rapid, and the
maximum limit for motor revolution may have been exceeded. In this case TOWCON will take
action by activating the Overspeed Protection.
Check/adjust Pay-Out Pressure.
Why isn’t TOWCON able to stop at the length, and winch continues to pay out ?
You may have adjusted Towing Pressure too low, and if also maximum allowed pressure Pmax is too
low, winch don’t have enough power to pull in.
Check/adjust Towing Pressure and Pmax.
Refresh some concepts: Hint :

Want to get a warning before winch starts
Pmin = minimum allowed pressure: braking ?
to be adjusted on pressure meter,
displayed as the right end of yellow area on scale, Use the Wire Length Alarm to give you a
digital value visible when adjusting, caution. Adjust the alarm quite a little below the
used when paying out during auto “PAY-OUT” wanted Towing Length minus Braking Limit.
Read more about this alarm
Towing Pressure : in section 4.1.4 and 4.1.5.
displayed as a black dot on the scale,
digital value visible when adjusting, Hint :
used when holding load during auto “TOWING” Don’t want any unpleasant stops because of
Overspeed Protection being activated ?
Towing Length :
to be adjusted on Wire Length bar graph, Use the Motor RPM-Alarm to give you a caution.
displayed as a horizontal, dotted black line on scale, Adjust the alarm a little below the maximum
digital value visible when adjusting, allowed value, and this’ll give you the chance to
used as reference-length during auto “PAY-OUT” adjust Pmin in time to prevent overspeed.
Read more about this alarm
Pay-out brake length : in section 4.1.1.11
to be adjusted on monitor picture PARAMETERS,
to be adjusted by use of pop-up keypad,
used as braking-length in final sequence of automatic “PAY-OUT”

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4.2.3 Automatic Dynamic Towing

In section 4.1.5 is described the advantages of dynamic towing compared to towing with
brake engaged. However, the winch operator doesn’t have to look after the towing length
himself as he has TOWCON. By giving TOWCON the right instructions it’ll do the job for
him.
On a set limit the system itself will start hoisting until wire length once more is at the
requested value. Like as for the automatic function “PAY-OUT” the automatic “TOWING”-
function is not either accessible unless wire length is at minimum equal to the Manual / Auto
Limit. As already mentioned in previous section, TOWCON may have swapped to automatic
“TOWING” because automatic payout has just been completed. However it is also possible to
select “TOWING” if system is in “MANUAL”-mode, the only condition is that wire length
must not exceed last adjusted Towing Length plus last adjusted Tow/Hoist Limit.
Please study both the example below and the “frequently asked questions” on next page.
Example :
Vessel is to tow a barge for several hours.
Distance between vessel and barge is not allowed to exceed 400m.
Winch operator manually pays out 350m by lowering with speed control.. Then he lets go off the
speed control lever and turns his attention to the TOWCON monitor. First of all he takes a look
at the present motor pressure and estimates how the pressure should be adjusted. He wants a
Actual pressure = 27 Bar smooth towing operation, but at the same time he don’t want the winch to render too rapidly. In
our example winch renders continuously when pressure is about 25 bar, so he reckons 30 bar to
be a suitable towing pressure. He’ll also have to estimate how high pressure the motors will need
to pull in wire. To be sure the winch has enough power for hoisting, he sets the maximum
allowed pressure to 35 bar.
After having adjusted the tension controller, he decides to let TOWCON take care of watching
the wire length.
On the Length Bar Graph he adjusts the Towing Length to 350m.
Then he selects the monitor picture PARAMETERS, and adjusts the parameter Tow/Hoist Limit
to 45m before swapping back to the monitor picture for towing drum. Now he clicks on the
Adjust ”Towing Pressure”
“TOWING”-button and TOWCON takes the job watching the wire length off his hands.
When winch has rendered until wirelength has exceeded
Towing Length ( 350m ) + Tow/Hoist Limit ( 45m ) = 395m, TOWCON takes action.
Manoeuvre valves on hydraulic motors will be adjusted to hoist position and tension is at the
same time adjusted to maximum allowed pressure Pmax. Then winch will hoist until wire length
is back on towing length. At correct length winch stops and tension is once more reduced to
towing pressure.
This sequences will be repeated again and again as necessary until operator decides to stop the
automatic towing.
Adjust maximum pressure ”Pmax”
Observe :
Hints:
See also section 4.1.5 to brush up on “Wire Length
Limit”, and section 4.2.5 for adjusting
“PARAMETERS”
Adjust ”Towing Length” Click on ”TOWING”

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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS : AUTOMATIC “TOWING”
Why am I not allowed to select “TOWING” ?

Check Towing Length indicator on length bar graph, and also what is set as Towing Limit on
the monitor picture PARAMETERS. If the actual displayed wire length exceeds the sum of
Towing Length plus Tow/Hoist Limit you’ll be denied selecting automatic “TOWING”
Please re-adjust Towing Length.
Why isn’t TOWCON able to keep the length, and winch continues to pay out ?
You may have adjusted Towing Pressure too low, and if also maximum allowed pressure
Pmax is too low, winch don’t have enough power to pull in.
Check/adjust Towing Pressure and Pmax.
Why does the winch so often pull in during automatic “TOWING” ?

You may have adjusted Towing Pressure too low. If this is so, winch will render too rapid,
and the allowed limit is soon exceeded. You may also have adjusted the Towing Limit too
short.
If this is the case the allowed length limit will also be too soon exceeded, and the winch will
very often have to pull in to get back on wanted length.
Check/adjust Towing Pressure and Tow/Hoist Limit.
Refresh some concepts:
Towing Pressure :
to be adjusted on pressure meter, Hint :
displayed as a black dot on the scale, Want to get a warning before winch
digital value visible when adjusting, starts to pull in ?
used when holding load during auto “TOWING”
Use the Wire Length Alarm to give
Pmax = maximum allowed pressure: you a caution. Adjust the alarm
to be adjusted on pressure meter, quite a little below the sum of
displayed as the left end of red area on scale, wanted Towing Length plus
digital value visible when adjusting, Towing Limit.
used when pulling in during auto “TOWING” Read more about this alarm
( also used in automatic “HOIST” ) in section 4.1.4 and 4.1.5
Towing Length :
to be adjusted on Wire Length bar graph,
displayed as a horizontal, dotted black line on scale,
digital value visible when adjusting,
used as reference-length during auto “TOWING”
Tow/Hoist Limit :
used as rendering-length during auto “TOWING”

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4.2.4 Automatic Hoist

In other sections of this manual are described the great advantages TOWCON can offer
during towing and anchor-handling operations. Not mentioned in any other section is the
possibility of getting help when wire is to be pulled in. In fact, TOWCON can take care of the
hoisting operation on its own. Just tell the system what the new length should be, click the
“HOIST”-button and consider the job as done. Notice that there’s still a certain limitation:
you are not allowed to let the system hoist automatically unless there’s more than 100 metres
of wire remaining to be pulled in. System will stop hoisting when the Auto/Manual Limit is
reached;
and it’s not possible to adjust this limit to values lower than 100 m. In fact the automatic hoist
operation will always be stopped at the Auto/Manual Limit, so you may stop at any length you
wish, just by adjusting this limit.
Please study section 4.1 to learn more about limits- and parameter-settings.
Example :
Vessel has paid out a lot of wire during a towing operation, and all
this wire must now be spooled back on drum.
The present wire length is almost 2400 metres. Brake is not
engaged, and pressure in hydraulic motors is about 28 Bar.
Winch operator considers the spooling of wire to be the main thing

to concentrate on rather than holding the speed controller in hoist-
position, so he decides to let TOWCON take care of the pull-in.
Anyway, he wants to take full control of all winch operations when
there’s less than Pressure is about 28 Bar
250 metres left to be pulled in.
Knowing that the winch will need more pressure to pull in the
same load as the drum is filled with wire, he adjusts the maximum
allowed pressure Pmax high enough to compensate for this. He
estimates that 35 Bars should do.
After having adjusted the hoisting pressure, he select the picture

PARAMETERS on monitor, and adjust the setting of Auto/Manual
Limit to 250 metres.
Maximum pressure Pmax
Now he once more selects the Towing-Drum picture on monitor,
must be adjusted to secure
Length is almost and clicks on the ”HOIST”-button.
enough pull-in force
2400 metres as TOWCON now adjusts pressure regulation valves to let pressure
”HOIST” is selected increase to maximum allowed, which operator decided to be 35
Bar, firmly adjusts manoeuvre-valves on winch motors to hoist-
position and the pull-in operation has started.
When length of wire remaining to be pulled in is only 250 metres,

TOWCON stops the winch, and system swaps to ”MANUAL”-
mode.
Hint : Auto/Manual Limit

Learn about adjusting this limit in section 4.2.5
When there’s 250 m More hints to be found on next page.

remaining to pull in Activate by ”clicking”
system swaps to the ”HOIST”-button …
”MANAUAL” Observe :

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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS : AUTOMATIC “HOIST”
Why am I not allowed to select “HOIST” ?

Check actual wire length on length bar graph or digital display, and also what is set as
Auto / Manual Limit on the monitor picture PARAMETERS. If the actual displayed wire
length is shorter than Auto / Manual Limit you’ll be denied selecting automatic “HOIST”.
Please re-adjust Auto / Manual Limit .
Why does the winch stop pulling in during automatic “HOIST” ?

You may have adjusted maximum alloyed pressure too low. If this is so, winch will
eventually not have enough power to continue pulling in as drum is filled by wire.
Check/adjust maximum allowed pressure, Pmax
Why does TOWCON swap to “MANUAL” when there’s still much to pull in ?
You may accidentally have adjusted Auto / Manual Limit to a high value.
Check/adjust Auto / Manual Limit.
Refresh some concepts: Hint :

Have to make a short stop ?
Pmax = maximum allowed pressure: No problem ! Just click on “MANUAL”,
do whatever you have to and click on “HOIST” to re-start
the automatic hoist operation.
displayed as the left end of red area on scale, You may use the speed-control for both lowering and
digital value visible when adjusting, hoisting as normal when system is in “manual”-mode
used when pulling in during auto “HOIST” without having to re-adjust anything before you start the
( also in automatic “TOWING” ) automatic hoisting again.
Hint : Auto / Manual Limit

Auto / Manual Limit : Find more about how to adjust this parameter
in section 4.2.5
Hint : Length Alarm
used as the minimum wire length to be remaining
to be pulled in when TOWCON swap from Want a reminder before system swaps to MANUAL ?
Study section 4.1.4 / 4.1.5 about how to use Length Alarm
“HOIST” to “MANUAL” and you’ll get a yellow Length Bar
Minimum possible value = 100 metres. before the winch stops.

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4.2.5 Adjusting PARAMETERS for automatic functions

In prior sections in this part of reference guide are described the use of some parameters that
TOWCON will need to do a proper job. This section will explain more in detail what these
parameters are used for, and hints of how they should be adjusted.
Auto / Manual limit:

This is a wire length that TOWCON will use to decide if it’s legal to choose an automatic
function or not. Value is to be entered in metres. If the limit is adjusted to high, it’ll exclude
all auto-functions. The limit is meant to stop hoisting automatically the last few metres of
wire, as well as preventing automatic pay-out to be started by an accident when there’s
possibly wire handling work carried out on deck. But even though the limit is meant to secure
that there must be a human controlling the winch when end of wire is onboard or very near to
the vessel, it may even be used to lock all access to automatic functions completely. It’s not
possibly to adjust this limit to values lower than 100 metres.
Pay-out brake length:

This parameter decides how firmly the winch will stop when wire is paid out to a certain
length automatically by the “PAY-OUT” function. Value is to be entered in metres.
A long braking length will give a very firm stop, but it’ll take some more time. Too short
braking length may however give a rather brutal stop, especially if pay-out speed is high.
TOWCON will use the braking length to increase pressure from being the pay-out pressure
Pmin to being the on beforehand-adjusted Towing Pressure. Adjustment of this value must be
based on experience and skills of the crew.
Tow / Hoist limit:

This parameter is only used during automatic “TOWING”. Parameter is to be entered in
metres and is used to describe how big deviation is tolerated to the wanted towing length
unless it has to be corrected. As soon as deviation to Towing Length exceeds this limit,
TOWCON will try to pull in wire to get length back on wanted value.
Adjusting this limit to very small values will make the winch keep the length very tight up to
the wanted Towing Length, but at the same time this’ll also make the towing operation a lot
more noisy as the winch will start and stop very often. Of cause this depends on both weather
conditions and wire tension as well as other circumstances. Again, it must be said that
adjustment of this value should be based on experience and skills of the crew.
Hint : “Pop-Up”-menu & Keypad

Find more about how to adjust values/
parameters by use of the keypad
in section 3.3.8
Notice that on this example illustration

the Auto / Man limit is adjusted to
minimum possible value. If you adjust a
lower value and click on “enter”, the
value will change to 100m as soon as the
keypad disappears.
Illustration shows keypad opened to adjust Auto / Man limit

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4.3 Using Cable Lifters
When handling rig-chain TOWCON will give almost the same advantages as described for
dealing with wire operations, although not all topics mentioned are equally relevant.
However the monitoring functions like length, tension, motor pressure and so on are available
just like they are when dealing with wire. All alarm limits may also be adjusted like described
earlier in this reference guide. Just remember to click the “CABLE LIFTER”-button, and
don’t forget to choose the right pitch diameter and to reset the length. Do also remember that
when using cable lifters there are certain load limitations that must not be exceeded !
Please study the Users Instructions for Remote Control and/or information board in
wheelhouse for further details.
Example 1 :
Vessel is to pull in a 100 mm rig chain. It’s essential to know how much chain that’s being
pulled in. Cable Lifter is already mounted on Stb Common-handling drum and the first few
links has been pulled in.
Before starting to pull in and meassure the rig chain operator’ll have to choose the rigth pitch
diameter and enter this in the parameter settings for the topical winch.
First of all the winch operator selects the monitor picture for Stb CH –Drum and clicks on the
”CAB”-button. Then he selects the monitor picture PARAMETERS to adjust the pitch
diameter. He finds the pitch diameter in the table on the ”Rig Chain Data”-panel, and enters
this into the ”Cable lifter diam”-box belonging to the Stb CH Winch. Next step is to enter 0
(zero) in the”Wire Length Out” –box. Then ”RESET LENGTH” must be clicked to tell
TOWCON to start using the new values. ( ”Wire diameter” and “Wire length” will now not Select ”CAB”
be used, so what’s ever displayed in this box doesn’t matter ) ( cable lifter ).
”PARAMETER” –picture even includes a

panel called ”Rig chain data”, displaying a
table of chain diameters and the
Hint :
Remember how to use the keypad ?
If you want to refresh, study section
3.3.8
Remember to click
”Reset Length”
each time Length Out
has been corrected.
When this is done he’ll have to estimate

How much chain has already been pulled Chain :
in. The first few chain links has just
reached the bottom of the chain locker, Pulled in before Reset
and he reckons the length to be about 15m
from there and through the chain pipes to about 15 m.
the cable lifter. He makes a note of this to
have it available later on
more about this example on next page …..

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example from previous page continues ……
Winch operator now selects the monitor picture for Stb CH Drum, and starts the pull-in operation When pull-in
of chain stops, the digital display shows 345m.
Operator swaps to PARAMETER picture and re-adjusts the ”Wire length out” value. To enter the correct length
operator now has to add the first part of chain ( 15m ) that were pulled in before measuring started. Measuring is
now completed, and length indicated on monitor screen will show how much chain is pulled in.
Chain :
Pulled in before Reset :
about 15 m.
Meassured : 345 m
Total length in locker:

345+15 = 360m
Hint : Length Alarm

Want a reminder before chain length left in locker
becomes indefensible short ?
Study section 4.1.4 / 4.1.5 about how to use Length
Remember to click
Alarm
”Reset Length”
each time Length Out
has been corrected.

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Example 2 :
Vessel is to pull in an anchor attached to a 100 mm rig chain.

Cable Lifter is mounted, correct pitch diameter is selected and length is reset
before starting to pull in. Some chain is pulled in when operation has to be
stopped.
Anchor is obviously stuck in something on sea bed. Brake is now engaged.
Winch operator is aware of the limitation on this special winch to be just 370
Tonnes when operating with this chain dimension.
To be on the safe side he wants an alarm if tension of any reason should approach
to even levels far beneath this. In fact he don’t expect tension to exceed 250
tonnes, so he decides to adjust the tension alarm to just 230 tonnes.
If this limit is exceeded he’ll get an audible alarm as well as the Tension Bar
being red on his monitor picture.
Hint : “Tension Alarm”

See section 4.1.7 to brush up on how to adjust tension alarm.
See section 3.3.7 to refresh how you should operate sliders.
General when using Cable Lifter :

All limits related to length, RPM, tension, and pressure is applicable,
and may be used as explained in other sections of this reference guide.
Pay special attention to what’s discussed in the section MANUAL OPERATION,
but don’t forget that even Automatic Functions are available.
Special caution has to be performed if automatic functions are executed.
Tension alarm limit should be used consistently to give an alarm at a value safely below what is
described as maximum allowed for the topical cable lifter. Do remember that
when using cable lifters there are certain load limitations that must not be exceeded !

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4.4 System Settings, Wire-data
All calculations TOWCON executes are dependent on the few basic parameters concerning
wire data. These parameters may be individual for wire on each drum, and they are available
by selecting monitor picture PARAMETERS.
Hint :
Remember how to
use the keypad ?
If you want to refresh,
study section 3.3.8
Wire Data : Auto Limits :

Wire length : Pay-out brake length :
to be adjusted by use of pop-up keypad, to be adjusted by use of pop-up keypad,
total length of wire on topical drum used as braking-length in final sequence
Wire length out: of automatic “PAYOUT”
to be adjusted by use of pop-up keypad, Read more about this limit in section 1.5.3
length of wire paid out, measured from drum. Tow/Hoist Limit :
Wire diameter: to be adjusted by use of pop-up keypad,
to be adjusted by use of pop-up keypad, used as rendering-length during auto “TOWING”
check that value is correct according actual wire. Read more about this limit in section 1.5.4
Cable lifter diameter: Auto / Manual Limit :
to be adjusted by use of pop-up keypad, to be adjusted by use of pop-up keypad,
check that value is correct according to actual chain. used as the minimum wire length remaining
check “Rig chain data” if you don’t know to be pulled in when TOWCON swap
the value. from “HOIST” to “MANUAL”
Read more about this limit in section 1.6 Minimum possible value = 100 metres.
Read more about this limit in section 1.5.5
Don’t forget to click ”RESET LENGTH” –button when you’ve

made changes to Wire Data before you select another picture.
Unless you click this button your adjustments won’t be used in
TOWCONs calculations, even though they are displayed in the
parameter-boxes on monitor picture PARAMETERS.
Notice that if you want to use the stern of ship as the point were
wire paid out is to be zero, you’ll have to ”lie” to TOWCON and
use the actual wire length minus the distance from drum to stern as
the Wire Length –parameter.

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4.5 Alarm
By pressing the ALARM tab at top of the screen the picture changes to the alarm folder where
alarms are shown, both currenent and past. The alarms have 3 different statuses differentiated
by color.
Red alarms are new alarms not yet acknowledged.
Yellow alarms are acknowledged by user but the situation is not resolved.
Gray alarms are acknowledged by the user and is no longer valid.
All alarms recorded and kept on the screen until they disappear at the bottom of the alarm
window.
In addition to the alarms mentioned in the following chapters a Towcon system may have
several customer specific alarms.
4.5.1 Alarm Reset button

By pressing the ALARM RESET button at the bottom right corner of the screen the user
resets the audible alarm ( if any ) and signals to the system that he is aware of the situation. if
alarm is still active ( Valid ) it will turn Yellow othervise it will turn Black.
In other words this button resets all current alarms.
4.5.2 Alarm lamp

The alarm lamp turns Red as soon as an alarm situation has occurred. And switches to Green
as soon as the operator have pressed the reset alarm button. This is basically to inform the
operator that there is an new alarmsituation that needs his attention.

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4.5.3 Maxvalue logging

The system is also equipped with an internal logging system that keep track of the maximum
pressures ,speeds and temperatures of the systems winches. The last registered value is
visible in the four display windows ( one for each winch ) just below the alarmwindow.
4.5.4 Emergency stop

If one or more of the emergency stop switches has been pressed the system responds by
setting off both visual and audible alarm.
4.5.5 Overspeed
There is three different overspeed limits. Prewarning which is the adjusted hi limit on the rpm
dial. Hi and HiHi limits is factory preset depending on type of motor is used. The three
different alarms produce individual texts in the alarm picture so they can easely be separated.
The Hi and HiHi alarms may also on some systems activate rpm slowdown or system
shutdown functions.
4.5.6 High oil temperature

There is three different temperature limits. Prewarning which is the adjusted hi limit on the
temperature dial. Hi and HiHi limits is factory preset. The three different alarms produce
individual texts in the alarm picture so they can easely be separated. The Hi and HiHi alarms
may also on some systems activate rpm slowdown or system shutdown functions.
4.5.7 High oilpressure

If the oilpressure has exceeded the system pressure + 10% an alarm will be trigged. When
trigged it gives both visual and audible warning.
4.5.8 High Tension

The high tension alarm is activated if the tension exceeds the limit set in the tension bar.
4.5.9 Low pressure expansion system

Indicates that the pressure in the oil expansion tank has dropped below the set limit , and both
an visual and audible alarm is set off.
4.5.10 Low level expansion system

Indicates that the oil level in the expansion tank has sunken below the set limit , and both an
visual and audible alarm is set off.
4.5.11 Low brake pressure

This alarm is activated if the pressure in the servo unit goes below a certain value. Check the
servo unit and accumulators.
4.5.12 Rotating drum

This alarm is activated if the drum starts moving while the brake is activated.
4.5.13 Bitter end

Is active at all times and informs the operation that he is within a 100 meters from the end of
the wire, and is likely to loose it if he continues to pay out. The alarm is both visual and
audible.

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4.5.14 Node nn lost

Informs the operator that the operator station has lost communication with one of the system
nodes ( distributed control units).
4.5.15 Bus warning

Informs the operator that there has been registered an abnormal amout of communication
errors.
4.5.16 Wireguard Limit

Is active during towing mode and is trigged if the wirelength exceeds towing length setpoint +
towing length limit + wireguard limit. Towing length limit and wireguard limit is set on the
parameter screen, towing length setpoint is set on the wirelength bar.
5 OPTIONS
The system can be delivered in several configurations and options.
5.1 Isolation Transformer
It is always wise to protect the electronics from noise, and one common source of such is the
ships mains supply. This noise usually appears as 'spikes' of high voltage, generated by large
inductive loads such as large motors - the hydraulic pumps for example. These 'spikes' may
cause electronics containing microprocessors to reset or in serious cases to halt completly.
The control unit is microprocessor based and is as such susceptibel to this kind of noise.
5.2 Uninterruptable Power Supply (UPS)
In more critical systems one may wish to ensure that the system is functional even during a
blackout situation, and then the solution is an uninterruptable power supply (UPS). These
supplies will during normal operation constantly charge its batteries, which is contained
within the unit itself, and when the ships mains power fails use these to generate power for
the control unit. Depending on load the UPS will be able to deliver for 15 - 30 minutes, and
that should in most cases be sufficient to secure the equipment and halt the system in a
controlled manner. The UPS will also protect the system from noise pulses in the line.
5.3 Slave monitor
The slave monitor produces an duplicate of the main monitor picture and has the same
functionality. I is intended used where there is need for a second operator station with the
possibilities for changing parameters and selecting pictures. The slave unit may be placed as
far as 30 meters (cord length) from the main control. In a system with slave monitor both
master and slave have the same priority, so if someone presses a button at a slave the system
it will react as if it came from the main unit.
5.4 Additional workstations
In one system there may be as many as 8 workstations , and each is totally independent from
the others, which is the difference between a workstation and a slave monitor even if they
looks the same from the outside. The difference is that a workstation has its own separate
control computer , a slave monitor has not it simply uses the same computer as the main
monitorb. In addition a workstation may be connected at any point on the communication
network (max 500m total network length).

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If there is a need for displaying different pictures at different monitors at the same time, an
additional workstation is needed , not an slave monitor.

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6 INDEX
A
Alarm 29, 32, 35, 52, 54
alarms 35, 54
Auto / Manual Limit 43
B
Bar 18, 31, 51, 52
Brake 52
C
Cable 50, 52
Chain 50
Click 21, 41
Control 10, 23, 24, 30, 31, 40, 50
Cursor 13, 14
D
Data 50
G
Graph 31
H
hoist 47
Hoist 45, 46, 47, 49
K
Keypad 19
L
Length 26, 27, 30, 44, 45, 46, 49, 50, 51
Limit 26, 27, 28, 31, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48
Lock 39
M
Measuring 37, 51
MMI 15
O
Overspeed 34, 44, 55
P
Pmax 28, 41, 44, 46, 48
Pmin 41, 44, 49
Pressure 28, 31, 41, 44, 46, 49
Printer 8
Pumps 23
R
Reset 35, 54
RPM 17, 18, 52, 55
S
Security 39

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Slider 18
Speed 30
T
Temperature 32, 33
Tension 29, 30, 31, 52, 55
Touchscreen 8, 14
Tow 45, 46, 49
Towing 27, 41, 44, 45, 46, 49
Trackball 8, 13
Trend 18, 31, 32
W
wire 16, 17, 18, 19, 26, 27, 29, 30, 32, 35, 37, 40, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 53, 55

USER INSTRUCTION
Project : A09067
Type of vessel : SUPPLY / ANCHOR HANDLING.
Type of equipment : REMOTE CONTROL - WINCHES
Shipyard : PROMAR
Hull no. : 12
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TABLE OF CONTENTS :
TABLE OF CONTENTS : ............................................................................................................... 2
1 Preparing operation............................................................................................................... 3
2 Start of Pumps. ..................................................................................................................... 3
3 Release Brake. ...................................................................................................................... 3
4 Long Time Towing............................................................................................................... 4
5 Limitation of Maximum Pull................................................................................................ 5
6 Motor Modes: “1 Cell, 2 Cells or 3 Cells” ........................................................................... 6
7 Rotate the Winch. ................................................................................................................. 7
8 Connecting Drums to the Motor Units. ................................................................................ 8
9 Tooth wheel Lubrication ...................................................................................................... 9
10 Operating Spooling Device ................................................................................................ 10
11 Command Change - Bridge and deck................................................................................. 11
12 Command Change - Control Panel and Winch Operators Chair........................................ 11
13 Emergency Stop.................................................................................................................. 12
14 Emergency Release............................................................................................................. 12
15 Alarm lamps on Control Panel. .......................................................................................... 13
16 Overspeed Protection.......................................................................................................... 13
17 Calibrating Joystick for speed control of winch................................................................. 14
18 Calibrating Knob for Tension Control of winch. ............................................................... 15
APPENDIX : .................................................................................................................................. 17
A User Manual - TOWCON NT 815-015.......................................................................... 17
B User Instructions for WRC1021B 812-180GB ............................................................... 17
C Operating Instruction, Tension Control 814-269 ............................................................. 17
D Winch Operators Chair 819-005GB .............................................................................. 17
E User Instruction – Radio Controller 819-018GB ............................................................ 17

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1 Preparing operation.
Before starting any pumps, one should always make sure that brakes are engaged, and that there
are no open valves, filters etc due to maintenance work or other, and that all personnel are
alarmed against the danger of getting injured in chains, wires etc. because of winches is now
being used.
2 Start of Pumps.
Before starting any pump or servo unit, make sure that no work is being carried out on winch
motors, pipes, valves or other part of the hydraulic systems!
All hydraulic pumps and servo units may be started and stopped by switches on starter cabinets,
but normal operation is remote controlled from bridge, by use of Touch Screen on monitor
included in the TOWCON NT Monitoring & Control System. Please study instruction for
operating as described in manual 815-015.
Windlass pump may be started and stopped by pushbuttons on Windlass Control Panel.
3 Release Brake.
This vessel has got Band Brakes on the Anchor Handling (A.H.) Drum, the Towing (TOW) Drum
and the Secondary Winches (SEC) that may be remote operated from the Main Control Panel.
These brakes may also be manually operated at the winch, but that opportunity is normally not
used under ordinary circumstances. Please study instructions for emergency use of brakes on the
name plate on Emergency Brake Pump on winch. In case of leakage in servo pipes brakes on
A.H./TOW Winches will be engaged by a accumulator on the Emergency Brake Unit, securing a
minimum of brake force.
Please spend some time to study how the emergency systems works before releasing brakes by use
of remote control. Before releasing any brake, be sure about the precautions mentioned in chapter
1.1 concerning security of crew is carried out.
Section of Control Panel.
Illustration only !
Example of control switch and

indicating lamps on a control panel.
Brake will normally be marked by the
name of the winch, as an example :
BRAKE – TOWING DRUM.
Observe :
Flashing Lamp = order not fulfilled !

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Releasing or Engaging a brake is controlled by a set of selector switch with attached control lamps,
one set for each drum. Release brake by turning the selector to position Brake Off. The green
lamp above the selector will now start blinking, and after a few seconds it will light continuously
to indicate that the brake now is completely released.
When engaging the brake again, turn the selector to position Brake On.
Continuous light appears in control lamp ‘Brake On’ indicating engaged brake.
NOTICE !
It is inadvisable to release brake when drum is not connected to motor unit !
CAUTION !
Do always evaluate load on winch before releasing brake !
4 Long Time Towing.

This vessel may from time to time use one of the main winches only for holding the load/tow
tensioned without rotating, and with brakes engaged. In this occasions it would be convenient to
stop the servo pump to prevent the servo oil getting overheated, save fuel and reduce noise.
However, the brakes are depending on continuously servo oil pressure, and because of a small
leakage in valves etc the servo pump would even in this occasions had to been started from time to
time to maintain high enough pressure. To make this start/stop sequence of servo automatic, the
servo unit is equipped with facilities to take care of this job of its own, if so is wanted.
The automatic start/stop function is called ‘Long Time Towing’, and is remote controlled from the
Main Control Panel on bridge. Look for the selector and control lamps marked ‘Long Time
Towing’.
If the automatic function is wanted, turn the selector to position ‘ON’, and the lamp to the right
will be illuminated to indicate that the function is activated. Start and Stop of servo unit will be
possible as normal when ‘Long Time Towing’ is activated, and the control lamp on the Control
Panel will even show when the automatic system is running the pump.

Illustration only !
Example of control switch and

indicating lamps on a control panel.

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CAUTION !
When Long time Towing is active the servo unit will start automatically when pressure is
below limit for start, regardless of buttons pressed on screen or on control panel. Keep this
in mind when maintaining the servo system.
5 Limitation of Maximum Pull.

It is possible to control the power on the A.H.-Drum, TOW-Drum and the Secondary Winches by
limiting the oil pressure in their hydraulic motors. Pressure is controlled by Tension Control knob.
To limit the pressure, turn the knob counter-clock. To allow higher pressure, turn the knob
clockwise. Maximum pressure is 45 Bar. Please notice that you may not see the pressure increase
on panel meters or bar graphs etc even if you adjust the knob. This is so because the pressure will
never exceed what is necessary to cope with the present torque on hydraulic motors.
Please notice that it is necessary to have the Servo Pump in service to operate as described in this
chapter.

Illustration only !
Please notice that you may not see the

pressure increase on panel meters or bar
graphs etc even if you adjust the knob.
This is so because the pressure will never
exceed what is necessary to cope with the
present torque on hydraulic motors.
The little red lamp below the knob will light

when controller is activated.
Change of command : If there is a second knob for adjusting tension, perhaps on the Winch
Operators Chair, the red lamp below the tension knob will not be lit when the “slave controller” is
in command. If the red lamp is blinking, a “command change” is denied because the knob that’s
not in command isn’t adjusted equal to the activated one. Adjust the knob that’s “parked” to same
position as the activated one, and the change of command will be fulfilled.

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6 Motor Modes: “1 Cell, 2 Cells or 3 Cells”
Operator may select operation by use of all motor cells to get maximum pull,
or by “closing” one of them to get the advantage of increased rotation speed.
Selection is possible by operating switch on control panel on bridge.
System will automatically select “3 Cells” when “power on”.
System will select use of motor cells according to operators request and what is allowed pressure,
and will not accept commands that may result in uncontrolled pay out because of winch not being
capable of holding load when one cell is closed. This is secured by the system evaluating measured
pressure and comparing this to what the winch will be capable of holding if one motor cell is
closed.
If selected mode is not available, the indication lamp for this mode will be blinking.
System will not close the motor cell unless pressure is safe, and tension controller is adjusted
to max , but as soon as these tests are OK, the system will change to selected mode. System will
not swap to another “cell-mode” unless this is indicated by user operating the selector switch.
System will not take in use closed motor-cell automatically to prevent pay-out because of pressure
exceeding max pressure adjusted on safety valves. In case of uncontrolled pay out when operating
on 1 cell, operator should select 2 Motor Mode. This may be done at any time, regardless oil
pressure and adjustment of tension control knob.
Sections of Control
Panel : Illustration
only !
Equipment on
various vessels may
look slightly
different.
To select 1 Motor Cells :

Adjust actual tension knob to max.
Make sure that brake is not engaged.
Turn selector to the right to select 1 Cells.
If winch can hold the load without paying out, on motor cell will be
closed. This will make speed accelerate.

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7 Rotate the Winch.
It’s possible to remote control rotation of the A.H.-/TOW-Drums, the Sec. Winches and the
Tugger Winches from bridge.
e Rotation may also be controlled by manual operation of the manoeuvre valves on the winch
motors, but normal operation is controlled by levers on the Control Panels on bridge.
To pay out, push lever firmly ahead. To haul in, pull lever firmly against you. Avoid too quick
movements on control levers to minimize stress on generators, pipes, pumps and other hydraulic
equipment, and to make winch operations as little “noisy” as possible.
Releasing the lever will make the winch stop, as the lever automatically returns to stop position.’
Please notice that it is necessary to have the Servo Pump in service to operate as described above.
Section of Control Panel. Illustration only !
Notice that there are also two switches at

front of the joystick grip and one on each
side on the rear. These switches may be
used for operating a Spooling Device.
Please see own part of instruction.
Before rotating any winch, be sure about the precautions mentioned in chapter 1 concerning
security of crew is carried out.

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8 Connecting Drums to the Motor Units.
Select drums by operating selector switches on the Main Control Panel.
A.H. Drum Coupling and Towing Drum Coupling

Selection is done by a rocker switch on the Main Control Panel.
Operate by switching the selector to wanted position.
When the coupling position selector is turned, one of the adjacent control lamps will start blinking. When the coupling
is in right position, the control lamp will light continuously.

Illustration only !
Coupling indication lamps.

When the coupling is in right position, the control
lamp will light continuously.
Please observe
It is not possible for any of the drums to disengage the drum coupling if the brake is released. If for any reason one of
the couplings should move from its decided position, the topical control lamp will start blinking to alarm the operator.
It is not possible to operate both the AH-Drum and the Towing Drum at the same time.
When a coupling position selector is turned, one of the adjacent control lamps will start blinking.
When the coupling is in right position, the control lamp will light continuously. If for any reason one of the couplings
should move from its decided position, the topical control lamp will start blinking to alarm the operator.
CAUTION !
Disengage drum coupling when towing with brake on !
Take precautions not to exceed specified max-load on cable lifters !

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9 Tooth wheel Lubrication
This vessel is supplied with a lubrication system for the tooth wheels on the A.H.-Drum, TOW-
Drum and the Secondary Winches. Even though this system is automatic it is necessary to check
the amount of grease on the wheels before every winch operation. This must be done by manual
inspection because the system has no sensors that can verify that grease is in fact applied to the
wheels and is not squeezed out through a damaged pipe, or that something else has made the
system failing. There are inspection lids on all gear covers.
If inspection unveils lack of grease, extra lubrication must be supplied by manual override of the
automatic function. Push the “Force Lubrication” –button on the control panel. Grease will now be
supplied continuously until drum has rotated one turn. The “Force Lub.”-button will now be
blinking to remind operator that this function is activated. The “Force Lubrication” period can not
be interrupted from the remote control, but the function will be aborted if drum is stopped. The
control lamp on panel will be shut off immediately if the period is ended or the function of any
reason is aborted.
The lamp “Lubr. Now” will be lit when grease is applied to one of the wheels. Please observe this
control lamp during winch operation to be sure that system is in order. If one of the drums is
rotating for longer periods without this lamp being lit there is reason to suspect that there is a
malfunction in the lubrication system, and tooth wheels must immediately be inspected.
The lamp “Low Grease Level” will be lit if grease level in reservoir gets low. Action must
immediately be taken to refill the tank or unveil any fault in the system.
On the Lubrication Cabinet on winch is to be found the same control lamps that are described
above, and there is also a “Force Lubrication”-switch. Be aware that pushing this button will not
give continuously greasing for more than one turn of the rotating wheel.
Control lamps and ”Force Lubrication” –switch on

control panel on bridge.
Section of Control Panel : Illustration only !

Equipment on various vessels may look slightly
different.
CAUTION !
The automatic lubrication system can fail. For this reason always check the gear
transmission visually to verify that the teeth are covered with grease.
The winch must never run without grease on gearwheels. If this is done, you will get
breakdown of the gearwheels.

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10 Operating Spooling Device
The spooling devices are to be operated by use of small push buttons on the speed control
joysticks. This makes it possible to operate both Hoist/Lower and spooling at the same time by
using only one hand. Observe that when operating speed control or Spooling Devices by use of
joystick on armrest of Winch Operators Chair, they must be activated by pushing the “Activate”-
button on stb armrest panel. Do also remember to start Spooling Servo Unit.
Make spooling device move to stb by pressing the left push button at the front of the joystick
head, or use the right button to make it move in port direction.
Spool STB :
Press left button on front of grip.
Spool PORT :
Press right button on front of grip.

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11 Command Change - Bridge and deck.
Some remote control functions, such as hoist/lowering and spooling, may also be carried out by
use of portable controllers operated on deck, where view to what’s going on normally is much
better than from the wheelhouse. It is always officers on bridge that has the opportunity to allow
crew on deck to operate the winches by use of the portable controllers and personal on bridge may
at any time take over.
Assigning command is done by use of selector switch on control panel on bridge, but the portable
unit will not be “in service” before the crew on deck has activated it according to a special
procedure. Until this is done, bridge is still in command.
Please study special User Instruction for Portable Controller to get full details.
Sections of Control Panel : Illustration only !

Equipment on various vessels may look slightly
different.
12 Command Change - Control Panel and Winch Operators Chair.

Functions that may be remote controlled from Winch Operators Chair is Speed Control on one or
more winches, tension control on one or more winches, and even wire spooling if this function is
applicable. Please study drawings of your chair and the special Users Instruction for Winch
Operators Chair before taking the remote control in use.
Changing command between joysticks, tension controllers, and switches for wire spooling on the
chair and on the control panel will be as selected by push buttons on chair arm rests.
Be ware that if operators chair has claimed command for one or more functions, this can only be
undone by selectors on the chair.
Winch Operators Chair should never be activated unless person in charge of winches is seated in it
and is fully concentrated of all work concerning winch equipment !
Please study the special Users Instructions.

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13 Emergency Stop.
If something unexpected or dangerous should occur, demanding the winches to be stopped
immediately, there is an Emergency Stop Switch on the Control Panel on bridge. There is also one
of these switches placed on a small junction box on a convenient place on deck. Please make sure
that the crew is informed about where they are placed before any winch operations are started.

Illustration only !
Pushing down one of these switches will stop the Servo

Unit and all Main Pumps, make the manoeuvre valves
on winches go to Stop Position, and engage all remote
controlled brakes.
NOTE !
Pushing down one of the Emergency Stop Switch on the
Radio Controls will only stop the pumps, including
spooling pumps, that may be used by the winches that are
controlled from that radio control. Servo pumps will not
be stopped by the Emergency Stop Switches on Radio
Controls.
14 Emergency Release.
If something unexpected or dangerous should occur, demanding the winches to release the load
immediately, there is an Emergency Release Switch on the Control Panel on bridge. There is also
one switch placed on deck. Please make sure that the crew is informed about where they are placed
before any winch operations are started. One should however be ware of the rather serious
consequences using these switches may cause to ship, crew and equipment; and because of this the
switches are also protected against being pushed down by accidents. Pushing down one of these
switches will cause brakes being only smoothly engaged, with a rather weak force, just enough to
prevent uncontrolled rotation on drum resulting wire injury.
Illustration only !
NOTICE !
Observe that pulling up again the activated switch will
make the brake be engaged (if it was engaged when the
Emergency Release was activated). If so is done while
there is load in wire this may cause serious damages to
winch equipment, towing wire, ship, and even expose crew
members to great danger.

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15 Alarm lamps on Control Panel.
PLC Master Failed
If this lamp is lit there is a fault in the remote control system, and all of the cabinets included in the
system has lost contact with the master PLC that is to be found under the Control Panel inside the
control desk. Stop all winch operations immediately and engage all brakes manually to secure
equipment and crew. Check power supply for PLC, and that the relay marked K8 on Bridge Panel
Interface is activated. You’ll need the Circuit Diagrams to examine this properly. Please look in
the Instruction Book to find these, normally in the last section of chapter 6.
If power supply seems to be OK, try turning key on CPU-unit from position “RUN” to position
“STOP” and wait a few seconds before switching back to “RUN”; this should restart the CPU.
If no fault is found, please contact RRM Deck Machinery, Service Dep.
PLC Slave Failed

If this lamp is lit there is a fault in the remote control system, and one of the cabinets included in
the system has lost contact with the master PLC that is to be found under the Control Panel inside
the control desk. Stop all winch operations and engage all brakes manually to secure equipment
and crew. Contact RRM Deck Machinery, Service Dep.

General :
All alarm lamps are red, and they will be
blinking in case of an alarm situation. Light
intensity on alarm lamps can not be reduced by
the Panel Illumination Dimmer.
16 Overspeed Protection.
If the Remote Control detects rotation speed on either the Stb Motors or the Port Motors of
above 130 RPM, the hydraulic pressure in the winch motors will automatically be
increased to maximum to reduce motor RPM. At the same time the Speed Control will
adjust manoeuvre valves on the topical motor units to Stop-Position. A Brake On order will
be given simultaneously to reduce the RPM under the preset limit.
If this happens one should increase the motor pressure a little next time when similar
operations is to be carried out, to prevent damages on winch motors caused by too high
revolution speed. Towcon Monitoring System will warn the operator about high motor
RPM. Please study the Users Instruction for the Towcon.
Segment of Alarm picture in

Towcon.
By reducing the RPM limit on the Towcon Monitoring System, overspeed protection can
easily be tested.
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17 Calibrating Joystick for speed control of winch.
Entering "Cal mode"
Make sure that all speed control levers are positioned to Stop-position.
Press - and hold - "Lamp Test" and "Cal mode" buttons on the operator panel.
All the lamps on the panel will be lit/blinking. Release buttons when all lamps but "Cal mode" is
out.
This should take approx. 3 seconds.
The red “Cal mode” lamp will flash. - You have successfully entered "Cal mode"

Equipment on various vessels may look
slightly different.
To enter “Cal-Mode” :
Press “CAL MODE” and “LAMP TEST”
switches simultaneously for at least 3 sec.
As you release the switches the “CAL
MODE” button will be lit.
To leave “Cal-Mode” :
Do as described to enter Cal-Mode, press the
switches simultaneously for about 3 s.
As you release the switches the “CAL
MODE” button will be shut off.
Conditions:
All main pumps must be stopped, and
brakes must be engaged to enter cal
mode.
Commencing calibration of levers

Move speed lever that you want to calibrate off centre and press "Cal Mode" button at the same
time.
If the movement is correct the panel will give feedback with blinking with all lights. - Release
button.
Move speed lever to hoist/lower. Panel should be blinking when lever is moving towards end
position.
The blinking indicates that "new" values are stored in memory. Move once again to hoist/lower. If
no blinking is to be seen, release speed lever, and repeat "Commencing calibration of levers" for
all applicable actuators.
Leaving "Cal mode"

Make sure all speed levers are released to Stop-position.
Press "Cal Mode" button. There should be no blinking in any lamp. If blinking, repeat
"Commencing calibration of levers".
When finished - press - and hold - "Lamp Test" and "Cal mode" buttons on the operator panel.
After approx. 3 seconds all the lamps on the panel will be lit/blinking. Then release buttons.
You have successfully left "Cal mode", normal operation can now take place.

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NOTICE !
This procedure have to be performed if changing hardware in the PLC system or on the operator
panel.
When new "WRC-cards" are replacing old ones, please study WRC-manual for information
regarding calibration on the WRC card.
To calibrate chair speed lever, activate a drum from chair. Chair has to be active.
18 Calibrating Knob for Tension Control of winch.

Entering "Cal mode"
Make sure that all tension control knobs are adjusted to middle pressure, position 5,5 on scale.
To enter Cal-Mode follow procedure as described for calibration of speed control, see section 1.14
Equipment on various vessels may look slightly different.
To enter “Cal-Mode” :
Press “CAL MODE” and “LAMP TEST” switches
simultaneously for at least 3 sec.
As you release the switches the “CAL MODE”-button will
be lit.
To leave “Cal-Mode” :
Do as described to enter Cal-Mode, press the switches
simultaneously for about 3 s.
As you release the switches the “CAL MODE”-button will
be shut off.
Conditions:
All main pumps must be stopped, and brakes must be
engaged to enter cal mode.
Commencing calibration of levers

Move tension controller you want to calibrate clockwise and press "Cal Mode" button at the same
time.
If the movement is correct the panel will give feedback with blinking with all lights. - Release
button.
Turn knob clockwise to max ( 10 ) ; counter clock to minimum ( 1 ) ; and then back to middle.
Panel should be blinking when knob is rotating towards end positions. The blinking indicates that
"new" values are stored in memory. Repeat adjustment middle-max-min-middle. If no blinking is
to be seen, repeat "Commencing calibration” for all applicable tension controllers.
Leaving "Cal mode"

Before leaving ”Cal-Mode”, make sure that all tension control knobs are adjusted to middle
position.
Press "Cal Mode" button. There should be no blinking in any lamp. If blinking, repeat
"Commencing calibration".
Leave “Cal-Mode” as described for calibration of speed control.

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Before entering and leaving ”Cal-Mode” adjust tension controllers to middle pressure.
This procedure has to be performed if changing hardware in the PLC system or on the operator
panel.
To calibrate chair tension knob, activate a drum from chair. Chair has to be active.

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APPENDIX :
Appendix Description Document
A User Manual - TOWCON NT 815-015

B User Instructions for WRC1021B 812-180GB
C Operating Instruction, Tension Control 814-269
D Winch Operators Chair 819-005GB
E User Instruction – Radio Controller 819-018GB

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OPERATION INSTRUCTION
WINCH OPERATORS CHAIR
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1 Use of Winch Operators Chair 2-4
2 Remote Control Operation 5-7
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1.1 Table of contents. 819-005 2
1.2 Preparing operation. 2
1.3 Activate Winch Operators Chair. 3
1.4 Short pauses. 3
1.5 “Parking” the Winch Operators Chair . 4
1.2 Preparing operation.

Before starting pumps, one should always make sure that the brakes are engaged
and that there are no open valves, filters etc., due to maintenance or other work,
and that all personnel are warned about the possibility of being injured by chains,
wires etc. because of the winches being in use.
Illustrations :
Please notice that this is a general instruction which applies to several installations.
Because of this illustrations/pictures in this document may show details slightly different from
the equipment delivered to some vessels.
IMPORTANT !
Please note that for you safety the portable control panel system is made "fail to safe".
I.e. if any communication failure with the portable control panel should occur, the winch
pumps will stop.
NOTE :
Never switch off or disconnect the portable winch control panel before the command has
been transferred back to the wheel house

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1.3 Activate Winch Operators Chair.

The most typical functions that may be controlled from the Winch Operators Chair are control of
pull capacity and rotation speed on the most important winches onboard. As the chair is likely to
be the preferred option for operation during long hours, it has higher ranking than the bridge
control panel, and the Activate Switch is placed on stb armrest.
You should always be seated in the chair before activating the controls, and it is recommended
that all tension control knobs, both on armrests and on control panel, are adjusted to maximum
before activating the Operators Chair.
Push the “Active”-button, and it will change from yellow to green, indicating that the chair is
now ready for use. Observe that all other buttons will still have yellow light. This is so because
you’ve not yet actually taken command of any remote control function. As soon as you select an
optional function, that button will change to green colour. There is normally one speed control
joystick and one tension control knob on each armrest, but this may vary. Which winches that
may be controlled are indicated by text on the push buttons, and it is possible to control speed on
one winch and tension on another at the same time even if they are controlled from the same
armrest. This may often result in very many possibilities, so take care when you choose!
Stb Armrest Port Armrest
Typical examples of panels on Stb and Port Armrest.
Push the “Active”-button, and it will change

illumination colour from yellow to green
indicating that the chair is now ready for use.

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1.4 Short pauses.

Generally the operator should never leave the chair when it is activated, though occasionally this
may be necessary. Be aware that there is a risk that someone by an accident may nudge one of
the speed joysticks when moving around in the narrow area around the chair and the control
desks on bridge. Never leave the Winch Operators Chair when it’s activated unless you are
certain that all other personnel on bridge are informed about the risk of unintentional
rotation of drums if they in any way touch joysticks on armrests !
1.5 “Parking” the Winch Operators Chair

When the Winch Operators Chair is to be “parked” this is done simply by pressing the “Pause”-
button on stb armrest. Before this is done it is a good habit to always set tension controllers on
both armrests and control panel to max adjustment. If “Pause”-button is pressed, all orders
controlled from chair will immediately be transferred to joysticks and tension knobs on control
panel. If the tension controllers activated on chair do not have an adjustment equal to that of the
control knobs on panel, it won’t be possible to “park” the chair, and the indication lamp on
armrest and on panel will blink. Adjust the knob on panel to match adjustment of the knob on
armrest. If possible, it is recommended to adjust all tension control knobs, both on armrests and
on control panel, to maximum before “parking” the chair. This is the safest way of doing the
“command change”, and it’ll ensure no trouble when you want to leave the chair.
Study the chapter describing “Limitation of Maximum Pull” in the Operation Instructions for
Remote Control functions.
Tension control knobs on chair and on panel must be adjusted to equal setting before
attempting to “park” Winch Operators Chair.
Equal Adjustments :
Control Knob on Chair
and knob on Control Panel.
Tension Control Knob on control panel

belonging to the selected tension option
from armrest on chair.
Press the “Pause”-button to switch off all

control options on Winch Operators Chair.

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2.0 Table of contents 819-005 5
2.1 Rotate the Winch. 5
2.2 Operating Spooling Devices. 6
2.3 Limitation of Maximum Pull 7
2.1 Rotate the Winch.

It may be possible to remote control rotation of one special winch both from bridge and from a
Portable Controller on deck, as well as from the Winch Operators Chair. As mentioned in
chapter 1.3 the chair has higher ranking than the Control Panel on bridge, but it can’t take
command from a Portable Controller. Control of a winch that’s occupied by a portable controller
may be prepared by selecting it on a armrest, but you’ll not actually get control of the winch
before the command is transferred back to bridge.
Push buttons on the armrests will clearly indicate which winches you may control from the
Operators Chair. Select by pressing a button, and when it changes colour from yellow to green,
the joystick is ready for operation. To control another winch, simply release the joystick and
press another button.
To pay out, push lever firmly

ahead. To haul in, pull lever firmly towards you.
Avoid any quick movements on control levers to
minimize stress on generators, pipes, pumps
and other hydraulic equipment, and to make
winch operations as quiet as possible.
Releasing the lever will make the winch stop, as
the lever automatically returns to stop position
Illustration shows part of stb armrest. Notice that

you can’t select control of a winch unless the
chair is activated. Chair will keep command of
the last selected winch until it is “parked” by the
operator pressing “Pause”-button.

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2.2 Operating Spooling Devices.

The spooling devices are operated by use of small push buttons on the speed control joysticks.
This makes it possible to operate both Hoist/Lower and spooling at the same time by using only
one hand. Observe that joystick will always control spooling on the winch that is selected to
have its speed controlled from the armrest.
Make spooling device move to stb by pressing the left push button at the front of the joystick
head, or use the right button to make it move in port direction.
Spooling rollers may be separated to allow bigger attachments through by pressing the left
button at the rear side of the joystick’s head simultaneously with either the Stb-button or the
Port-button. Opening is achieved by moving stb roller to stb direction or port roller to port
direvtion one at a time. The right side-button is pressed simultaneously with either the Stb-
button or the Port-button to close spooling device. Also when closing the device, the rollers are
moved one at a time. Observe that spooling device may not be opened to maximum distance
between rollers if device is to near end position. In that case move device a little to centre before
making a new attempt to gain maximum opening once more.
Spool STB :
Press left button on front of grip.
Spool PORT :
Press right button on front of grip.
Opening Spooling Device :

Move Stb Roller to stb by pressing
left front button and left rear button simultaneously.
Move Port Roller to port by pressing
right front button and left rear button simultaneously.
Closing Spooling Device :

Move Stb Roller to port by pressing
left front button and right rear button simultaneously.
Move Port Roller to port by pressing
right front button and right rear button simultaneously
Illustration : Typical Part of Port Armrest
OBSERVE !
There is several types of spooling devices, which do not necessarily have all the same functions.
One type may be opened and closed as described above, while another type have fixed distance
between rollers and can’t be opened at all. Another variant is that the rollers may be separated as
described, but the device will close by the movement of the rollers when normal spooling is
resumed. Please study the Operation Instruction for Remote Control to see which applies to that
specific vessel.

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2.3 Limitation of Maximum Pull.

It is possible to control the power on some of the winches by limiting the oil pressure in their
hydraulic motors. Pressure is controlled by a knob marked Tension Control, which is most likely
to be found both on armrests on the Operators Chair as well as the Control Panel. Select which
winch you want to control by pressing one of the push buttons below the knob. The push button
change colour from yellow to green to confirm your choice.
If you press a button and it starts blinking, you are then denied control of the tension adjustment
because the controls on armrest and Control Panel are not adjusted to equal pressure. Adjust the
knob on armrest equal to the knob on control panel and press the push button once more. If the
knob on armrest is already operating tension control for one winch, you’ll also have to check that
the corresponding knob on panel is adjusted to equal value before attempting to take control of
another winch.
Please find more about tension control in the Operation Instructions for Remote Control.
To limit the pressure, turn knob counter-clock.

To increase pressure, turn knob clockwise.
Please notice that you may not see the pressure

increase on panel meters or bar graphs etc even if
you adjust the knob.
This is so because the pressure will never exceed
what is necessary to cope with the present torque
on hydraulic motors.
Illustration : Typical Part of Port Armrest

Illustration above : Control knobs on Control Panel.
PLEASE NOTICE :
Left knob : winch is controlled from chair
If chair is already controlling tension on one winch,
Right knob : winch is controlled from panel.
both the corresponding knob on control panel
and the knob for the new winch you want to take control of
must be adjusted equal to the knob on chair before
a change will take place !
It is recommended to always adjust all tension control

knobs on panel to maximum before activating the chair,
and to adjust knob on armrest to maximum each time a new
winch is selected.

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SECTION 0 - TABLE OF CONTENTS ..............................................................................................2

SECTION 1 - USE OF RADIO CONTROLLER ...............................................................................3
1.1 Preparing operation......................................................................................................................3
1.2 Test Control Unit .........................................................................................................................3
1.3 Activate Radio Controller............................................................................................................3
1.4 Short pauses in use of Radio Controller ......................................................................................4
1.5 Shut off Radio Control System....................................................................................................5
1.6 Operating at “Slow Motion”. ( Optional ) ..................................................................................5
1.7 Using the Radio Controller connected by cable...........................................................................5
SECTION 2 - REMOTE CONTROL OPERATIONS .......................................................................7
2.0 Rotate the Winch. ........................................................................................................................7
2.1 Operating Spooling Devices. ( Optional )...................................................................................7
2.2 Emergency Stop ...........................................................................................................................9
2.3 Emergency Release. ( Optional ) .................................................................................................9
IMPORTANT !
Please note that for you safety the portable control panel system is made "fail
to safe".
I.e. if any communication failure with the portable control panel should occur,
the winch pumps will stop.
NOTE 1:
Never switch off or disconnect the portable winch control panel before the
command has been transferred back to the wheel house
NOTE 2:
Wireless winch control panels will give low battery warning at approx. 15-20
minutes remaining capacity.
If the low battery alarm goes off during operation, interrupt the winch
operation immediately and transfer the command back to the wheel house.
Change battery before the wireless control panel is used again.

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SECTION 1 - USE OF RADIO CONTROLLER
1.1 Preparing operation
Before starting pumps, one should always make sure that the brakes are engaged and that there are no
open valves, filters etc., due to maintenance or other work, and that all personnel are warned about
the possibility of being injured by chains, wires etc. because of the winches being in use.
Please observe that it is not possible to control all functions from the Radio Controller. Starting pumps,
releasing brakes etc must most likely be carried out by personnel on bridge before winch can be
controlled from deck.
Illustrations :
Please observe that this is a general instruction that applies to several installations.
Because of this illustrations/pictures in this document may show details slightly different from the
equipment delivered to some vessels.
1.2 Test Control Unit
Before taking the Radio Controller into use the battery condition should always be checked. If
“Battery” –lamp changes colour from green to red, it’s time to recharge the battery.
To secure reliable operation the battery should always be replaced by a fully charged
one before using the controller.
Battery is not necessarily fully recharged even if battery

indicator comes on with green light. Green light
indicates only that voltage is adequate for proper
operation.
Please insert a newly recharged battery every time new
work is to be started.
Battery OK ! If battery indicator changes to red light, Battery voltage low !

switch off unit as described below as soon as possible! !
1.3 Activate Radio Controller
All winch operations should be supervised by personnel on bridge, and it is only possible to activate
Radio Controller if this is cleared by setting selector switch on control panel to Deck Operation. Find
more about “Command Change” between bridge and deck in the Operation Instruction for Remote
Control.
If permission to operate winch from deck is approved, and selector switch is in position Deck, the Radio
Control System can be activated by switching on power for the Radio Receiver.

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This is done by the “Activation Switch”, which is an illuminated rocker switch mounted in a small
junction box. The “Activation Switch” is normally placed near the deck entrance.
Activate the Portable Controller by turning the Key-switch to position ON ( 1 ). Then the “Start-switch”
must be pushed within 5 seconds to avoid an emergency stop.
When controller is ready for use the “In Command” –lamp will be illuminated.
Switch on Radio Key-switch should be

Receiver with the removed from controller
“Activation on Switch” and kept in a safe place
when system is not in use.
“Start”-button is normally found

on the right side of the Radio Controller.
“Start”-button is marked by a symbol
illustrating a horn ( audible alarm )
Switch on controller by with the key-switch,
and push “Start”-button within 5 seconds.
Controller is ready for use when the “In
Command” –lamp is illuminated
1.4 Short pauses in use of Radio Controller
If Radio Controller is not needed for a while it should be switched off to save battery capacity.
Push the “Start”-button and turn the key-switch to switch off the controller. If you forget to push the
“Start”-button before switching off the controller, this will cause an Emergency Stop. Likewise
Emergency Stop will take place if you wait more than 5 seconds after pushing the “Start”-button before
switching off the unit. When the controller is needed simply activate it once more as described above.
Never leave the Radio Controller out of reach
or out of sight when it is activated! If battery capacity gets too low the controller will
automatically be shut off, which will cause an Emergency Stop !

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1.5 Shut off Radio Control System
If winch operation requiring the Radio Controller is terminated, the Radio Control System should be
shut off immediately. Switch off the Controller as described above to avoid an unintended emergency
stop. Switch off power for Radio Receiver by setting the Activation Switch to position “Off”. Set the
selector on control panel on bridge to position Bridge.
When controller is not in use the key should be removed and stored in a safe place.
1.6 Operating at “Slow Motion”. ( Optional )
If winch operation should be carried out with very little wire speed, it is possible to ensure that full
speed is not available just by selecting “slow motion” on the radio controller. Switching between normal
speed and slow motion, or vice versa, can be done at any time. When slow motion is selected max
hoist/lower on joysticks on controller will not give max speed order to the remote control system. This
will secure that max speed on winch is not possible as long as “Slow Motion” is selected.
Speed reduction for slow motion operation may be adjusted as described in the “Operating Instructions”
delivered by the radio control manufacturer, but it is recommended to leave this as adjusted by the Rolls
Royce supervisor.
Normal function
“Slow Motion”
Select normal function or “Slow Motion” whenever you

want.
1.7 Using the Radio Controller connected by cable.
Even though the radio signals do not reach more than approx. 100 metres it may sometimes be advisable
to use the radio controller connected by cable to avoid interference on other systems. The Radio Control
System for winch will not be jammed by other radio systems, but there is no guarantee that the winch
radio won’t influence other systems. Especially when the ship is in a harbour, very close to other
vessels, or at a yard for maintenance etc., it may be a chance that other radio systems are in use at the
same time.

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Connect control cable before switching on the receiver or the controller.

When cable is connected in both ends, the controller will be activated and used exactly in the same way
as if it where operating by radio signals. Switch of system as described in chapter 1. 6 before
disconnecting the cable.
Connection point on Controller is

normally protected by a plastic cap.
Cable between Deck Connection and Receiver

should not be disconnected. The cable may
however easily be disconnected at the receiver
cabinet. When cable is not connected, the
protecting cap should always be attached.
NOTICE !
Cable to be connected between Controller and Connection Point on deck before system is
activated.
Protection cap on Controller and Connection Point must always be in place when cable is not
connected !

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2.0 Rotate the Winch.
Radio Controller may contain joysticks for remote controlled speed on several winches,
but the directions given for correct use are the same for all.
To pay out, push lever firmly ahead. To haul in, pull lever firmly towards you.
Avoid any quick movements on control levers to minimize stress on generators, pipes, pumps and other
hydraulic equipment, and to make winch operations as quiet as possible.
Releasing the lever will make the winch stop, as the lever automatically returns to stop position.
If it is essential that the winch doesn’t rotate too fast it is possible to limit the order given from Radio
Controller. Even if joystick is moved to full-speed position this will then only result in a reduced speed
order to the Remote Control System. Please find more about this in section 1.7
Please notice that it is necessary to have the Servo Pump in service to operate as described above.
Before rotating any winch, be sure that the

precautions mentioned in chapter 1.2
concerning security of crew are carried
out.
2.1 Operating Spooling Devices. ( Optional )
The spooling devices are operated by tilting the speed control joysticks to either left or right. This makes
it possible to operate both Hoist/Lower and spooling at the same time by using only one hand.
Remember that Spooling Servo Unit must be started.
Make spooling device move to stb by pressing the joystick to the left, or press it to the right to make it
move in port direction. Joystick may be moved both forward/backwards and sideways simultaneously,
or the spooling device may be moved stb/right when the winch is stopped.
Spooling rollers may be separated to allow bigger attachments through by pressing the “Open-Close”-
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Opening is achieved by moving stb roller to stb direction or port roller to port direction one at a time.
Close spooling device by pressing joystick to left or right simultaneously as the “Open_Close”-switch is
held in position Close. Also when closing the device, the rollers are moved one at a time. Observe that
spooling device may not be opened to maximum distance between rollers if device is to near end
position. In that case move device a little to centre before making a new attempt to gain maximum
opening.
The Open-Close –switches will return

to neutral position when you release
them.
Keep it in Open /Close position

simultaneously to pressing joystick to
the left/right.
Move spooling device to stb or port by pressing the joystick

sideways as indicated on the controller.
NOTICE !
There are several types of spooling devices, which do not necessarily have all the same functions. One
type may be opened and closed as described above, while another type have fixed distance between
rollers and can’t be opened at all. Another variant is that the rollers may be separated as described, but
the device will close by the movement of the rollers when normal spooling is resumed. Please study the
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2.2 Emergency Stop
If something unexpected or dangerous should occur, which entails that the winches must be stopped
immediately, there is an Emergency Stop Switch on the Radio Controller. Please observe that an
Emergency Stop caused by switch on Radio Controller may not stop all pumps. However, all pumps
used for winches controlled from the Radio Controller will be stopped.
Please take time to examine this before starting any winch operations. There is also one Emergency Stop
Switch placed on a small junction box in a convenient place on deck, as well as a switch on the control
panel on bridge. Please ensure that the crew are informed about their whereabouts before any winch
operations are started.
Section of Portable Controller. Illustration only !
Red button = Emergency Stop
Pushing down one of these switches will stop the Servo

Unit and Main Pumps, make the manoeuvre valves on
winches
go to Stop Position, and engage all remote controlled
brakes.
2.3 Emergency Release. ( Optional )
If something unexpected or dangerous should occur, causing the winches to release the load
immediately, there is an Emergency Release Switch on the Control Panel on bridge. There is also one
switch placed on deck. Please make sure that the crew are informed about their whereabouts before
winch operations are started. One should however be aware of the rather serious consequences that
using these switches may have on the ship, crew and equipment. Because of this the switches are
protected against being activated by accident. Pull the switch actuator upwards and tilt it forwards to
activate. Activating Emergency Release will smoothly engage the brakes, with a rather weak force,
but just enough to prevent uncontrolled rotation on drum resulting in wire injury.
WARNING !
Observe that if function is reset this may result in
the brake being engaged. ( if it was engaged when
the Emergency Release was activated ) If done
while there is load on wire this may cause serious
damages to winch equipment, towing wire, ship,
and even expose crew members to great danger.

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2.4 General Alarm Lamp ( Optional )
Some situations will cause Remote Control or TOWCON System to alarm the crew on bridge by
audible or visual alarm signals. This may be alarm lamps on control panels or texts on the TOWCON
Monitor. These alarms are not available to the person who is operating the Radio Controller on deck,
but he will on some devices get a general alarm, telling that something unexpected has happened. If the
alarm lamp on the Radio Controller is lit, the winch should be stopped immediately and the bridge crew
in charge should be consulted for further information.
Stop all winch operations and contact

personnel on bridge if the Alarm-lamp is
lit !

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Rauma Brattvaag™
Lubricants - Hydraulic oil: ISO VG100
Winches and Cranes Remote Controls

Hydraulic Main System Lubricants Types R8 – R11 – R12
Type of oil V. V.I. P.P. Enclosed gears 1) Grease 1) Type of oil V. V.I. P.P.
F.1 Unitractor 122 130 -27 Agip Blasia 237 Agip GR MU3 Agip Arnica 625 16,5 150 -50
20w/40 145 106 -20
Agip OSO 46
Bartran HV100 100 133 -33 Energol GR-XP 320 Energrease MM-EP2 Bartran HV15 15 155 -51
Supreme Five Star Meropa Lubricant 320 Multifak EP2 Rado Oil HDZ15 16 155 -51
100w-40 88 187 -30
20w-40 126 128 -24
Hyspin AWH-M100 100 130 -30 Alpha SP320 Spheerol EPL2
Alphasyn HG320 2) APS 2 Grease Hyspin AWH-M15 15 150 -51
Powerdraulic 90 136 -25 Centlube G76 Regulus A 2 EP Nevis 3 14 140 -35
Estela H120 145 120 20 Engranasjes HP6 Arga L2 Estela H20 16,8 150 -45
Lissur Engranasje 633 Arga EP2
Rando HDZ100 100 142 -33 Meropa 320 Multifak EP2 Rando HD215 15 155 -48
Starfak EP2
Visga 100 100 106 -33 Epona Z 320 Epexa 2 Visga 15 15 150 -45
Epona SA 320 2)
Univis N100 97 150 -33 Spartan EP 320 Beacon EP2 Univis N15 14 150 -45
Spartan SEP 320 2)
Hydran HV100 99 154 -40 Giran 320 Ceran WR2 Hydran HV22 21,5 158 -46
Giran S 320 2)
Hydraulic Oil AW100 100 95 -18 Gear Lube 6EP EP2 Grease Hydraulic Oil AW22 22 95 -18
Mobil DTE 18M 102 127 -40 Mobilgear 632 Mobillux EP2 Mobil DTE 11M 16 151 -58
Mobil DTE 19M 150 121 -37 Mobil SHC 632 2) Mobilith SHC 460
Hydra Way HVXA100 100 190 -33 Load Way EP320 UniWay EP2N HydraWay HVXA15 16 144 -45
Mereta 320 2)
Magnus Hydraulic 160 137 -20 IBL Gear Oil Sp90 Philube Grease EP2 Magnus Hydraulic 14,2 103 -35
A700 A75
Hydro MV100 100 137 -30 Optigear BM 320 Olista Longtime 2 Hydro 22 23 106 -26
Optigear HT 320 2)
Tellus Oil T100 100 154 -36 Omala Oil 320 SRS 4000 Tellus Oil T15 15 153 -51
Paolina 320/Omala HD320 2)
Rando HD Z100 100 142 -33 Meropa 320 Multifak EP2 Rando Oil HDZ15 15 155 -48
Starfak EP2
Klübersynth Klüberoil GEM 1-320 Polylub GA 352 P Crucolan 22 23,0 90 -22
GEM4-100 100 >140 -45 Klübersynth GEM 4-320 2) Staburags NBU 12K
1) Products listed in columns “Enclosed gears” and 2) Synthetic oil, recommended for winch gear operation
“Bearings” may deviate from those stated on in Arctic area.
lubrication chart for the particular plant. In such Notes in tables: V = Viscosity cSt / 40°C
cases the latter shall take precedence. V.I. = Viscosity Index
Open gear lubricants, see lubrication chart for the P.P. = Pour Point in °C
particular plant.
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Rauma Brattvaag™
Lubricants - Hydraulic oil: ISO VG100
Hydraulisk olje Hydraulic oil

Oljen er en av vinsjeanleggets hovedkomponenter, og må The oil is one of the most important components of a winch
derfor velges og behandles deretter. installation, and must be chosen and considered with this in
Følgende krav stilles til en hydraulikkolje: mind.
The following requirements must be met:
1. Viskositetsindeksen må være over 120.
2. Olje må ha høy skjærstabilitet. 1. Viscosity index above 120.
3. Oljen må ha tilsetninger som hindrer slitasje, rust og 2. High shear stability.
skumdannelse. 3. Contain additives preventing wear, corrosion and
4. Oljen må ha lang brukstid, - tåle varme og fuktighet. foaming.
5. Lav luftløselighet og evne til raskt å skille ut luft. 4. Be of type longlife and withstand heat and humidity.
6. Oljen må ha gode smøreegenskaper. 5. Have low solubility in air and ability to release air.
6. Have good lubrication qualities.
Valg av hydraulisk olje

Oljens tykkelse står i nært forhold til anleggets Choice of hydraulic oil
virkningsgrad. En tynn olje vil således redusere The viscosity of the oil is closely related to the efficiency of
virkningsgraden ved høye temperaturer. På den annen side the installation. A thin oil will reduce the efficiency at high
kan en tykk olje medvirke til vanskeligheter under temperatures. On the other hand a thick oil will cause
oppstarting av et anlegg ved lave temperaturer. Det er difficulties when starting an installation at low temperatures.
derfor svært viktig at oljen tilfredstiller de krav som er nevnt It is therefore essential that the oil meets the above
foran. mentioned requirements.
Skifting av olje Oil change

En hovedregel er at oljen alltid må skiftes dersom noen del The hydraulic oil has to be changed if a brake down or an
av de hydrauliske komponenter har vært kjørt ned. Det er extraordinary wear of the hydraulic components has taken
ellers vanskelig å gi generelle retningslinjer for når den place.
hydrauliske oljen bør skiftes. For å sikre kontinuerlig og It is otherwise difficult to give general rules when oil should
sikker drift anbefales imidlertid en periodisk prøvetagning be changed. To ensure continuos and troublefree operation,
f.eks. en gang pr. år, for analysering av oljens tilstand. it is recommended that samples should be taken at regular
Prøven tappes direkte fra den sirkulerende oljen mens intervals, for instance once a year, for analysing the
denne er varm, og bør være på minst ½ liter. condition of the oil.
The sample must be taken when the oil is circulating and
Viktig: Emballasjen må være helt ren, og korkes straks warm and the test quantity should be at least ½ litre.
prøvekannen er påfylt.
Important: Put the sample in an absolutely clean bottle and
cork it.
Fettsmøring av vinsjer
Det er viktig at det smøres regelmessig. En smørerutine
bør legges opp, og smøreintervallet bestemmes av hvor ofte Grease lubrication of winches
vinsjene er i bruk. Smøring bør utføres når vinsjene er i Regular greasing is vital. A greasing schedule should be
gang. Ved siden av å smøre har fett også en tettende drawn up, and the intervals determined by the operation
funksjon. Det er derfor viktig at også vinsjer som i lengre time and/or frequency use of the winches. Greasing should
perioder er ute av drift blir smurt regelmessig for å hindre take place when the winches are running.
korrosjon på lagrene fra inntrengende sjøvann. In addition to its lubrication function, grease act as a sealer.
Fett med ulike såpebaser er vanligvis ikke blandbare. It is therefore important that winches being out of use for a
Innhent derfor godkjenning fra fettleverandøren eller Ulstein short or long period are greased regularly to prevent
Brattvaag om man vil skifte til en annen type fett med en corrosion of the bearings caused by penetration of
annen såpebase. seawater.
Greases based on different soap bases will usually not mix.
Get the approval from grease supplier or from Ulstein
Brattvaag if you wish to change to a type of grease with a
different soap base.
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Instruction
Rauma Brattvaag™
Flushing - Main System
1. Before oil filling 3. Flushing oil

Verify controlled and cleaned piping to piping Specified main oil according to our oil chart.
diagram.
This to be done by one of our Commission 4. Flushing Pumps
engineers. Main system pumps, or external pumps.
2. Drying 5. Flushing oil speed
Blow thouroughly through with dehuminified, Reynoldsnumber Re>3500 is recommended.
filtrated compressed air. When using the main pumps, the temperature
should be increased to 50 - 60 centigrades.
6. Flushing time
- 30 minutes. Hammer on pipes during
flushing. No motors to be used. Open and
clean filters.
- Repeat for 30 minutes, clean filters again.
- Turn the motors a few turns.
- Repeat flushing until filters are clean, for a
further 3 hours.
7. Cleanliness level of oil

- Recommended to ISO 4406 code 19/14
(NAS 10)
- Max content of water in oil 0.1% volume.
- Verification to be done by analyzing an oil
sample.
Prepared by/date: KL / 24.08.01 Approved by/date: KL / 24.08.01 Instr. No. 814-613GB Rev. = Page 1 of 1
Lubrication instruction for chain driven spooling
devices:
Lubricate monthly with SHELL Lubricate monthly with

Alvania EP2 (TF)* SHELL Alvania EP2 (TF)*
Oil quantity – According to instruction Gliding surfaces: Always covered

Oil type - SHELL Tivela Oil SA*. with grease to prevent rusting
Change oil after the running in period (SHELL Alvania EP2 (TF)*)
of 50/100 hours. Then after every 2500 Chain: Cover with Techtyl
hours or one year Threads: Protect with Densotape
* or corresponding
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Lubrication instruction for brakes:
Protect threads with Densotape
Lubricate brake bolts monthly Lubricate brake bolts monthly with SHELL
with SHELL Alvania EP2 (TF)* Alvania EP2 (TF)*
*SHELL Alvania EP2 (TF) or corresponding
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Lubrication instruction for bushings on drive gear
and claw coupling:
Expose lubrication nipple by moving the coupling in OUT-

position. Lubricate monthly with SHELL Alvania EP2 (TF), or
corresponding.
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Lubrication instruction for roller bearings:
Lubrication of roller bearing: Lubrication of labyrinth:

Lubricate once a year with Lubricate monthly with
SHELL Alvania EP2 (TF), or SHELL Alvania EP2 (TF),
corresponding. or corresponding.
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Lubrication instruction for flexible roller coupling:
Special valve
Regular lubrication nipple
Lubricate monthly through the two

lubrication nipples with EP grease
Din51818 NLGI grade 0.
Fill on both sides until the valves bleed

oil. The total quantity of the coupling is
approximately 7 kg.
IMPORTANT! If the coupling does not have the special valves, unscrew
one of the lubrication nipples to avoid overpressure.
(See specific instruction for roller coupling in instruction manual.)
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FLUSHING WITH FILTER NET” IN UBR-FILTERS:
FILTER FILTER NET MAX. OIL FLOW OIL TEMP.

Type Art. no. L / min Min. / max. °C
N7A 393-636-02 3000 15 / 60
N8A 393-636-01 1800 15 / 60
N9A 393-636-00 6000 15 / 60
* Do not flush with max. oil flow when oil temperature is lower than 15qC.
* Flushing with high oil temperature is favourable.
* Change filter net once or several times during flushing, due to the oil cleanness.
* Remove filter net after flushing.
INSTALLATION OF “FILTER NET” INTO RAUMA-BRATTVAAG FILTERS:

1. Shut off, drain and open the filter.
2. Pick out the magnetic rod and the filter insert, and clean both. (Fig. 1)
3. Fit the filter net inside of the filter insert.
4. Mount the magnetic bar back into the filter insert without displacing the filter net, and in
such a way that the guide rings clamps the filter net in upper and lower edge. (Fig. 2)
5. Split the filter net in upper edge and bend out before mounting back into the filter house.
Filter net
Filter Insert Magnetic rod Filter net Filter insert with

Fig. 1 magnetic rod and
filter net.
Filter net
Filter Insert
Magnetic rod
Fig. 2
PREP. BY: G.H. PAGE 1

REPLACES:
OF 1st
DATE : 17.02.03
FILTER NET REV
USER INSTRUCTION 395-502GB B

Dept. Deck Machinery - Brattvaag
Tel. +47 70 20 85 00 Fax. +47 70 20 86 00
INS REPL. BY :
This document and its contents shall not be made available to any third party without written permission from Rolls-Royce Marine AS.
For å forsikre seg om at tannklaringer på vinsjer er etter våre spesifikasjoner, skal denne
prosedyre brukes:
To ensure that the tooth engagements on winches are according to our specification, this
procedure shall be used:
A. Når vinsjen blir montert under produksjon.
When the winch is assembled in the workshop.
B. Når vinsjen skal installeres ombord.
When the winch is installed on board the ship.
C. Dersom tannhjul eller drev må skiftes.
When gear wheel or pinion shall be replaced.
A. Montering under produksjon: A. Assembly in factory

1. Sjekk i tabell på tegning 44361 for å 1. Use the table on drawing 44361 to find
finne ut hvilke toleranser som gjelder the correct limits for this module.
for den riktige modulen.
2. Bruk metall-shim som tilsvarer ca midt i 2. Find shim that is in the middle between
mellom maksimum og minimum i max. and min. in the table (i.e. 0.5mm –
tannklaringstabellen (eks: 0.5mm – 1.0mm, use 0.75/0.8mm shims).
1.0mm, bruk 0.75/0.8mm shim).
3. Sett opp tannhjul og drev mot 3. Place the gear wheel and pinion
hverandre slik at disse nesten er i against each other until nearly
inngrep mot hverandre. Legg shimet engaged. Put the shims between the
mellom tanninngrepet på teeth on the load side and begin to
belastningssiden, det vil si hivesiden og adjust the pinion against the gear wheel
begynn å stille drevet mot tannhjulet until the shims is stuck between the
helt til shimet sitter fast i tannflankene teeth (picture 1)
(se bilde 1)
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4. Kontroller at shimet sitter fast på begge 4. Check that the shim is stuck on both
sider av drevet slik at det ikke er side of the pinion and there is no
skjevhet mellom tannflankene. obliquity between the tooth flanks.
5. Bruk en følekniv på andre siden av 5. Use a sensing knife on the other side
tanninngrepet for å forsikre deg om at of the tooth engagement to ensure that
det ikke er glipe i mellom tannflankene there is no gap between the tooth
(Minst av: Tannbredde/1000 eller flanks. (Smallest of: Flankwidth/1000
0.2mm). Bruk her en følekniv som er or 0.2mm) Use a sensing knife as thin
så tynn som mulig (eks. 0.05mm). (se as possible (ex.0.05mm).(see pic. 2)
bilde 2) 6. If the gap is bigger than specified,
6. Dersom glipen er større en kravet i shims have to be put under the
punkt 5, må det legges mellomlegg bearing house on the gap side, for
under lagerflaten på den siden som det removing the gap (the gap between
gliper for å heve drevet til det blir rett the tooth flanks decrease). It is
(glipen mellom tannflankene minker). extremely important that the pinion
Det er nå viktig at drevet blir justert mot should be adjusted against the gear
tannhjulet slik at shimet som ligger wheel so the shims still is stuck
mellom tanninngrepet fremdeles ligger between the tooth engagement on
fast på begge sidene. both sides.
7. På alle tanninngrep kontrolleres det at 7. Check that the teeth tips on pinion and
tanntopper på hjul eller drev ikke wheel are not transmitting the tooth
overfører hele lasten ved tennenes inn- pressure when entering and leaving
eller utløp. Toppavletting utføres iht the engagement. If so, tip relief shall
instruksjon 410720-2 hvis inngrepet be done according to instruction
ikke er OK. 410720-2.
8. Målte klaringer og skjevheter mellom 8. Measured clearances and obliquity’s
tannflanker noteres og signeres i between tooth flanks to be noted and
tannklaringsskjema for gjeldende vinsj signed on relevant form by installer
av montør og kontrollør. and inspector.
Bilde 2 / Picture 2
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B. Kontroll av tanninngrep: B. Checking tooth engagement
9. Roter vinsjen slik at tannhjul og drev 9. Rotate the winch so the gearwheel
står i fast inngrep mot hverandre i and pinion is standing engaged in
hiveretning. heave direction.
10. Kontroller om det er gliper i mellom 10. Check if there is gap between teeth
tennene i inngrepet (se bilde 3) og (see picture 3) and check against the
jamfør i ”Instruction manual” om instruction manual if the gap is
glipen er innenfor kravene som er gitt. between tolerances.
11. Bruk følekniv på tanninngrepets 11. Use a sensing knife on the tooth
bakside og sjekk hvor stor klaring de engagements backside and check how
er mellom tennen (se bilde 4). Pass på big free space there are between teeth
å kontroller begge sidene for å (see picture 4). Check both side how
konstatere eventuelt hvor stor skjevhet big obliquity there is in the tooth
det er i tanninngrepet. Resultatet engagement. The result shall be
registreres iht punkt 8. noted according to point 8.
12. Ved feil tannklaring eller for skjevt 12. If there is wrong clearance or obliquity
inngrep, må drev-arrangementet teeth engagement, the pinion-
løsnes og lagerstopp flyttes eller arrangement must be loosened, and
forandres. Jamfør tannklaringsskjema i bearing stops moved/changed. Check
”Instruction manual”. Følg videre the gear wheel clearance form in
denne prosedyren fra punkt 2 til 8. “Instruction manual”. Use this
procedure further from point 2 until 8.
C. Utskifting av tannhjul/drev: C. Replacement of gear wheel/pinion

13. Under skifting av tannhjul/drev, må 13. When replacing gear wheel/pinion, the
prosedyren følges fra punkt 9 til 12 i procedure must be followed from point
tillegg til punkt 7. 9 until 12, in addition to point 7.
Bilde 3 / Picture 3 Bilde 4 / Picture 4
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For å forsikre seg om at vinsjer blir opprettet og faststøpt etter våre spesifikasjoner, skal
denne prosedyre brukes:
To ensure that aligning and pouring of winches are according to our specification, this
procedure shall be used:
A. Oppretting av vinsj A. Aligning of winch
B. Forbereding for støping. B. Preparing of pouring
C. Støping. C. Pouring.
D. Forspenning av festeskruer. D. Preloading of holding down bolts.
E. Kontroll av tanninngrep. E. Checking tooth engagement.
A. Oppretting av vinsj A. Aligning of winch.
1. Påfør slippmiddel på justeringsskrue. 1. Apply release agent to adjusting screw.

(Figur 1) (Figure 1)
2. Vinsjen rettes opp ved hjelp av 2. Winch to be aligned by adjusting screw

Justeringsskrue på vinsjeramme. På on winch frame. On heavy winches it
tunge vinsjer kan det være vanskelig å can be hard to raise the winch. Then
heve vinsjen. Da må Justeringsskruen the screws must be adjusted so that
skrues så langt ut at oppretting skjer aligning can be done by lowering the
ved senking. winch.
3. Tannklaring rettes opp etter ”prosedyre 3. Tooth engagement to be adjusted by

for justering og kontroll av tannklaring following ”procedure for adjusting and
mellom tannhjul og drev". I.P.Huse control of tooth engagement between
tegn. Nr. 412857 Avsnitt B. Sjekk gearwheel and pinion”. I.P.Huse draw.
tabell på tegn. 44361 for å finne No. 412857 section B. Use the table on
tannklaring for den aktuelle modul. drawing 44361 to find the correct limit
for this module.
4. Avstand mellom dekk og vinsjeramme 4. Distance between deck and winch frame
skal være ca. 25 mm. shall be ca. 25 mm.
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B. Forbereding for støping. B. Preparing for pouring.
5. Støpeområdet må rengjøres. Rust, olje, 5. Pouring area to be cleaned from rust,

fett, glødeskall og maling må fjærnes. oil, grease, mill scale and paint.
NB! Epoxy primer (20-25 µm) trenger NOTE! Epoxy primer (20-25 µm) is
ikke å fjernes. allowed.
6. Påfør slippmiddel på demningen. 6. Add release agent on dam plate. Tack

Punktsveis på plass demningen slik at weld dam plate in place so that pouring
det blir enkelt å tømme støpemiddel i can be done easily (figure 2). Seal the
demningen (figur 2).Tett med egnet dam plates with sealing compound.
kitt.
7. Sett bolter godt innsmurt med 7. Insert bolts applied with release agent or
slippmiddel i boltehull, eller bruk rubber tubes into the boltholes.
gummislanger e.l.
C. Støping. C. Pouring.
8. Påse at temperaturen på støpemiddel og 8. Temperature on foundation and resin

fundament er i henhold til anbefaling has to be according to recommendation
for aktuelt støpemiddel. for actual resin.
Figur 1 / Figure 1
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9. Bland herder i henhold til anbefaling 9. Add hardener according to
for aktuelt støpemiddel. recommendation for actual resin.
10. Tøm støpemiddel i demningen kort tid 10. Pour the resin shortly after mixing into
etter blanding i den laveste side av hver the lower end of each chock. Height of
chock. Høyde på støpehode bør vere overpour should be min. 20 mm.
min.20 mm (figur 1). (figure 1)
D. Forspenning av fundamentbolter. D. Preloading of holding down bolts.
11.Påse at støpemiddel er herdet iht 11. Check that resin is completely cured
leverandørens anbefalinger. according to recommendation from
supplier.
12. Fundamentbolter kan ikke forspennes 12 Foundation bolts can not be preloaded
til mer enn 80% av ”normal” to more than 80% of ”normal”
forspenning. Dette for å unngå preloading. This to avoid ”crushing” of
”knusing” av chock. chock.
Se tabell nedenfor. See table below.
Bolt dimensjon Forspenning Bolt dimension Preloading
M36 2100 Nm M36 2100 Nm
M30 1200 Nm M30 1200 Nm
M24 600 Nm M24 600 Nm
E. Kontroll av tanninngrep. E. Checking tooth engagement.
13. Kontroller Tannklaring etter 13. Check tooth engagement by following

”Prosedyre for justering og kontroll av ”Procedure for adjusting and control of
tannklaring mellom tannhjul og drev”. tooth engagement between gear wheel
Tegn. 412857 avsnitt B. and pinion”. I.P.Huse draw. No.
412857 section B.
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Instruction for adjustment of brakes:
1) Release brake by putting brake

handle on control desk to
OFF-position.
2) Tighten tension rod until

brake band is clamping brake
drum.
For
adjustment
of brake
band
3) Adjust support until clearance support
between support and brake band bearings,
is about 0,5 mm. see
instruction
nr 412176
Note! Adjustment will alter due to brake lining

wear and must be periodically checked. 4) Unscrew the tension rod
until brake drum is just
running free from the brake
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Spoling av wire / Spooling of wire:
• Festing av wire ende: • Wire fastening:
Wire enden festes til trommelen i henhold til The wire shall be fastened to the drum
instruksjon 28065A. Valg av høyre- eller according to instruction 28065A. Selection of
venstre-slått wire bør gjøres i henhold til right-hand or left-hand lay wire should be
plassering av wire feste (se fig.1). done according to location of wire fastening
• Første omdreininger: (see fig.1).
Wire festet har begrenset holdekraft. De • First wraps:
første omdreininger spoles derfor med The wire fastening has limited holding
forholdsvis lav kraft. Denne økes progressivt capacity. The first wraps shall therefore be
for hver omdreining. På grunn av friksjon spooled with low force increasing
mellom wire og trommel kan full kraft påføres progressively for each wrap. Due to friction
etter om lag 10 omdreininger. Passende between wire and drum, full load can be
påspolingskraft er 10% av normal applied after 10 wraps. Adequate tension
arbeidskraft. during spooling is 10% of normal working
• Spoling av første wire lag: load.
For å unngå problemer med spoling i høyere • Spooling of first layer:
lag, er det viktig at første wire lag er tett spolt. To achieve good spooling, it is important to
Dette kan gjøres ved bruk av spoleapparat make a tight first layer. A spooling device
og/eller ved hjelp av gummiklubbe. Åpninger and/or a rubber sledgehammer can be used for
mellom turnene må ungås da dette kan this purpose. Openings between wraps must
medføre at høyere lag kan trenge ned i be avoided to prevent other layers to penetrate
mellom og skade wiren. and damage the wire.
• Bøying av wiren: • Bending of wire:
Når wiren skal spoles på vinsjetrommelen, When spooling onto the winch drum, make
sørg for at den bøyes i samme retning som på sure that the wire is bent in same direction as
lagringstrommelen. Unngå S-bøyer, som kan on the pay-off reel. Avoid S-shapes, which
forstyrre wire konstruksjonen (se fig.2). can damage the wire construction (see fig.2).
Avstanden til lagringstrommelen bør være så Distance to pay-off reel should be as big as
stor som mulig slik at innløpsvinkelen blir possible in order to reduce the fleet angle.
liten.
Fig.1
Fig.2
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Fastening the wire clamp:
When clamp is in The wire
right position rope can
(umbrako screws not go
facing the drum more than
flange), crosstighten 25mm
the four M12 through
umbrako screws to the wire
about (85Nm). clamp.
Drum attachment:
Inserting the wire Securing the
clamp: wire clamp:
1) Loosen screws 1) Crosstighten

the six M30
2) Adjust the spring Umbrako screws
loaded screw until to max 2079 Nm
the clamp can be (See instruction
opened by hand. 213901).
3) Push wire rope 2) Tighten to 220

with wire clamp Nm
through the
rectangular hole. 3) Tighten the
(umbrako screws ”spring screw” so
facing the drum that it is not
flange!) protruding into
Make sure clamp is the drum area.
locked against the
ratchet and locking
edge!
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Instruction for emergency brake:
Manometer 1 Manometer 2
Remote controlled Adjustment of

brake: ”Remaining brake
pressure” from the
Valve A and B to be closed accumulator:
and valve C open.
1) Run the brake ON and
Manual emergency OFF several times by the
brake: remote control until the
accumulator opens the valve
(pos 6) and manometer 1 is
ON: Close valve C and B,
showing max pressure in the
open valve A and operate
accumulator.
hand pump until
manometer 2 shows 70 bar.
2) Put the brake ON and
push the quick release
OFF: Open valve B.
button.
Quick release: 3) Apply desired

”Remaining brake force” to
The power supply to both the winch drum and open
solenoids on brake control gas valve (pos 4) on the
valve (pos 5) is cut off. accumulator until the drum
The spool then goes to just start to rotate. See also
middle position, and oil next page.
pressure from the
accumulator (5-25 bar) If the gas pressure is too
goes via the shuttle valve low, the accumulator must
to the brake cylinder and be recharged with nitrogen.
thus giving ”Remaining Charging equipment CGH-
brake force”. 3000 PR Hydraulik A/S.
The accumulator is charged
to 25 bar at delivery.
Valve A Valve B Valve C
Instruction for emergency brake Draw. AL Page 1 of 2
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Repair of chain wheel:
1. Chain wheel and the around area have to be cleaned for dirt and humidity.
2. Control the materials for cracks with (PT) before the repair work starts:
Surface crack Spray on penitrate Remove penitrate Inspection
3. Place the
grinding and
marking template
on chain wheel and
mark the repair
area.
Grinding Marking template for hard

template facing pocket
4. Remove the marked material with carbon air cutting, approximately 10 mm depth.
5. Grind the surface (min. 1mm) to remove carbon remains.
Repair of chain wheel Draw. TF Page 1 of 3
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Chain wheel
Ordinary
filling metal
Filler pass
6. If the pocket is more

Rest filling than 10 mm deep, weld
with hard bottom with ordinary
weld electrode before filler
pass.
7. Before welding is started, adjust the welding point into vertical or a 45° position, and
preheat according to welding procedure H-197 (page 3).
8. Weld with filler pass until depth of pocket is approximately 4-8mm. Use the template
to control that the thickness is reached.
9. Weld the top layer with Castolin 6450 or Cavitec SMA, until surface is barely
covered (1-2 mm oversize).
10. Grind to remove superfluous materialand smoothen surface before putting it back
to service.
NOTE!
If the surface is not smooth after grinding, the chain may be damaged and will also wear
out more quickly.
Examine the entire area for cracks, using dye penetrant method. Never use magnetic
powder for crack detection on stainless steel in combination with carbon steel.
Repair of chain wheel Draw. TF Page 2 of 3
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Installation and dismantling of chain wheel with
hydraulic jack, drawing 311999:
1) Clean and oil shaft and distance 2) Put on the gasket.

ring well. Make sure you have got
the right distance ring for the
specific chain wheel (ref. 211132).
3) Install the centre bolt and the 4) Enter the chain wheel on to the
guiding plate at the shaft end. guiding plate. Rotate the chain wheel to
align the hexagon surfaces.
Installation and dismantling of chain wheel with Draw. AL Page 1 of 3
hydraulic jack, drawing311999 09.07.03
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5) Install the triangle plate and the
hydraulic jack. If the chain wheel is
hard to move, dismantle and check 6) Remove guiding plate, grease shaft end
for sharp edges. and install stop plate.
Dismantling 3) Use a crane to

secure and lift the
1) Remove stop chain wheel
plate and install during
guiding plate. dismantling.
2) To release the 4) Install jack

chain wheel and the triangle
from the shaft, plate as shown to
it may be pull off the chain
necessary to wheel.
rotate the chain
wheel in
lowering
direction.
Installation and dismantling of chain wheel with Draw. AL Page 2 of 3
hydraulic jack, drawing311999 09.07.03
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How to order spare parts
When the parts you want to order are identified (example how to use the Instruction Manual,
see section 1).
Your order to ROLLS-ROYCE Marine AS should if possible contain the following elements:
q Ship name
q Plant No.: A...............(see back cover of Instruction Manual)
q Contact person buyer/ship owner
q Delivery address/consignee
q Delivery time wanted
q Delivery terms
q Way of transportation
q Invoice to
q Item No. of the ordered parts
q Assembly drawing No.
q Name plate data of main components
E-mail address: [email protected]
Identification of winch equipment by Name plates:

Winch units
Rauma Brattvaag
N-6270 Brattvaag - Norway
Rauma Brattvaag
FORDELINGSKODE: DA
PREP. BY: TBA PAGE 1
REPLACES:
OF 3rd
DATE :12.01.1994
BESTILLING AV RES. DELER REV
HOW TO ORDER SPARE PART 812-012 D

Tel. +47 70 20 85 00 Fax. +47 70 20 86 00 INS REPL. BY :
Pump units:
Rauma Brattvaag
FORDELINGSKODE: DA
REPLACES:
OF 3rd
DATE :12.01.1994

Example how to identify Spare Parts
When Assembly Drawing with the requested part

have been located in "Section 6", find Item ID
in the enclosed Parts List.
Here illustrated with Bearing block drawing
no. 396-571, and sliding bearing with Item ID
no. 266-321-14 as pos. no. 2 in Parts List.
Recommended spare parts are marked "R" in the Part Lists.
FORDELINGSKODE: DA
REPLACES:
OF 3rd
DATE :12.01.1994


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Page 1 of 13

Plant No. : A-9067

3.1 Main System

User Instruction 815-015

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Issue number Reason for Change

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1.1 System layout............................................................................................................................ 7

1.2 Workstation .............................................................................................................................. 8

1.3 Interface board......................................................................................................................... 9

2 USER CONTROLS ...................................................................................................... 10

2.1 CRT Monitor.......................................................................................................................... 10

2.2 Power Switch .......................................................................................................................... 10

2.3 Power on lamp........................................................................................................................ 10

2.4 Contrast Control .................................................................................................................... 10

2.5 Brightness Control ................................................................................................................. 10

2.6 Degaussing button.................................................................................................................. 10

2.7 Touch Screen .......................................................................................................................... 11

2.8 Screen adjustments ................................................................................................................ 11

3.1 Using Trackball...................................................................................................................... 13

3.2 Using a Touchscreen .............................................................................................................. 14

3.3 Screen Elements ..................................................................................................................... 15

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3.4 The user menu .......................................................................................................................... 20

4 USING THE SYSTEM.................................................................................................. 22

4.1 Manual Operations .................................................................................................................. 22

4.2 Automatic Operations ........................................................................................................... 40

4.3 Using Cable Lifters ................................................................................................................ 50

4.5 Alarm ...................................................................................................................................... 54

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5.1 Isolation Transformer ........................................................................................................... 56

5.2 Uninterruptable Power Supply (UPS) ................................................................................. 56

5.3 Slave monitor.......................................................................................................................... 56

5.4 Additional workstations ........................................................................................................ 56

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Max. 500 meter

• Built in features for error detection.

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Max. 500 meter total bus length

A workstation consists of the following connections:

• CRT or LCD Monitor

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• All digital inputs are isolated.

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2.1 CRT Monitor

2.2 Power Switch

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2.7 Touch Screen

2.8 Screen adjustments

SELECT BUTTON CONTROL -

2.8.1 Select button

2.8.2 Functions with LED indicators

2.8.3 +/- Control

2.8.4 Reset button