A new winch construction for the smooth cable winding/unwinding

Abstract

New constructive solutions of the winches for single-row radial multi-layered cable smooth winding/unwinding are described. Two new structural solutions of winches are defined. The nonlinear phenomenon of a cable smooth winding/unwinding process on the winch by using one of the two proposed constructive solutions is defined and analyzed. To facilitate understanding of this concept, the cable winding/unwinding process on only one winch is analyzed. The obtained variables which characterize the kinematics of the cable smooth winding/unwinding process are nonlinear and smooth. This result is important because the systems for the smooth cable winding/unwinding process on the winch could be parts of any cable driven mechanism. These systems can be used in various fields of human activity. For the verification of the presented theoretical contributions, a novel software package named SMOWIND – OW has been developed using MATLAB.