Disclosed is a motorized winch system having a frame, a motor, and a drum with a first end and a second end connected to the motor. The system has a winch cable configured to wind around the drum with a first end connected to the drum, having a winding portion and a distal portion. The system has a winch cable locator assembly with a cam bar rotatably mounted to the frame, a cam follower connected to the cam bar such that the cam follower slides from the first end to the second end of the drum and reverses to slide back to the first end of the drum, and a cable guide coupled to the cam follower, configured to guide the cable onto the drum. The system has a removable cam gear with an operating position operably connected to the motor, and a manual position disconnected from the motor.

Disclosed is a motorized winch system having a frame, a motor, and a drum with a first end and a second end connected to the motor. The system has a winch cable configured to wind around the drum with a first end connected to the drum, having a winding portion and a distal portion. The system has a winch cable locator assembly with a cam bar rotatably mounted to the frame, a cam follower connected to the cam bar such that the cam follower slides from the first end to the second end of the drum and reverses to slide back to the first end of the drum, and a cable guide coupled to the cam follower, configured to guide the cable onto the drum. The system has a removable cam gear with an operating position operably connected to the motor, and a manual position disconnected from the motor.

Disclosed is a control method of a lifting apparatus for a highly-mounted device. The control method includes (a) outputting a descending signal in a state where the main body and the lifting body are coupled; (b) determining whether the lifting body is normally released downward from the main body according to the descending signal; and (c) stopping the driving motor or executing the step (a) again when the lifting body is not normally released downward, wherein in the step (b), it is determined whether the lifting body is normally released downward from the main body by checking whether a weight of the lifting body is applied to the wire rope.

Disclosed is a control method of a lifting apparatus for a highly-mounted device. The control method includes (a) outputting a descending signal in a state where the main body and the lifting body are coupled; (b) determining whether the lifting body is normally released downward from the main body according to the descending signal; and (c) stopping the driving motor or executing the step (a) again when the lifting body is not normally released downward, wherein in the step (b), it is determined whether the lifting body is normally released downward from the main body by checking whether a weight of the lifting body is applied to the wire rope.

An inner face of a flange of a winch drum is provided with a rope guide part that guides a rope portion in a higher layer such that the rope portion in the higher layer crosses a rope portion in a lower layer in a first crossing section, and a ridge line of the rope guide part has a shape that is displaced in a winding rotation direction with respect to a baseline passing through a rotation axis and an inner edge of the ridge line as proceeding from the inner edge to an outer edge.

An inner face of a flange of a winch drum is provided with a rope guide part that guides a rope portion in a higher layer such that the rope portion in the higher layer crosses a rope portion in a lower layer in a first crossing section, and a ridge line of the rope guide part has a shape that is displaced in a winding rotation direction with respect to a baseline passing through a rotation axis and an inner edge of the ridge line as proceeding from the inner edge to an outer edge.

System for controlling the loading or unloading a cable [2] or the like onto a drum [3], wherein the drum [3] has a known first rotation axis loading or unloading the cable, the system also comprises an imaging means [1] aimed at the cable [2] from a position at a distance from the drum rotation axis, the imaging means [1] being adapted to measure the direction of the cable [2] relative to the rotational axis of the drum. The imaging means can be constituted by a video camera.

System for controlling the loading or unloading a cable [2] or the like onto a drum [3], wherein the drum [3] has a known first rotation axis loading or unloading the cable, the system also comprises an imaging means [1] aimed at the cable [2] from a position at a distance from the drum rotation axis, the imaging means [1] being adapted to measure the direction of the cable [2] relative to the rotational axis of the drum. The imaging means can be constituted by a video camera.

The present invention relates generally to rope drives working with high-strength fiber ropes such as crane hoists, boom adjustment gear, trolley traveling gear, etc. The invention in this respect in particular applies to hoist drums for the rope hoist winch of such a fiber rope drive having a drum jacket body which is provided with grooving at the peripheral side and having two guard plates adjacent to the drum jacket body at the end sides. The invention further relates to a rope pulley for such a fiber rope drive having a rotatably supported pulley body whose jacket surface has at least one rope groove. In accordance with the invention, the rope grooves have a flat-pressed, round groove contour which differs from the circular and which has a larger radius of curvature in the region of the groove base than in the region of the groove flanks adjacent thereto.

The present invention relates generally to rope drives working with high-strength fiber ropes such as crane hoists, boom adjustment gear, trolley traveling gear, etc. The invention in this respect in particular applies to hoist drums for the rope hoist winch of such a fiber rope drive having a drum jacket body which is provided with grooving at the peripheral side and having two guard plates adjacent to the drum jacket body at the end sides. The invention further relates to a rope pulley for such a fiber rope drive having a rotatably supported pulley body whose jacket surface has at least one rope groove. In accordance with the invention, the rope grooves have a flat-pressed, round groove contour which differs from the circular and which has a larger radius of curvature in the region of the groove base than in the region of the groove flanks adjacent thereto.