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Manual winches for lifting and lowering loads & their areas of application
Our manual winches are used successfully in many situations. The major advantage of hand winches in contrast to hydraulic winches or electric winches is that this type of winch requires neither oil pressure nor electricity to operate. The pulling force is provided solely by hand using the crank. This makes the manual winch quick and easy to use. They also require very little maintenance and are impressively lightweight. Another advantage is uncomplicated installation by simply bolting it to a suitably load-bearing point on the trailer. The compact design of our manual winches requires little space on the object of use, e.g. the car trailer or trailer. The removable crank handle can be quickly removed to save space. You can easily pull rolling loads onto the trailer. Our hand winches can also be used in the workshop, in the hall or on construction sites. With pulling forces of up to 1.15 tonnes, our manual winches can also move relatively heavy loads. The loads can also be easily pulled upwards in conjunction with appropriately positioned deflection snatch blocks. Our mechanical rope winches are also used in the agricultural and forestry sectors. The possible applications for manual winches are simply endless!
Hand winch for towing technology
In the field of recovery and towing, hand winches are often used on smaller trailers in connection with car transport. The manual winch for cars can be used to load and transport vehicles independently of energy and without great effort.
Manual winch for the forestry and agricultural sector
Manual winches are often mounted on tractors or trailers as lightweight forestry winches in the forestry or agricultural sector. These forestry winches are suitable for light to medium loads or pulling forces and are therefore often used in the forest when working with felled logs. The manually operated winch does not require a power supply and usually works with a wire rope. Manual winches can also be used immediately when the tractor is switched off in agriculture or during forestry work.
Hand winch in industrial applications
Manually operated winches are used in industry to lift and pull lighter loads. The hand winch is a particularly good choice if this task is performed infrequently or irregularly or if automating the process is too time-consuming.
Portable hand winch for marine sports
When boats need to be taken out of the water, they are pulled onto trailers, which are then transported with the appropriate vehicles. With pulling loads of up to 1150 kg, our manual winches can also be used as boat winches. This means that boats can be raised or lowered anywhere without any effort, and no power connection is required, as would be the case with electric winches.
The main differences between mechanical and hand winches
There are many models of manual winches on the market. From simple, cheap models to our professional AL-KO winches with safety features. What differences do you need to pay particular attention to when buying a mechanical winch?any effort and no power connection is required, as would be the case with electric winches.
- Steel structure: The winch should be made from robust, hardened and galvanised steel. This ensures that it will work well over the long term. High-quality galvanising is crucial to prevent rusting.
- Load pressure brake: Important! This brake holds the attached load even if the hand crank is released while pulling a load. This prevents the crank from turning backwards and the load is held securely on the winch cable or strap.
- Automatic freespool: Easily unspool the cable or strap from the winch drum. Without this free-spooling feature, you have to unwind the cable or strap slowly and laboriously using the hand crank.
- Detachable hand crank: After you have finished using your winch, you can simply detach the hand crank. This means that the crank is out of the way and it also prevents unwanted operation of the hand winch.
As you can see, there are various factors to consider when purchasing an optimal and safe manual winch. Our manual winches from AL-KO already have these important functional and safety features built into every model. The hand winches comply with the current EC standard EN 13157 and fulfil the requirements of the CE Directive and the Machinery Directive.
Buy hand winches with brakes at low prices in the ProLux online shop
Our extensive range of winches extends from electric and hydraulic winches from well-known manufacturers to winch ropes and numerous accessories such as pulleys. roller fairleads, rope tensioners and much more. In the range of manual winches, we offer the proven, professional AL-KO winches in three different versions at an excellent price-performance ratio. We guarantee the robust quality, durability and functional safety of our hand winches. Various accessories for these winches, such as wire ropes and straps in different lengths, are available at favourable prices in our online shop. Whether you need a forestry winch or a winch for your towing vehicle, as well as a rope or a strap, whether you want to lower or lift light or heavy loads, you will find what you are looking for here. Do you need detailed advice for your application? Simply get in touch with us - we will be happy to help you!
Hand winch
(7)ProLux hand winches pull or lift loads in many areas of application. Only the user's muscle power is required. The load is moved with a rope or webbing using a manually operated crank. The optimised gear reduction of the cable winch enables high pulling forces to be achieved with little effort. We have winches with pulling forces from 0.5 t to 1.15 t in our range. All are galvanised and have a load pressure brake that reliably holds the load when the rope or belt is tensioned, i.e. under load.
