Tesmec AFB506, Handbook

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PULLER-TENSIONER
Model: AFB506
Manual: MI-AFB506-149-00-GB Date: 05.10.2016 Author: B. Ghezzi Page: 8 of 37
3. TRANSPORT AND POSITIONING INSTRUCTIONS
3.1 MACHINE LIFTING
For the machine lifting use only devices as overhead traveling cranes or lift trucks, with a capacity
suitable for the mass to be lifted.
The devices used for the machine lifting (ropes, cables, hooks, etc.) have to be exactly dimensioned
as compared to the mass to be lifted and have to be connected to the proper elements foreseen on
the machine (table 2, pos. 2).
During machine lifting operations, the presence of persons on the machine is strictly forbidden.
DANGER: the non-respect of the above mentioned conditions may cause dangerous
situations as well as damages to the machine with the consequent decline of any warranty
condition.
3.2 TRANSPORT TYPOLOGIES AND PACKAGE
Transport by land by truck
The machine comes without all the liquids that can be set on fire and protected in the most exposed
and delicate parts by means of cardboard and/or plywood and/or polyethylene extensible film.
To fix the machine on the platform of the transporting unit, use nailed wedges and/or metal brackets
and/or tie rods.
Transport by sea in wooden cases or container
The machine comes without all the liquids that can be set on fire; metal parts are protected with
waterproof wax.
To fix the machine on the package, use nailed wedges and/or metal brackets and/or tie rods.
At the inside, the wooden case foreseen a protection with tarpaper.
Materials usually used for the package are:
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wooden
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nails and/or steel screws
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cardboard and/or paper
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polyethylene extensible film
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adhesive tape.
3.3 UNPACKING
When receiving the machine verify the integrity of the package; advise immediately the manufacturer
and the person in charge of the transport (even with photos) when possible damages due to transport
or tampering with removal, even partial, of the content happen.
Verify if the supplied material corresponds to the ordered one; immediately advise the manufacturer if
there are some discrepancies.
In case of transport on wooden case, remove, in sequence, the upper cover and lateral panels, before
removing the machine.
During unpacking operations, avoid any shock to the structure or to the machine units, in order to
avoid any damage to the machine itself.
ATTENTION: the elimination of packaging materials must be effectuated in conformity with the
norms in force in the using country.