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R&M Materials Handling, Inc
LoadMate®
Chain Hoist
Springfield, Ohio USA
LM16-20-25 Manual
: 800 955-9967
April 2005
www.rmhoist.com
April 1, 2005
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LM16-20-25-I&M
MANUAL-2005-0
5.8
Installing the Load Chain
Figure
5.6
Figure
5.7
1-FALL CHAIN INSTALLATION
1. Attach last link of chain onto hook of CHAIN INSERTION TOOL (item 1, Figure 5.6).
2. If the insertion tool is not in the hoist (removal procedure), insert other end of CHAIN INSERTION
TOOL into chain opening closest to chain container side.
Make sure the chain weld on chain link faces inward toward chain wheel pocket on hoist
load sprocket. See Figure 5.7.
3. Run hoist “UP” in slow speed to feed chain through chain sprocket out other side.
4. Attach fall stop at least 6.0 inches [150 mm] from end of chain (chain container side). Refer to
Figure 5.8 for details. Attach load block assembly on other end of load chain.
5. Make sure that load chain is not twisted or deformed.
6. Attach chain container.
2-FALL CHAIN INSTALLATION
1. If the chain insertion tool is not in the hoist (removal procedure), attach last link of chain onto hook
of CHAIN INSERTION TOOL (item 1, Figure 5.6).
2. Insert other end of CHAIN INSERTION TOOL into chain opening closest to chain container.
For a 2-Fall load block assembly, make sure the chain weld on chain link faces inward
toward chain wheel pocket on hoist and away from idler sprocket of hook block
assembly. See figure 5.7. Follow steps outlined below:
