GOLIATH has been designing and making, winches that are used in a great number of industries for more than 30 years.

The manual winch is a safety device governed by strict technical rules and whose design is framed by the European standard EN13157 A1.

Here are some criteria to be taken into account to select the right winch.

Lifting concept

According to the European standard EN13151 A1, a lifting application is characterised by the lifting of a load in connection with a vertical and/or horizontal movement. Thus, towing a car on a trailer, for example, is a lifting operation.
The winch associated with this operation must be compliant with the standard EN13157 A1 to be EC marked. It must in particular have a permanent safety brake when loaded (as the range of ratchet winches does not have a self-braking system, it is therefore not suitable for lifting applications). This device is crucial to ensure your safety and the compliance of your facilities.

The winch safety brake makes it possible to hold the load when all action on the handle is stopped. The latest generation of GOLIATH safety brakes (internal, permanent and independent from the handle) of the TPV,TA and TS winches offer constant safety, including when the handle is removed (prevents unauthorised access to the winch).

Pulling on an inclined plane: Pulling on an inclined plane is a lifting operation

Force on the handle: 12 kg maximum recommended

Quality winches designed in compliance with the European standard EN13157 A1, are provided for a maximum load capacity with a force on the handle that cannot exceed 25 kg first layer and last layer load).
This is a rated capacity and not a capacity of use. In general, one considers that a 12 kg force on the handle is acceptable. To obtain this maximum force level, the load on the winch should be limited to approximately 50% of its rated value.

Capacity: The wound cable length has an impact on the winch capacity

The load capacity of the winch (100% force applied directly to the cable) depends on the cable winding level on the drum. In fact, the mechanical force transmited by the cable to the winch proportionally increases with the winding of the latter on the drum. In other words, the more the load is lifted, the more the transmitted force is significant, thereby reducing the capacity of the winch. For this reason, the standard considers a first layer and a last layer load:

• 1st layer (drum pitch diameter diagram)

The first layer is the minimum filling level of the drum. The load capacity of the winch given for a 25 kg force on the handle is then maximum, but is not a use value, as the winch cannot be used with this load (lifting/winding capacity equal to 0).

• Last layer (full drum diagram)

The maximum last layer load value, still for a 25 kg force on the handle, is the maximum capacity of the winch if the cable is completely wound on the drum.

Consequently, the winch capacity will depend on the cable length wound on the winch when the load is lifted to the maximum. To optimise this value and select the winch best suited for the application, it is necessary to limit the cable length wound on the drum to strictly: lifting height + 1 metre (minimum safety winding on the drum). Our Goliath Store configurator allows you to carry out simulations and indicates the references best suited for your application.

Cables: Adhere to the recommended diameters

Each winch is determined according to a cable diameter adapted to its capacity. It is then recommended for optimum use of the winch to use the corresponding cable. A cable with a close diameter can eventually be used. WARNING! In this case, the winch capacity will eventually be reduced proportionally to the difference in breaking capacity of the cable.

WARNING-DANGER: Please note that ratchet winches are designed to be ideally used with a sling. In fact, as the drum diameter is often inferior to 30 mm, cables with a diameter superior to 4 mm have a radius of curvature which is too constrained and which breaks the steel fibre, causing the cable to break early.

  WARNING-DANGER: The use of a sheave pulley with a diameter which is not appropriate for the cable also causes the cable to break early.

Protective cover: Compulsory to be compliant with the EC standard and for your safety

It is imperative that the winch be equipped with a protective cover preventing access to the mechanism in order to avoid any accident.

• Unit weight : 3.73 Kg
• Number of speeds : 1
• Reduction ratio 1 : 1/3.5
• Drum hub ø : 45mm
• Brake : Auto-brake
• Last layer use value (kg) : 240
• Theoretical value first layer (kg) : 500
• Rolling load capacity slope 20% (kg) : 750
• Cable 1 Ø (mm) / length (m)  : ø5/12m
• Cable 2 Ø (mm) / length (m)  : ø4/22m
• Winch weight : 3.6kg
• Number of winches per masterpack (pro) : 1
• Handle length (mm) : 200mm
• Handle : Fixed

Since the 1980s, GOLIATH has gradually become the leading European manufacturer of manual winches. Our products, known for their quality, are distributed in all industries and integrated in numerous lifting products.

Our sustained investments in R&D for more than 10 years allowed us to launch new products every year. The Goliath range has thus become the most complete and competitive offer in terms of manual winch on the market, whether it concerns standard winches or lifting solutions dedicated to an application.

AN EXTENSIVE OEM APPLICATION EXPERIENCE

Our industrial flexibility, associated with a significant component library, allow us to offer, at low cost and within a limited time, lifting solutions suitable for the needs of integrators.

Our technical expertise in a great number of industries and applications allows us to easily adapt to OEM needs, with an industrial customisation approach.

Technical tailor-made solutions for industrial volumes (from 100 pieces a year, and for more significant systems up to several thousand units).

Winch solutions

We provide integrators with customised solutions by adapting our winches (handle lengths, accessories, mounting system, additional handles, etc.) or by creating tailor-made products (reduction, size from our standard or modified component libraries according to specifications).

Telescopic solutions and hoist arms

Our telescopic masts are available in standard or customised version up to 6 metres and 300 kg-load according to requirements. Our solutions also integrate accessories and mounting systems.

We also make hoist arm and davit systems in steel, aluminium, or stainless steel intended for handling various equipment.

Lifting system solutions

Talbot Industrie provides overall lifting solutions intended to equip vehicles or industrial handling systems.

MOBILE SOLUTIONS

Talbot Industrie is also a manufacturer of trailers and offers tailor-made combined mobile lifting solutions, including lighting management solutions, material handling, building equipment and installation assistance. ....

Nos investissements soutenus en R&D depuis plus de 10 ans nous ont permis d’introduire chaque année de nouveaux produits. La gamme Goliath est ainsi devenue l’offre de treuil manuel la plus complète et la plus compétitive du marché, qu’il s’agisse de treuils standards ou de solutions de levage dédiée à une application.

Une large expérience d’application OEM

Notre flexibilité industrielle, associée à une importante bibliothèque de composants, nous permet d’offrir, à moindre coût et dans un délai contraint, des solutions de levage adaptées aux besoins des intégrateurs.

Notre expertise technique dans de très nombreux secteurs d’activités et applications nous permet de nous adapter facilement aux besoins des OEM, dans une approche du sur-mesure industrielle.

Des solutions techniques sur-mesure pour des volumes industriels (à partir de 100 pièces par an, et pour les systèmes les plus importants jusque plusieurs milliers d’unités).

Solutions treuils

Nous proposons aux intégrateurs des solutions sur-mesure en adaptant nos treuils (longueurs de manivelle, accessoires, système de fixation, poignées additionnelles …) ou en créant des produits sur-mesure (démultiplication, taille à partir de nos bibliothèques de composants standards ou modifiés suivant les cahiers des charges).

Solutions télescopiques et potences

Nos mâts télescopiques sont disponibles en version standard ou sur-mesure jusque 6 mètres et 300 kg de charge suivant les besoins. Nos solutions intègrent également les accessoires et les systèmes de fixations.

Nous fabriquons également des systèmes de potences et davits en acier, aluminium, ou inox destinés à la manutention de divers équipements.

Solutions système de levage

Talbot Industrie propose de réaliser des solutions globales de levage destinées à équiper des véhicules, ou des systèmes industriels de manutention.

Solutions mobile

Talbot Industrie est également fabricant de remorques et offre des solutions de levage mobile combinées sur mesure, qu’il s’agisse de solutions de gestion d’éclairage, de manutention, d’équipement pour le bâtiment, d’assistance à la pose en hauteur…

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The norm EN13157 A1 defines the essential criteria to ensure your safety and allow us the put the CE stamp on our winches (in the case of use in the European Union)

Warning! The CE stamp can be based on a self-certification of the importer or the manufacturer, which sadly lead to an abusive usage and the non-compliance with the CE standards. Please be careful

A winch that is not in compliance with the EN13157 A1 is not CE, which renders the lifting product not in compliance with the directive on machinery safety for which you can be held liable.

You’ll find bellow a few of the compulsory criteria for the CE qualification of a winch. Of course, it shouldn’t be summarize just by these elements. Our goal is to allow you to visually identify some key elements to look out for:

• Safety auto-brake: the auto-brake is mandatory for lifting: As a reminder, the EN13157 A1 norm defined lifting as a change in height during movement. It can includes horizontal or vertical movement of the load and every other combinaisons.
• Handle: Must not be removable if the auto-brake depends on it
• Protective crankcase: the internal and external sprocket as well as the prominent elements of the system (ie. The drum) must be protected.
• Drum: the diameter of the drum hum varies depending on the cable and measures between 35 and 72mm (for manual winches up to 1000kg) Otherwise, the cable fiber can be damaged and can load to the cable breakage. The drum hub must also resist to crushing.
• Cable or sling securing: The anchoring of the cable or sling of the winch must respect the norms and resist the nominal load 3 times
• Slings and cables: They must be in compliance with the current European norm. Beware of slings that are too fragile! If they are damaged, their breaking can have sometime very dramatic consequences.

Please find installation and specs documents at the bottom of the page.