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Machinery Plant Control and Monitoring System (MPCMS)
Auxilary control console
The 20 ton Appleton crane is used to pluck buoys out of the water and onto the bouy deck. The design of the crane instalation allows it to service (reach) 98% of the deck.
The inhaul winch mounted directly below the Appleton crane is unofficially referred to as the Winch-a-saurus. The inhaul winch isused to haul up the buoy chain and sinker, once the buoy has been secured to the buoy deck. Using the winch instead of the main boom dramatically improves the safety and speed of hauling chain aboard.
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