Overview
ISO 18289:2014 - Ships and marine technology: Navigation and shallow-water engineering vessels - Anchor winches - specifies requirements for the design, construction, operation, safety, performance and inspection of anchor winches. It applies to wire-rope anchor winches with hydraulic or electric drives installed at the stern of seagoing transport ships and may be used as a reference for shallow-water engineering vessels and inland ships.
Keywords: ISO 18289:2014, anchor winches, ship deck machinery, wire rope, hydraulic drive, electric drive.
Key topics and technical requirements
- Scope & applicability: Stern-mounted anchor winches for seagoing transport ships; reference for shallow-water and inland vessels. Only for winches using wire ropes.
- Design & operation: General deck machinery requirements aligned with ISO 7825; clear provisions for gear/drum layout and left-/right-hand configurations.
- Strength & material stresses: Allowable stresses for drive parts under working, holding and overload conditions (specified fractions of material yield or proof strengths).
- Steel wire ropes: Recommended constructions (e.g., 6×36WS-IWRC or 6×41WS-IWRC) and minimum breaking strength (9–10× overload pull) in accordance with ISO 2408.
- Drum design: Minimum drum diameter (≥16× design rope diameter), typical capacities (normal 110 m, high 200 m), layer and flange-height rules, clutch placement and manual override.
- Brakes & control: Automatic braking for electric drives (holding ≥1.5× working load), manual drum brakes, speed control requirements including nominal recovery and light-line speeds.
- Safety & protection: Overpressure protection for hydraulic systems, torque-limiting devices, motor overload protection, and minimum ingress protection (IP56 where applicable per IEC 60529).
- Operating devices & emergency features: Remote operation rules, emergency stops beside the winch, manual local control options, and automatic return-to-stop behavior.
- Drive equipment & prime mover: Conformity with IEC 60092 (electrical) and ISO 4413 (hydraulic); prime mover endurance (30 min at working load; 2 min at overload).
- Acceptance tests & designation: Type and individual tests, performance verification, and product model/nameplate designation.
Applications and users
ISO 18289:2014 is used by:
- Shipbuilders and naval architects specifying stern anchor winches
- Deck machinery manufacturers designing electric or hydraulic winches
- Shipowners, operators and procurement teams preparing technical specifications
- Classification societies and surveyors for acceptance and periodic inspection
- Maintenance engineers and safety officers implementing operational and inspection regimes
Practical uses include procurement specs, engineering design checks, acceptance testing, safety compliance, retrofits and maintenance planning.
Related standards
- ISO 7825 - Deck machinery - General requirements
- ISO 2408 - Steel wire ropes - Minimum requirements
- ISO 4413 - Hydraulic fluid power - Equipment application
- ISO 6482 - Warping end profiles
- ISO 3828 - Deck machinery vocabulary
- IEC 60092 / IEC 60529 - Ship electrical and ingress protection codes
For designers and specifiers, ISO 18289:2014 provides a concise, enforceable reference for safe, robust anchor winch systems on modern vessels.
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