Tractel tralift 19709, Operation, Maintenance And Parts Manual

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YOUR DUTY TO TRAIN AND CONTROL PEOPLE
23) An operator must not be assigned to a hoisting job
or to rigging for the job, if that person is not :
a) mentally or physically fit for that purpose
b) competent for the job to be performed
c) familiar with all applicable safety rules and
requirements
d) familiar with the scaffold equipment as rigged
e) nothing trained for working under the above
requirements.
24) Never disassemble the tralift by yourself or by your
staff. Except for the operations described in this
manual, the maintenance of the tralift hoists, as
well as disassembly and repair, must be exclusively
done by qualified repairers authorized in writing by
the supplier. tralift spare parts in accordance with
the serial number of each machine must be
exclusively utilized. No substitutions are allowed.
25) Never let the tralift hoist and other equipment of a
suspended system be managed or operated
by a person other than authorized and assigned to
the job.
26) Operator training must be set up by a competent
person of the company, or of it's technical
consultant, according to the working conditions, prior
to putting the equipment into operation : contact
TRACTEL Inc.
27) Every suspended job must be placed under the
control of a person having the required competence
and the authority for checking that all the
instructions prescribed by this manual be regularly
and efficiently carried out.
YOUR DUTY OF SAFETY BEYOND THE tralift®
As being only one piece of the system, the tralift hoist can
contribute to the required SAFETY ONLY, IF …
28) it is fitted on compatible equipment.
29) Other components meet the requirements of the
applicable safety regulations and are of the proper
quality, and assembled to form a safe system.
30) Every upper support is stable, sufficiently strong,
according to the load either static and dynamic.
31) Supporting structure provides the requested
resistance to every load to be applied either static
or dynamic, during operating the equipment.
32) All the requirements in strength and resistance are
obtained with the necessary safety factor (see
regulations and professional standards).
33) All the calculations, design and subsequent work
necessary to the above requirements have been
made by a competent person on the basis of
proper technical information regarding the site.
YOUR DUTY TO AVOID TAKING CHANCES
34) Do not leave load supported by the hoist
unattended unless specific precautions have been
taken.
35) Should you decide that the tralift hoist is no longer
to be used, take precautions in disposing of it so
that it cannot be used anymore.
36) Tralift hoist MUST NOT be used in explosive
atmosphere. It has not been designed for such an
application.
37) Do not operate unless load is centered under hoist.
38) Protect the hoists load chain from weld splatter or
other damaging contaminents.
39) Do not operate hoist when it is restricted from
forming a straight line from hook to hook or lug to
hook (optional) in the direction of loading.
40) Do not use load chain as a sling or wrap chain
around load.
41) Do not apply the load to the tip of the hook or to the
hook latch.
42) Never operate a hoist unless load slings or other
approved attatchments are properly sized and seated
in the hook saddle.
FOR LIFTING PEOPLE OR OTHER
APPLICATIONS CONTACT:
Tractel
®
Inc. for USA
or
Tractel
®
Ltd. for Canada
AN ULTIMATE RECOMMENDATION
Never neglect means to improve safety. Due to the
risks inherent in the use of lever hoists, the supplier
strongly recommends that every* bravo
®
lever hoist be
fitted with an optional overload device when one is
available. Ask your supplier for information on the
optional overload device.
In order to keep improving its products, Tractel®
reserves its right to apply any modification at any
time to the product described in this manual.
The companies of The Tractel ® Group and their appoint-
ed repairers will supply on request their documentation
regarding other Tractel ® products available: lifting and
pulling machine and their accessories, site and facade
access equipment, handling equipment, safety devices
for load, personal fall protection equipment, load and
tension indicators, etc.
Go to www.tractel.com
The Tractel
®
network can supply an after sales and peri-
odic inspection service.
* Not available in the 1/4T and 1T models