cable tugger power unit
cable tugger power unit
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I am not a engineer, I'm a machinist by trade. I run a small family fabricating and machine shop. We are trying to finish a new building, so we can move. We are doing a lot of the work ourselves and pay as we go. We have a lot of wire to pull and have pulled some already. Mostly using a towmotor as the power source. I looked at buying a cable tugger and pricing runs from $2,000.00 to $8,000.00 (ebay to buying new). Rent is $247.00 per week. Our work schedule on the new building is to hit and miss to justify renting. So I thought I would build one. The structure,frame design, and theory of operation is straight forward. It is the power unit that I need help with.
Based on commercially available models: This is a capstan winch. It uses a rope wrapped on the pulley (capstan)to pull the wire. The pulley is approximately 3" groove dia. It turns about 8 feet per minute and is for loads up to 6,500 lbs. They have a 1-1/2 hp 1 ph gear motor and apparently (from looking at the pictures) a sprocket and chain or a meshed gear set to get the final rpm.
I would appreciate your advice or recommendations on what you would use to achieve this.
Thank you,
Tim
Based on commercially available models: This is a capstan winch. It uses a rope wrapped on the pulley (capstan)to pull the wire. The pulley is approximately 3" groove dia. It turns about 8 feet per minute and is for loads up to 6,500 lbs. They have a 1-1/2 hp 1 ph gear motor and apparently (from looking at the pictures) a sprocket and chain or a meshed gear set to get the final rpm.
I would appreciate your advice or recommendations on what you would use to achieve this.
Thank you,
Tim





RE: cable tugger power unit
It may be worth re-posting this question in the "Electric power engineering" forum on this site, or try searching all the forums for "Cable pulling" or other variations using the search button just beneath the thread number at the top of this page.
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RE: cable tugger power unit
Why not use a gearbox with capstan and power it with one of these? When you get through pulling cable you have a heavy duty portable drill motor.
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