Client: Ashanti Goldfields

Design, manufacture, supply and supervision of installation of a new double drum winding engine for access to a shaft some 1,562m below ground.

The men/material winder consisted of a 5.5m double drum winder operating on a cage/counterweight system with automatic and manual controls.

Power was provided from a 1,702KW direct coupled motor. The loose drum operated through a multi-tooth clutch which slides on the drumshaft splines to engage or dis-engage the loose drum during level changes.