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title="Naviják – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Naviják" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spil_(mekanisk)" title="Spil (mekanisk) – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Spil (mekanisk)" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winsch" title="Winsch – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Winsch" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vints" title="Vints – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Vints" 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A <a href="/wiki/Sheet_(sailing)" title="Sheet (sailing)">sheet</a> line runs from the sail (left, not shown) behind the winch to a <a href="/wiki/Block_(sailing)" title="Block (sailing)">block</a> (lower right, not shown) and only from there back to the winch (lower part). The handle is detachable to ease line handling.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Front_of_a_MAN_fire_engine_with_winch_and_shackles.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Front_of_a_MAN_fire_engine_with_winch_and_shackles.jpg/250px-Front_of_a_MAN_fire_engine_with_winch_and_shackles.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="149" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Front_of_a_MAN_fire_engine_with_winch_and_shackles.jpg/330px-Front_of_a_MAN_fire_engine_with_winch_and_shackles.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Front_of_a_MAN_fire_engine_with_winch_and_shackles.jpg/500px-Front_of_a_MAN_fire_engine_with_winch_and_shackles.jpg 2x" data-file-width="987" data-file-height="670" /></a><figcaption>Front of a <a href="/wiki/MAN_SE" title="MAN SE">MAN</a>-based <a href="/wiki/Fire_engine" title="Fire engine">fire engine</a> with a built-in winch, e.g. for towing damaged cars after an accident</figcaption></figure> <p>A <b>winch</b> is a mechanical device that is used to pull in (wind up) or let out (wind out) or otherwise adjust the <a href="/wiki/Tension_(physics)" title="Tension (physics)">tension</a> of a <a href="/wiki/Rope" title="Rope">rope</a> or <a href="/wiki/Wire_rope" title="Wire rope">wire rope</a> (also called "cable" or "wire cable"). </p><p>In its simplest form, it consists of a <a href="/wiki/Bobbin" title="Bobbin">spool</a> (or drum) attached to a hand <a href="/wiki/Crank_(mechanism)" title="Crank (mechanism)">crank</a>. Traditionally, winches on ships accumulated wire or rope on the drum; those that do not accumulate, and instead pass on the wire/rope (see yacht photo above), are called <a href="/wiki/Capstan_(nautical)" title="Capstan (nautical)">capstans</a>. Despite this, sailboat capstans are most often referred to as winches. Winches are the basis of such machines as <a href="/wiki/Tow_truck" title="Tow truck">tow trucks</a>, <a href="/wiki/Steam_shovel" title="Steam shovel">steam shovels</a> and <a href="/wiki/Elevator" title="Elevator">elevators</a>. More complex designs have <a href="/wiki/Gear" title="Gear">gear</a> assemblies and can be powered by electric, <a href="/wiki/Hydraulic" class="mw-redirect" title="Hydraulic">hydraulic</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pneumatic" class="mw-redirect" title="Pneumatic">pneumatic</a> or <a href="/wiki/Internal_combustion" class="mw-redirect" title="Internal combustion">internal combustion</a> drives. It might include a <a href="/wiki/Solenoid_brake" title="Solenoid brake">solenoid brake</a> and/or a <a href="/wiki/Mechanical_brake_stretch_wrapper" title="Mechanical brake stretch wrapper">mechanical brake</a> or <a href="/wiki/Ratchet_(device)" title="Ratchet (device)">ratchet and pawl</a> which prevents it unwinding unless the <a href="/wiki/Pawl" title="Pawl">pawl</a> is retracted. The rope may be stored on the winch. When trimming a line on a <a href="/wiki/Sailboat" title="Sailboat">sailboat</a>, the crew member turns the winch handle with one hand, while tailing (pulling on the loose tail end) with the other to maintain tension on the turns. Some winches have a "stripper" or cleat to maintain tension. These are known as "self-tailing" winches.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Winch&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="In_the_Ancient_World">In the Ancient World</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Winch&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: In the Ancient World"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Treuil_de_traction_et_timonerie_d%27un_chalutier.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Treuil_de_traction_et_timonerie_d%27un_chalutier.jpg/250px-Treuil_de_traction_et_timonerie_d%27un_chalutier.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Treuil_de_traction_et_timonerie_d%27un_chalutier.jpg/330px-Treuil_de_traction_et_timonerie_d%27un_chalutier.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Treuil_de_traction_et_timonerie_d%27un_chalutier.jpg/500px-Treuil_de_traction_et_timonerie_d%27un_chalutier.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5460" data-file-height="3623" /></a><figcaption>Winch used on a fishing boat to bring in nets</figcaption></figure> <p>The earliest literary reference to a winch can be found in the account of <a href="/wiki/Herodotus_of_Halicarnassus" class="mw-redirect" title="Herodotus of Halicarnassus">Herodotus of Halicarnassus</a> on the <a href="/wiki/Greco%E2%80%93Persian_Wars" class="mw-redirect" title="Greco–Persian Wars">Persian Wars</a> (<i><a href="/wiki/Histories_(Herodotus)" title="Histories (Herodotus)">Histories</a></i> 7.36), where he describes how wooden winches were used to tighten the cables for a <a href="/wiki/Pontoon_bridge" title="Pontoon bridge">pontoon bridge</a> across the <a href="/wiki/Hellespont" class="mw-redirect" title="Hellespont">Hellespont</a> in 480 BCE. Winches may have been employed even earlier in <a href="/wiki/Assyria" title="Assyria">Assyria</a>. </p><p>By the 4th century BCE, winch and pulley <a href="/wiki/Hoist_(device)" title="Hoist (device)">hoists</a> were regarded by <a href="/wiki/Aristotle" title="Aristotle">Aristotle</a> as common for architectural use (<i><a href="/wiki/Mechanics_(Aristotle)" title="Mechanics (Aristotle)">Mech</a></i>. 18; 853b10-13).<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="In_the_20th_Century">In the 20th Century</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Winch&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: In the 20th Century"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The yacht <i><a href="/wiki/Reliance_(yacht)" title="Reliance (yacht)">Reliance</a></i>, American defender of the 1903 <a href="/wiki/America%27s_Cup" title="America's Cup">America's Cup</a>, was the first racing boat to be fitted with modern winches below decks. The <i>Reliance's</i> competitors relied on muscle power using topside mounted <a href="/wiki/Capstan_(nautical)" title="Capstan (nautical)">capstans</a> and <a href="/wiki/Windlass" title="Windlass">windlasses</a>, which would soon be replaced in most applications by winches, including on <a href="/wiki/Fishing_boat" class="mw-redirect" title="Fishing boat">fishing boats</a>, where they are used to bring in the <a href="/wiki/Fishing_net" title="Fishing net">fishing nets</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Other_applications">Other applications</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Winch&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Other applications"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Flat_Bed_Tow_Truck.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Flat_Bed_Tow_Truck.jpg/220px-Flat_Bed_Tow_Truck.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Flat_Bed_Tow_Truck.jpg/330px-Flat_Bed_Tow_Truck.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Flat_Bed_Tow_Truck.jpg/440px-Flat_Bed_Tow_Truck.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3072" data-file-height="2304" /></a><figcaption>Winching a car onto a tow truck</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Vehicle_recovery">Vehicle recovery</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Winch&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Vehicle recovery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444" /><table class="box-Unreferenced_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Unreferenced" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/60px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/120px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>does not <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">cite</a> any <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">sources</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Winch" title="Special:EditPage/Winch">improve this section</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a>. Unsourced material may be challenged and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Burden_of_evidence" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">removed</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">November 2023</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The main feature that legally distinguishes a <a href="/wiki/Tow_truck" title="Tow truck">tow truck</a> from a conventional <a href="/wiki/Truck" title="Truck">truck</a> in many jurisdictions is the presence of a winch, which is used to either extract disabled or immobilized vehicles, or to load them onto flatbed/tilt and load type tow trucks. These may be electrically or hydraulically powered from a <a href="/wiki/Power_take-off" title="Power take-off">power take-off</a>, and is wound with a wire cable and equipped with a hook. <a href="/wiki/Snatch_block" class="mw-redirect" title="Snatch block">Snatch blocks</a> may be used to change direction or increase the pulling power and a variety of specialized hooks may be attached to the main hook, including hooks which attach to specific parts of the car. J-hooks, which look somewhat like blunt meat hooks are used to hook around axles. Mini-J hooks can be used if there is a tow loop provided, and R and T hooks are designed to hook into slots cut by the manufacturer in the underside of the frame on many cars. Axle straps may also be used, when there are few other places to attach. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Off-road_vehicles">Off-road vehicles</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Winch&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Off-road vehicles"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Off-road_vehicles" class="mw-redirect" title="Off-road vehicles">Off-road vehicles</a> may be equipped with recovery tools such as winches on the front and back bumpers, usually mounted to a <a href="/wiki/Bullbar" title="Bullbar">winch bar</a> or frame mounted metal bumper. Less commonly it is mounted on a specialised metal plate "hidden winch mount" behind the vehicle's stock bumper, this is referred to as a "hidden winch" as the hook and fairlead hides behind a flip-up front number plate, the winch itself is not visible.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The snubbing winch is used to pull vehicles out of mud, snow, sand, rocks, and water, and to pull vehicles through or over obstacles. The winch is made of cable made up of a braided synthetic rope, or a steel cable wrapped around a motorized drum. Each is controlled electronically, allowing the operator to control the winch speed.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Modern vehicles typically use <a href="/wiki/Warn_Industries" title="Warn Industries">electric winches</a> running off the car's 12V starter or 24V secondary battery. The winch is either controlled with a detachable cable, a button inside the car or wireless remote. Older vehicles may have a <a href="/wiki/Power_take-off" title="Power take-off">PTO</a> winch, controlled via the car's <a href="/wiki/Transmission_(mechanical_device)" title="Transmission (mechanical device)">transmission</a>, a secondary <a href="/wiki/Clutch" title="Clutch">clutch</a> maybe used so the vehicle does not need to be moving while winching. Some winches are powered by the pressure generated in the <a href="/wiki/Power_steering" title="Power steering">hydraulic steering system</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Jack_(device)#Farm_jack" title="Jack (device)">high lift jack</a> or <a href="/wiki/Come-along" title="Come-along">come-along</a> is used for manual winching. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Aircraft_use">Aircraft use</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Winch&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Aircraft use"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bamberg-Breitenau_airfield_(04)_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Bamberg-Breitenau_airfield_%2804%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-Bamberg-Breitenau_airfield_%2804%29_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="97" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Bamberg-Breitenau_airfield_%2804%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/330px-Bamberg-Breitenau_airfield_%2804%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Bamberg-Breitenau_airfield_%2804%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/440px-Bamberg-Breitenau_airfield_%2804%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2570" data-file-height="1132" /></a><figcaption>Glider winch. Winch spool can be seen on the side of the truck, while cables to the right of the image are attached to the glider(s) being launched</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:EHI_CH-149_Cormorant_(EH-101_Mk511),_Canada_-_Air_Force_AN0681528.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/EHI_CH-149_Cormorant_%28EH-101_Mk511%29%2C_Canada_-_Air_Force_AN0681528.jpg/220px-EHI_CH-149_Cormorant_%28EH-101_Mk511%29%2C_Canada_-_Air_Force_AN0681528.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="123" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/EHI_CH-149_Cormorant_%28EH-101_Mk511%29%2C_Canada_-_Air_Force_AN0681528.jpg/330px-EHI_CH-149_Cormorant_%28EH-101_Mk511%29%2C_Canada_-_Air_Force_AN0681528.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/EHI_CH-149_Cormorant_%28EH-101_Mk511%29%2C_Canada_-_Air_Force_AN0681528.jpg/440px-EHI_CH-149_Cormorant_%28EH-101_Mk511%29%2C_Canada_-_Air_Force_AN0681528.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1023" data-file-height="574" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/RCAF" class="mw-redirect" title="RCAF">RCAF</a> <a href="/wiki/CH-149_Cormorant" class="mw-redirect" title="CH-149 Cormorant">CH-149 Cormorant</a> rescue helicopter, with rescue team on winch</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Glider_(sailplane)" title="Glider (sailplane)">Gliders</a> are often launched using a winch mounted on a trailer or heavy vehicle. This method is widely used at many European gliding clubs, as an inexpensive alternative to aerotowing. The engine is usually a gas/petrol, LPG or <a href="/wiki/Diesel_engine" title="Diesel engine">diesel</a>, though <a href="/wiki/Hydraulic_fluid" title="Hydraulic fluid">hydraulic fluid</a> engines and <a href="/wiki/Electrical_motor" class="mw-redirect" title="Electrical motor">electrical motors</a> are also used. The winch pulls in 1,000 to 1,600 m (3,300 to 5,200 ft) of high-tensile steel wire or a synthetic fibre cable, attached at the other end to the glider. The cable is released at a height of about 400 to 700 m (1,300 to 2,300 ft) after a short, steep climb.<sup id="cite_ref-Piggott_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Piggott-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Search_and_Rescue" class="mw-redirect" title="Search and Rescue">Search and Rescue</a> <a href="/wiki/Helicopters" class="mw-redirect" title="Helicopters">helicopters</a> are often equipped with winches to avoid having to get the helicopter dangerously close to obstacles, or into ocean troughs, allowing rescue teams to be lowered and evacuees to be extricated while the helicopter <a href="/wiki/Hover_(helicopter)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hover (helicopter)">hovers</a> overhead. Helicopter winches are also used for <a href="/wiki/Heli-logging" title="Heli-logging">heli-logging</a> and for airlifting oversized cargo, such as vehicles and other aircraft, although the winch in these cases is only used to reduce the hazards to flying with a loose cable hanging below the helicopter. </p><p>Stationary balloons, such as the <a href="/wiki/Barrage_balloon" title="Barrage balloon">barrage balloons</a> used during the <a href="/wiki/Second_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Second World War">Second World War</a> to discourage marauding aircraft, and the <a href="/wiki/Kite_balloon" title="Kite balloon">Kite balloons</a> used during the <a href="/wiki/First_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="First World War">First World War</a> for artillery spotting are usually tethered with a winch, which can be used to lower the balloon, either to relocate it, or to bring it down quickly to prevent it being shot down by enemy aircraft. Larger man carrying kites often used winches to raise and lower them. </p><p>Towed gunnery targets, used to train <a href="/wiki/Anti-aircraft_warfare" title="Anti-aircraft warfare">anti-aircraft gunners</a>, and both <a href="/wiki/Fighter_aircraft" title="Fighter aircraft">fighter</a> pilots and aircraft gunners, are run out behind the target tug aircraft for practice, and winched in for take-off and landing. </p><p>Before advances were made in antennas in the 1950s, radio aerials were quite long, and needed to be winched out for use, and winched back in for landing. Failure to do so would then damage the aerial, as happened to <a href="/wiki/Amelia_Earhart" title="Amelia Earhart">Amelia Earhart</a> on one of the legs of her last flight. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Theatre">Theatre</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Winch&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Theatre"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Wakeskate_winch.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Wakeskate_winch.jpg/220px-Wakeskate_winch.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="164" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Wakeskate_winch.jpg/330px-Wakeskate_winch.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Wakeskate_winch.jpg/440px-Wakeskate_winch.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="1936" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Wakeboarding" title="Wakeboarding">Wakeboarding</a> winch which pulls the rider forward as the rope is wound in</figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444" /><table class="box-Unreferenced_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Unreferenced" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/60px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/120px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>does not <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">cite</a> any <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">sources</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Winch" title="Special:EditPage/Winch">improve this section</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a>. Unsourced material may be challenged and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Burden_of_evidence" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">removed</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">November 2023</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Winches are frequently used as elements of backstage mechanics to move <a href="/wiki/Theatrical_scenery" title="Theatrical scenery">scenery</a> in large theatrical productions. They are often embedded in the stage floor and used to move large set pieces on and off. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Wakeskate_winch">Wakeskate winch</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Winch&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Wakeskate winch"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444" /><table class="box-Unreferenced_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Unreferenced" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/60px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/120px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>does not <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">cite</a> any <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">sources</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Winch" title="Special:EditPage/Winch">improve this section</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a>. Unsourced material may be challenged and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Burden_of_evidence" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">removed</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">November 2023</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Wakeskate winching is a sport where a person on a waterski or snowboard is propelled across the water with a winch. The winch consists of a gas-powered engine, spool, rope, frame, and sometimes a simple transmission. The person being towed walks (or swims) away from the winch, while extending the rope. When the winch is engaged, it pulls the boarder in at a speed ranging from 25 to 40 kilometres per hour (16 to 25 mph). The winch may be mounted to a vehicle, set into the ground by stakes, or tied to a tree. The cable may also be run through pulleys mounted offshore so that it pulls the person away from where the winch is located, and multiple pulleys may be used to multiply the force applied by a small but high revving motor instead of using a transmission. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Winch_types">Winch types</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Winch&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Winch types"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Lever_winch">Lever winch</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Winch&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Lever winch"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444" /><table class="box-Unreferenced_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Unreferenced" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/60px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/120px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>does not <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">cite</a> any <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">sources</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Winch" title="Special:EditPage/Winch">improve this section</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a>. Unsourced material may be challenged and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Burden_of_evidence" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">removed</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">November 2023</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Lever winches are winches that use self-gripping jaws instead of spools to move rope or wire through the winch. Powered by moving a handle back and forth, they allow one person to move objects several tons in weight. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Snubbing_winch">Snubbing winch</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Winch&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Snubbing winch"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>This is a vertical spool with a ratchet mechanism similar to a conventional winch, but with no crank handle or other form of drive.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The line is wrapped around the spool and can be tightened or reeled in by pulling the tail line. The winch takes the load once the pull is stopped with little operator tension needed to hold it. These also allow controlled release of the tension by the operator using the friction of the line around the ratcheted spool. They are used on small sailing boats and dinghies to control <a href="/wiki/Sheet_(sailing)" title="Sheet (sailing)">sheets</a> and other lines, and in larger applications to supplement and relieve tension on the primary winches. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Air_winch">Air winch</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Winch&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Air winch"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>An air winch, sometimes known as an air hoist or air tugger, is an air-powered version of a winch. It is commonly used for the lifting and the suspension of materials. In the oil and gas, <a href="/wiki/Construction" title="Construction">construction</a>, and maritime industries, air winches are frequently preferred to electric, diesel, and hydraulic winches because of their durability, versatility, and safety.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Winch&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 22em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Block_and_tackle" title="Block and tackle">Block and tackle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Capstan_equation" title="Capstan equation">Capstan equation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Come-along" title="Come-along">Come-along</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harness_(disambiguation)" class="mw-redirect mw-disambig" title="Harness (disambiguation)">Harness (disambiguation)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hoist_(device)" title="Hoist (device)">Hoist (device)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hoist_(mining)" title="Hoist (mining)">Hoist (mining)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parasailing" title="Parasailing">Parasailing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portsmouth_Block_Mills" title="Portsmouth Block Mills">Portsmouth Block Mills</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pulley" title="Pulley">Pulley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steam_donkey" title="Steam donkey">Steam donkey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wire_rope_spooling_technology" title="Wire rope spooling technology">Wire rope spooling technology</a></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Winch&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Mark Smith. The Annapolis Book of Seamanship. 1999 Simon & Schuster</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">J. J. Coulton, "Lifting in Early Greek Architecture," <i><a href="/wiki/The_Journal_of_Hellenic_Studies" title="The Journal of Hellenic Studies">The Journal of Hellenic Studies</a></i>, Vol. 94. 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