On November 18,  DIGIWIN project partners gathered to experience a major milestone in the project.

A 25t test winch with digital hydraulic motors is now rotating in the Mechatronic Innovation Lab at UiA in Grimstad. 6 digital motors provide power and control to the winch.

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DIGIWIN testing

Digital winch presentation

The DIGIWIN homepage was launched on December 15. It will be updated on a regular basis with news about the DIGIWIN project. Everyone with an interest in digital hydraulics should visit on a regular basis to learn about project progress. The scope of the project is to use digital hydraulic motors to control a maritime winch with Active Heave Compensation...

MacGregor Norway AS has been rewarded research counsil support for the project "Development of cost and energy efficient digital hydraulic winch system". Partners in the project are Diinef AS, Imenco Bauer Hydraulics and UiA.

During the month of October, Diinef and Imenco Bauer Hydraulics demonstrated the use of digital motortechnology applied to Bauer high torque low speed motors.

A range of technologies were on test and test and proofed successfull. A number of motor customers joined the demonstrations and gave valuable feedback on motor behaviour as well as on possible appl...