winding drum

Remains of the winding drum can still be seen.

The speed would be controlled by a brake on the main winding drum.

The winding drums can be driven by their gearing at four different speeds.

Some time around 1900 the top winding drums and gears were enclosed in a further box on the roof.

The tension on the winding drum sprang loose and the gears overhead ground together.

The winding drum is powered by a small steam engine, operating through a worm-wheel and gear.

A single cable is attached to both trains, wound round a winding drum at the top of the incline to provide braking.

On reaching the summit a rope from the small winding drum would be attached to the cradle to control its descent into the upper basin.

The braking system of the winding drums used water to slow the pistons of the drums.

Both inclines used vertically mounted winding drums.

The pit on the east side housed the winding drum and the cylinder was mounted on the raised foundation in the centre of the building.

An uncommon form of cable railway uses locomotives, fitted with a winding drum, to power the cable.

Unlike the better-known Fowlers, the Howard used a pair of winding drums.

This is most commonly used for a temporary incline where setting up the infrastructure of a winding drum and stationary engine is not appropriate.

Water wheels and animals were the first sources of power to drive winding drums, before being replaced by steam engines and then electric power.

The speed of the wagons was usually controlled by means of a brake that acted on the winding drum at the head of the incline.

Alternatively the guns could be unloaded through a pivoting cradle assisted by two winding drums driven by the engine.

A stationary engine drives the winding drum that hauls the wagons to the top of the inclined plane and may provide braking for descending loads.

Hoist controllers need both velocity and absolute position references taken, typically taken from the winding drum of the hoist.

Now ships are bigger and faster, lines are thinner and stronger, and winding drums are wider.

The winding drum was either mounted horizontally (below the boiler), vertically (to one side), or even concentrically, so that it encircled the boiler.

A distinct form of traction engine, characterised by the provision of a large diameter winding drum driven by separate gearing from the steam engine.

Although the loaded boats were travelling downhill, and so the plane was mostly worked by gravity, a small steam engine was also provided and drove the winding drums.

The engines operated two shafts carrying the 16 feet (4.9 m) diameter winding drums, geared to work in opposite directions, so as to achieve the counterbalancing of the caissons.

"Muta, Rab," she shouted, "we must get out of here, but first the handles of the winding drum have to be broken so that the drawbridge stays up.