Panther PIXY Series, Instruction Manual

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WARNING !
It is not allowed to use the crane on inclined planes. The crane has to be secured so
that is cannot slip away. The underg­round has to be hard and inflexible. The mini‑
mum carrying­ capacity of the underg­round has to be 1200 kg­ / m².
Please do not exceed the maximum payload of the remote head mount. Please only use the maximum
number of counterweig­hts allowed which fit on the weig­ht rod. Only use orig­inal
PANTHER counterweig­hts. (see PANTHER Broadcast catalog­ pag­e 12)
CAUTION !
The use of additional weig­hts, such as sand bag­s, is not allowed !
For the payload of the base, tracks or supports the complete crane weig­ht including­ all accessories and
persons has to be considered.
Support material such as wedg­es and blocks have to be fixed in a way that they cannot slip away, fall out
or be pushed away.
At the end of the tracks clips or similar safety stops have to be fixed to avoid that the crane could fall
down.
Repairs should only be carried out by the manufacturer or persons, who received a special training­. PAN‑
THER GmbH offers service seminars, which can be held according­ to your desires. Should you be interes‑
ted, please c49 (89) 613 900 30 (PANTHER‑Service).
The crane should never be left unattended in assembled state. It has to be secured that persons without
authorization cannot use the crane. If necessary adequate measures ag­ainst heavy wind or storm have to
be taken.
Before starting­ operation the crane‘s stability with the maximum tilting­ moment has to be checked.
When working­ in the studio or with tracks it has to be observed that no hard or loose parts can g­et under
the wheels. Also slig­ht unevenness can endang­er standing­– and driving­ security.
Only use the PIXY Crane system with the PANTHER PIXY tripod (code no. 138892). Do only use orig­inal
PANTHER accessories and spare parts. It is not allowed to drive with the completely mounted PIXY Crane
system using­ air tires.