ACE Control & Read Out Systems

ACE Winches manufactures a wide variety of standard and bespoke winch control systems from basic manual mechanical control to fully automated Active Heave Compensation (AHC) systems.

Low powered hydraulic winches will normally be driven by an open loop hydraulic system and controlled via a directional control valve mounted on the winch. These valves feature a manual control lever as standard but can also be controlled remotely via a system, which can be tailored to suit the application.

Electric winches and higher powered closed loop hydraulic winches are normally supplied with, and controlled from, a power unit which can be designed and built to suit the application. The control system in these winches regulate the direction and speed of the winch by controlling the flow and direction of the power out from the power unit.

Standard:

Local Manual control (Open loop systems)
Manual control of speed and direction via handheld joystick panel connected to power unit (Closed loop or electric drive systems)