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Carefully swing the hammer to avoid striking
themselves, another person and objects other
than the targeted lugs or hammer bar.
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Avoid swinging the hammer above shoulder
height.
VALVE SEAT PULLING
DANGER
The following precautions must be observed by
operators and maintenance personnel to avoid
personal injury, death and/or equipment damage from
contact with the puller, hammer, wedge or broken
parts from these components when using either a
hydraulic or wedge valve seat puller:
Hydraulic Puller
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Wear safety shoes and goggles.
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Chain or tie the jack down as it will jump violently
when the valve seat disengages from the valve
deck.
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Check to insure the pressure applied by the
hydraulic pump does not exceed the hydraulic
ram maximum pressure rating.
Wedge Puller
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Grind off any mushroomed material from the
wedge before use.
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Follow the DANGER notices listed above in the
hammer lug section, but substitute the term
wedge for hammer lub an hammer bar.
COVERS AND GUARDS
DANGER
All pump covers must be securely
fastened in proper position at all times
when the pump is operating to avoid
personal injury or death from moving
parts. In addition, all moving parts on
the entire pump package, including but
not limited to, the engine or motors,
drive shafts, belts, chains, pulleys,
gears, etc., must be equipped with
guards or covers, which must also be
securely fastened in proper position at
all times when the equipment is
operating.
Covers and guards are intended to not only protect
against personal injury or death, but to also protect
the equipment from damage from foreign objects.
EQUIPMENT MOVING AND LIFTING
DANGER
Heavy equipment including pumps, pump package
units and components should only be moved or lifted
by trained, experienced operators, who are physically
and mentally prepared to devote full attention and
alertness to the moving and lifting operations. An
operator should be fully aware of the use, capabilities,
and condition of both the equipment being moved and
the equipment being used to move it.
DANGER
Failure to follow safe and proper pump,
pump package or component lifting or
moving procedures can lead to
personal injury, death and/or
equipment damage from shifting,
falling or other unexpected or
uncontrolled equipment movements.
Make sure the hoist, lift truck, ropes, slings, spreader,
or other lifting equipment you are using is in good
condition and has a rated lifting capacity equal to or
greater than the weight being lifted. Lifting devices
must be checked frequently for condition and
continued conformance to rated load capacity. They
should then be tagged with the inspected capacity
together with the date of inspection.
Fully assembled pumps and pump package units are
heavy and should only be moved using the specified
lifting lugs or attachments.
Many individual components have lifting eyes or
lugs which must not be used to lift assemblies, as
they are designed to bear the weight of the
component only
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Before lifting the individual component check to insure
the lifting attachment is firmly secured to the
component with undamaged, properly torqued
fasteners, sound welds, or other secure attachments.
Examine the lifting eyes, lugs, slots, holes or other
projections to insure they are not cracked, otherwise
damaged or badly worn. The repair of existing or
addition of new welded lifting eyes, lugs or other
projections should only be performed by experienced,
qualified welders.
Package units should be lifted with spreaders
connected to the lifting attachments normally built into
the package unit support skid. Packages too large to
lift fully assembled should be separated into smaller
