Wittke FEATHERWEIGHT, Maintenance Manual

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Introduction
For electrical schematics, refer to the schematics provided with your W
ITTKE
™ unit;
For pneumatic and hydraulic schematics, refer to the schematics provided with your W
ITTKE
™ unit.
N
OTE
: A number of system schematics are included in this manual.
Warranty Registration Form
Do not forget to complete the owner registration form and to send it to Labrie Enviroquip Group.
Make sure to fill out the in-service date. This date will be used as the start date of the warranty period.
If the in-service date is not indicated, the warranty period will start 30 days after the delivery date.
Introducing the W
ITTKE
™
W
ITTKE
™ units are front-load refuse collection vehicles used to pick up residential or commercial
dumpsters. Once the body is full, all its content is unloaded at a waste management landfill or other
appropriate site (e.g. transfer station, incinerator, recycling station). These vehicles are designed to
be operated by only one person at a time, and they use a series of hydraulic, pneumatic, mechanical,
and electrical systems to perform their work routine.
The W
ITTKE
™ comes in three models: the S
UPER
D
UTY
™, the S
TAR
L
IGHT
™ and the
F
EATHERWEIGHT
™.
W
ITTKE
™ units are equipped with a set of swing arms and forks to perform the collection of industrial
and commercial waste. Some trucks can be supplied with a carry can equipped with either a tipper or
an automated arm to perform residential collection.
Body’s main components are the packer, the tailgate, and the swing arms and forks.
The tailgate is the rear door that prevents refuse from exiting the body during collection. At landfill,
the tailgate is raised to allow the discharge of the refuse that has been collected.
The packer is the piece of equipment that packs refuse inside the body and pushes it out of the body
at landfill when the tailgate is raised.
Multiplexed System
Labrie has equipped your W
ITTKE
™ unit with a CAN bus-based multiplexed system, which integrates
a monitor, a control panel, a joystick, and a set of electronic controllers. This whole system has been
designed to help you operate your unit in an efficient and easy way. Labrie’s multiplexed system is
reliable and safe and it requires less wiring harnesses to operate. It can also monitor various function
status of the body and display warning and caution messages.
Through its monitor (see Figure 1
- 1), Labrie’s multiplexed system informs you of any malfunctions
that may occur during the operation of the truck. Various caution and warning messages can be
displayed on the monitor, depending on the seriousness of the situation. Yellow-highlighted
messages indicate that caution should be used while red-highlighted messages indicate a warning
situation that must be dealt with quickly.