Payout Tension Control System for Reel Mounted Cable.
Abstract
This invention relates generally to the withdrawal or payout of flexible cable under tensile loading from a storage reel, and more particularly to control over such payout. Payout of cable from a storage reel in mine mooring systems associated with marine vessels, for example, is often plagued by cable damage problems caused by excessive tensile loading. In such installations, the mooring cable is tightly and precisely wound on the storage reel in order to avoid cable deformation and cutting through successive layers of cable turns on the reel under tensile loading when payout is stopped. Payout is controlled by an electrically activated brake connected through a brake shaft to a payout arm that is rotated to peel the cable off a stationary reel.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 29, 1990
- Accession Number
- ADD014597
Entities
People
- Gerhard B. Winkler
Organizations
- United States Department of the Navy