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Chapter 6 Ancillary equipment
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Winding up the rope:
Warning!
Injuries can result, if rope is tightened by hand.
x Never tighten the rope by hand.
x
Use a weight when winding up the rope (1).
x
Prevent rope kinks (2) and slack rope (3).
1 2 3
If the lower rope layers are rarely or never used, unwind the rope after every 100 working hours and
wind it up again while tightening it.
Crane without overload protection device
x Do not overload the rope winch with the lifting power of the
crane.
3t
x Do not overload the crane components/accessory
equipment such as hydraulic extendable booms, manual
extensions, etc. using the lifting power of the rope winch.
max. 1t
Danger!
Rope might be pulled off the drum if there are too few rope
wraps left on the drum. This may lead to unexpected rope failure and
falling down loads.
x
At least three wraps of rope must be left on the drum.