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- The installer has all the necessary
personal protection equipment (fall-arrest
harness, gloves, safety shoes, helmet)
to safely carry out the installation.
- If the installer is required to use a fall-
arrest system as defined by directive
89/656/CEE, he must check that the
anchor point to which the fall arrest
system is anchored is sufficiently strong.
- The environment in which the winch is
used is not explosive (ATEX Directive).
- The environment in which the winch is
usedis not abnormally corrosive, such as
a marine environment or other.
IMPORTANT:
The load must be
secured to the wire rope by the hook.
The load must be secured by a sling of
appropriate capacity, dimensions and type
for the object to be handled (Fig.18).
The winch wire rope must not be used, under
any circumstances, as a sling by running it
around an object with the hook attached to the
wire rope (Fig. 17).
7.2 Installation on jib crane
This is the most frequently used installation
configuration (Fig. 8).
For this installation, the installer must have:
• 1 altotir™ winch, standard delivery.
• 1 jib crane, with mechanical strength
verified by a qualified technician to ensure
it can handle the forces to be applied.
7.2.1 Checks before installation
7.2.1.1 Host structure checks
IMPORTANT
:
Before installing, you must check that:
• The scaffolding is sufficiently stable and
strong for use with the altotir™ winch.
• The scaffolding tube (Fig. 8, item 24) is
sufficiently strong. In particular, the
scaffolding tubing must be made of steel
and have a diameter of between 48 to
50 mm. It must not show any apparent
deterio ration such as corrosion, bending,
cracks, rupture or impact marks.
7.2.1.2 Environment checks
• Perform the general checks detailed in
section 7.1.2.
Check the following:
• Check that the assembly formed by the
jib crane and the altotir™ winch will not
interfere with any obstacle along the
entire angular working range of the jib
crane.
• Check that the operator can safety
access the jib crane to pivot it along the
necessary working range under safety
conditions satisfying the applicable
regulations.
7.2.1.3 Winch check
Perform the general checks detailed in section
7.1.3 and check that the jib crane complies
with the standard delivery as described in
this manual.
7.2.2 Assembly of jib crane on
altotir™ winch and installation
on scaffolding
The altotir™ winch, equipped with the jib
crane, is shown in figure 8.
Composition:
7) Fastening crossmembers
8) Tube mounting clamps
5) Anchoring tube
13) Clamp fastening studs
14) Clamp fastening nut
24) Cylindrical scaffolding tube.
Proceed as follows when securing the altotir™
winch on a jib crane:
Tools:
• 1 No.17 torque wrench
• 1 No. 22 torque wrench
