Rugged Controls designs and manufactures rugged, multi-channel winch line control, wireline monitoring and tensiometer instrumentation used in demanding commercial and oceanographic applications ranging from polar to tropical. Our products are used to control and monitor speed, payout, and tension - both cable and chain - in single/multi winch systems used for equipment deployment, barge positioning, fixed-place mooring, drawbridge controls, and wherever accurate and reliable line control is required.