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3. INSTALLATION OF WIRE ROPE
Be sure to attach the rope wedge properly to secure the wire rope. Serious accidents may occur if
the wire rope is detached during crane operations.
CAUTION
• Avoid irregular winding of the wire rope on the winch drum.
• Always hoist an object (2.9 to 4.9KN {300 to 500 kg}) with the main boom and jib extended and raised fully
immediately after attaching a new rope. Repeat raising and lowering the hook several times until the new
rope conforms.
• The wire rope is coiled.Exercise caution not to form a kink in the rope when winding it up.Be sure to unravel
by rotating the rope to pull it out of the winch drum.
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Use the following procedure to attach the wire rope.
1. With the end of the wire rope held, draw the wire rope (5) through the
weight of the over hoist detector (11), load sheave (1) at the jib end,
wire guide (2) of the jib, guide sheave (3) of the jib, and also the idler
sheave (4) of the jib.
2. Next, draw the wire rope (5) through the sheave (6) on the upper part
of the main boom end, guide sheave (7) on upper part of the main
boom end, and guide sheave (8) on the intermediate upper part of
the main boom.