Operator’s Manual
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The axles will be shown as MID POSITION when they are no longer sensed by the system as
up nor down, and will be coloured red.
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he axles will be shown as DOWN and coloured green when the system’s sensors have
indicated they are down.
12.6.7 Axle Selection
See RCI Manual for further details.
Upon selecting the required rail axle, the other half of the machine will become hidden, and the screen
will display as either of the two states shown above.
12.6.8 Axle Control
See RCI Manual for further details.
After selecting the required axle, while holding the button the screen will change to the control pages
as shown above. The current status of the axles is described next to the images of the machine. The
icon of two arrows next to the axles indicates that the system is ready and primed for their movement
up or down.
To raise or lower the axles, press the rail axle control button to select the axle you wish to operate,
then operate the dozer up/down lever, forwards to lower the rail axle or backwards to raise it. To
raise/lower the other axle press the rail axle control switch into the alternative position then operate
the blade lever in the same way.
NOTE: TO ENABLE THE RAIL AXLES TO BE DEPLOYED OR RETRACTED THE MACHINE MUST
BE SLEWED OVER ONE CHASSIS END OR THE OTHER.
THE RCI IS AN INHERENT AND INTEGRAL SYSTEM WITHIN THE RAIL-ABILITY SAFETY
SYSTEMS ON THE MACHINE. COMPLETE FAMILIARITY WITH THE RCI OPERATION MANUAL IS
VITAL IN COMBINATION WITH THIS MANUAL TO HAVE A COMPLETE UNDERSTANDING OF THE
MACHINES SAFETY FEATURES AND OPERATIONAL INTERLOCKS.
See RCI Manual for further details.
The machine will not travel on rail if both axles are not fully deployed, confirmed green.
The machine is still operated by forward/reverse lever as on a construction site. However, when
travelling on rail only the right-hand drive lever/pedal is required to be pushed in the direction of travel
required to travel the machine under normal conditions. This is reversed each time the machine is
slewed 180
o
. If the left-hand lever is pushed the system will ignore it.
The machine will not travel if the steering wheels are not aligned straight with the chassis.
12.6.9 Travel Mode Gauge Locks
See RCI Manual for further details.
From the RCI main screen page, the screen will display the “Rail Gauge Tunnel” when the machine is
in a position that complies with the travel mode gauge requirements the display will show the tunnel
graphic in green indicating that the machine is safe to travel on railway infrastructure.
The padlock symbols around the tunnel graphic can then be utilised to lock the slew left and slew right
and/or boom height functions into the gauge envelope to present the machine exceeding these limits
for travel mode. These will only activate if the gauge compliance at the machine extremities and the
tunnel graphic is green accordingly. Once the padlocks show as locked, the slew brake is permanently
applied, and the slew and or boom functions are motion cut interlocked respectively.
This provides a high-performance gauge lock ant the machine can be travelled next to open lines and
under live OLE in this configuration. This machine is suitable for travel under the live OLE when used
