B.5.2
OVERPRESSURE VALVES ................................................................................................................................................... 25
B.5.3
LOAD LIMITING DEVICE (X CRANE) .................................................................................................................................... 26
B.5.4
LOAD LIMITING DEVICE (CE CRANE) ................................................................................................................................. 27
B.5.5
EXCLUSION OF LOAD LIMITING DEVICE OF EC CRANE ................................................................................................... 28
B.5.6
EMERGENCY STOP BUTTONS (EC CRANE) ...................................................................................................................... 30
B.5.7
MANUAL EXTENSION LOAD LIMITING DEVICE .................................................................................................................. 31
B.5.8
BLOCK VALVES ON HYDRAULIC CYLINDERS .................................................................................................................... 32
B.5.9
LOCKING DEVICES FOR STABILIZER EXTENSIONS ......................................................................................................... 33
B.5.10
MANUAL EXTENSIONS LOCK DEVICES ............................................................................................................................. 35
B.5.11
SLEWING LIMITING DEVICES (OPTIONAL) ......................................................................................................................... 36
B.6
GAUGES AND WARNING LIGHTS ................................................................................................................... 38
B.7
PICTOGRAMS .................................................................................................................................................... 40
B.8
PRELIMINARY VERIFICATION OF OPERATING CONDITIONS...................................................................... 41
B.8.1
CLIMATE AND ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS ..................................................................................................................... 41
B.8.2
DISTANCE FROM POWER LINES ........................................................................................................................................ 42
B.8.3
GROUND SLOPE .................................................................................................................................................................. 42
B.8.4
GROUND RESISTANCE ........................................................................................................................................................ 43
B.8.5
VISIBILITY ............................................................................................................................................................................. 44
B.8.6
GENERAL PRELIMINARY CRANE CHECKS BEFORE OPERATION ................................................................................... 45
B.9
OPERATING WITH THE CRANE ....................................................................................................................... 46
B.9.1
START UP OPERATION (NOT-X CRANE) ............................................................................................................................ 46
B.9.2
START UP OPERATION (X CRANE) ..................................................................................................................................... 47
B.9.3
STABILIZATION PROCEDURE OF THE CRANE .................................................................................................................. 48
B.9.4
PROCEDURE FOR OPENING THE CRANE ......................................................................................................................... 50
B.9.5
LIFTING OPERATIONS ......................................................................................................................................................... 51
B.9.6
POWER BOOST DEVICE ...................................................................................................................................................... 53
B.9.7
PROCEDURE FOR CLOSING THE CRANE .......................................................................................................................... 54
B.9.8
PRODEDURE FOR CLOSING THE STABILIZERS ................................................................................................................ 56
B.9.9
COMPULSORY SAFETY CHECKS BEFORE LEAVING THE WORK PLACE........................................................................ 58
B.10
SUPPLEMENTARY STABILISERS ................................................................................................................... 59
B.10.1
MAIN COMPONENTS ............................................................................................................................................................ 59
B.10.2
SAFETY DEVICES AND BLOCKING VALVES ...................................................................................................................... 59
B.10.3
PROCEDURE TO OPEN THE SUPPLEMENTARY OUTRIGGERS ....................................................................................... 60
B.10.4
PRODEDURE TO CLOSE THE SUPPL.Y OUTRIGGERS ..................................................................................................... 62
B.11
ARTICULATED JIB ............................................................................................................................................ 64
B.11.1
MAIN COMPONENTS ............................................................................................................................................................ 64
B.11.2
WORK RANGE ...................................................................................................................................................................... 64
B.11.3
JIB LOAD LIMITING DEVICE (NOT-X CRANE) ..................................................................................................................... 65
B.11.4
JIB LOAD LIMITING DEVICE (X CRANE) .............................................................................................................................. 66
B.11.5
LOAD LIMITING DEVICE OF THE MANUAL EXTENSIONS OF THE JIB .............................................................................. 68
B.11.6
CHECK VALVES ON JIB CYLINDERS .................................................................................................................................. 68
B.11.7
JIB CRANE CONTROLS ........................................................................................................................................................ 69
B.11.8
PROCEDURE FOR OPENING THE JIB BOOM ..................................................................................................................... 70
B.11.9
PROCEDURE FOR CLOSING THE JIB BOOM ..................................................................................................................... 71
B.11.10
ASSEMBLING / REMOVING THE JIB .................................................................................................................................... 72
B.12
LIFTING ACCESSORIES ................................................................................................................................... 74
B.12.1
MANUAL EXTENSIONS ........................................................................................................................................................ 75
B.12.2
WINCH ................................................................................................................................................................................... 77
B.12.3
BUCKET-GRAB ..................................................................................................................................................................... 79
C
MAINTENANCE MANUAL .........................................................................1
C.1
WARRANTY TERMS ............................................................................................................................................ 1
C.2
ORDINARY MAINTENANCE................................................................................................................................ 1
C.2.1
GREASING .............................................................................................................................................................................. 2
C.2.2
GREASING CHART ................................................................................................................................................................. 3
C.2.3
FILLING UP THE OIL TANK ..................................................................................................................................................... 4
C.2.4
CLEANING THE CRANE ......................................................................................................................................................... 5
C.3
PLANNED MAINTENANCE ................................................................................................................................. 6
C.4
EXTRAORDINARY MAINTENANCE ................................................................................................................... 6
C.5
INACTIVITY .......................................................................................................................................................... 6
C.6
PUTTING THE CRANE OUT OF ORDER ............................................................................................................ 7
C.6.1
DISASSEMBLY ........................................................................................................................................................................ 7
C.6.2
STOCKING excess .................................................................................................................................................................. 8
C.6.3
DISPOSAL ............................................................................................................................................................................... 8
