Synchrolift
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A synchrolift is a system for lifting boats and ships out of the water for maintenance work or repair. The vessel is maneuvered over a submerged cradle, which is then lifted by a set of synchronized hoists or winches. The vessel can be worked upon in place, or it can be moved inland so the synchrolift can be freed for other use.
The largest synchrolifts can lift vessels up to 100,000 tons.[1]. Because of this capacity, synchrolifts have almost completely supplanted the older dry dock systems, most of which could handle only one vessel at a time.[2]
Syncrolift was a U.S. company that manufactured synchrolift systems. Rolls Royce Group Plc acquired Syncrolift in 1989.[3]
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ Rolls-Royce: Education
- ^ Evans, B: "Infrastructure: A Field Guide to the Industrial Landscape", p. 471. W.W. Norton, 2005
- ^ Syncrolift | Products | Rolls-Royce Centenary - A Century Of Innovation
[edit] References
- Hayes, Brian Robert Michael (2005). Infrastructure: a field guide to the industrial landscape. New York: W.W. Norton. ISBN 0-393-05997-9.
