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Service Procedure 23 -
Verifying the Slings
•
Visually check the stitching, seams and the
fabric must be in good condition.
•
Visually check the condition of all plastic
support clips, look for cracks on the cold shut
line and any deformation that would be
attributed to incorrect laundry processes.
•
The procedure detailed in the text that follows
only applies to the plastic clips on
ArjoHuntleigh manufactured slings.
•
R
e
fer to the
above illustration and insert
the
machined
diameter of
the
ST331 Sling Clip
Gauge into the
large diameter
of
the keyhole
slot in
the plastic
clip
.
•
Allow the weight of the gauge
to rest
against
the
sling clip and attempt to
pass the
gauge
pin
through the
slot into
the
smaller diameter
.
Do not force the
gauge
through
the slot.
•
The
gauge
mu
s
t
not pas
s
through
the narro
w
(mouth) section of
the plastic
sling clip.
If
the
gauge
does pass
through the
s
l
ot the sling
clip is defective
:
•
Attach one of
the
"
DEFECTIVE - DO
NOT USE
"
bands
,
Part No
.
SIDC2000
,
securely
to
the sling
.
Sign and date the
band
with a indelible
marker pen.
(
NOTE
This is a UK band. It can be ordered outside
UK as
an example and should be changed
to a
country specifie layout
).
•
Record
the
identity serial
number from
the DO NOT USE
band on your service
report
sheet and
make
a
note
of
the
failure
.
•
Use the indelible marker
pen
to
discreetly write the
identity
serial
number
from
the DO NOT USE
band in a corner
of the sling
.
•
Inform
the customer
of
your
findings
and
the
actions
taken
and advise
that the
sling
be
w
ithdrawn
from
service and
replaced with a
new
or serviceable sling
.
NOTE
:
The
use of this gauge
is
the only
approved
method
of checking
the
servi
c
eability of the ArjoHuntleigh plastic
sling clip and
no
other method shou
ld
be
used.
•
Check
that the
safe working
load
(SWL)
label
is legible
if
necessary
mark the SWL with
an
indelib
l
e
marker pen
.
•
If in doubt
about
the
condition of the sling
recommend that the
s
l
ing shou
ld
be
removed
from service
.
•
If
satisfied with
the
condition of
the
s
ling
identify
in
accordance
with one of the
following
:
•
Slings
that have
a serial
number label
should be signed and dated with an
indelible marker pen
and the
information
re
corded on
the Service Report
paperwork
.
OR
•
Slings without
a
serial
number label
mark the date
and
Engineers number
discreetly in a corner of the sling with an
indelible marker
pen
.
