socomec PDO 100, Instruction Manual

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3 General Technical Description
Equipment General Features
The equipment is a crushing unit composed of two closing simultaneous jaws that are operated by
two double effect hydraulic cylinders. The jaws are fixed on a strong frame and the cylinders
directly act on them.
The equipment, considering the vibrations from the excavator (excavator’s weight and the material
weight) and the necessity to guarantee the correct idraulic pressure, has to be assembled to
excavator specified in the following point. The application on a different excavator must be verified
in order guarantee the stability e safetyness of the assembly.
Note well: The application of the equipment on an excavator not proper can cause great risks to
the operator, caused by:
- loss of stability of the ecxcavator with the risk to capsize;
- possibility of unforeseen movements of the excavator boom or the equipment;
- falling or launching of material parts being crushed;
- yielding or bursting of the hydraulic circuit, with launching of high pressure liquid and
mechanical parts.
Excavator Data
The stability of the excavator is related to the weight of the excavator and the weight of the
assembled equipment to the excavator boom. An excessive length of the boom or a too low weight
of the excavator compared to the equipment assembled to the boom can determine unstablenees
of the excavator and its capsize.
Regardless of the hydraulic circuit, there should not be any values higher that those suggested. In
case the pressure should be higher than the values given for the equipment, limitation valves must
be placed on the hydraulic lines set to the given values.
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