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4111-0024 — Apr. 2020
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A—Pit Width
B— Pit Depth (Dock Floor-to-Pit Floor)
C— Pit Length
D— Distance (Pit Corner-to-Corner)
(Top, Bottom, and Both Sides)
E— Electrical Junction Box
F— Floor Embed Plate
Prepare Pit
INSTALLATION
Before lowering the dock leveler into the pit, the
following must be performed:
1. Remove all debris from the pit and sweep the pit
clean.
2. Check the entire dock leveler pit for proper
construction according to approved/certified
pit drawings. Make sure pit is square, has the
proper depth and taper by making the following
measurements (see Figure 5):
• Measure pit width distance (
A
) at both front and
rear of pit.
• Measure dock floor-to-pit floor distance (
B
) on
both sides of the rear embed channel and at
front if applicable.
• Measure pit floor taper; rear to front cannot
exceed 1/2” total taper.
• Measure pit length distance (
C
) at both sides.
• Measure corner-to-corner (cris-cross) distance
(
D
) at both sides. Take measurements at dock
floor level and at pit floor level.
Note:
If any measurements are off by more than 1/8
in. (3.2 mm) in depth and/or width, or 1/4 in (6.3 mm)
in squareness contact Technical Services before
proceeding.
3. Make sure the field junction box for the dock
leveler (
E
) and floor embed plate (
F
) is at the
correct location per pit diagrams.
Retrofit installations:
Refer to the job-specific
layout drawings provided by Systems, LLC for retrofit
installations. Hinge plate weldment must be welded to
embedded channel along top, bottom, and both sides,
and all holes must be plug welded.
Contact Systems, LLC Technical Services for digital
copies of layout drawings if required.
C
D
A
B
B
F
E
Figure 5
+1/2”
