Dana promises improved safety with the launch of the latest Brevini

Dana announced a new series of high-performance Brevini winches for construction and material-handling vehicles, as well as other mobile machinery and stationary industrial applications. 

The US-based auto component major has announced that each winch in this new series features a compact, high-speed piston motor for efficient operation, and the range will offer 13 different sizes to support lift capacities from 990 kg (1.1 tons) to 30 tonnes (33 tons).  The winch series has a modular design and will extend Dana's current product range for off-highway and stationary industrial applications.

Offering lift capacities from 8.5 to 16 tonnes (9.4 to 17.6 tons), the first four of the new winches are designed for medium-sized crawler cranes and rough-terrain cranes and will be showcased this week at Intermat, the international exhibition for the civil engineering and structural building industries.

Aziz Aghili, president of Dana Off-Highway Drive and Motion Technologies said, "Dana's unique offering includes a fully integrated system that provides end users with the tools necessary to avoid damage to the winch and the crane, and most importantly, protect personnel on the job site."

Smaller winch sizes in the new series will be introduced in the fourth quarter of this year, while larger versions to support lift capacities from 22 to 30 tonnes (24 to 33 tons) will be available in 2019.  The larger winches are designed for drill rigs and rubber tire gantry cranes along with numerous stationary industrial applications in marine and off-shore drilling.  The winches meet safety certification standards for major international organizations governing these applications.