Installation and operating manual
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G932.1 - 06/2010
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General
Date of issue
June 2010
Copyright
The copyright of this instruction manual remains with Greifzug
Hebezeugbau GmbH.
This instruction manual is intended only for the operators of the
systems described here and their staff. This instruction manual
must be available to the operating personnel at all times. Addi-
tional copies can be obtained on request.
No part of this instruction manual may be reproduced, distributed
or otherwise communicated without the permission of Greifzug
Hebezeugbau GmbH.
Legal proceedings may be implemented in the case of any in-
fringements.
Manufacturer's address
Sales and service office:
Greifzug Hebezeugbau GmbH
Scheidtbachstraße 19-21
51469 Bergisch Gladbach, Germany
Postfach 20 04 40
51434 Bergisch Gladbach, Germany
Tel:
+49 (0) 22 02 / 10 04-0
Fax:
+49 (0) 22 02 / 10 04-50 + 70
Greifzug Hebezeugbau GmbH reserves the right to make
changes to the product described in this instruction manual as
part of their ongoing product improvement programme.
Customers can obtain documentation about other TRACTEL
products by requesting the documentation from companies within
the TRACTEL Group or service organisations appointed by the
TRACTEL Group. Please visit our TRACTEL website at:
www.tractel.com for further details regarding the hoisting gear
and related accessories; stationary or mobile working platforms
for moving around on the inside and outside of buildings; rigging;
block stops for heavy loads; personal safety harnesses to pre-
vent falls; traction and rope tension measuring equipment, etc.
The TRACTEL Group and its dealer network also provide addi-
tional customer and repair services upon request.
1.1
Terms and abbreviations used in
this manual
The terms used in this instruction manual have the following
meanings:
System / Machine
Pursuant to the Machine Directive 2006/42/EC lifting equipment,
hoisting gear and rigging for lifting are regarded as machines.
The term "system" or also "machine" describes the device in
which the unit described here will be fitted.
System manufacturer
The system manufacturer (system planner, system manufacturer,
installer) is the company marketing the system and all of the
required components. The system manufacturer is responsible
for the design, manufacturing, assembly and marketing.
Rigging
Rigging consists of equipment which does not belong to the
hoisting gear and which creates a connection between the carry-
ing means and the load or the carrying means and the load lifting
equipment (e.g. rope loops, round slings, shackles, swivel hooks,
eye hooks, deflection rollers).
Anchoring point
Part of the on-site suspended construction to which the suspen-
sion rope, the safety rope, deflection rollers or the hoisting gear
is anchored.
Operating personnel
Personnel who have been trained by the operator to operate the
product and are authorised to operate it.
Operator
The operator is responsible for the correct operation of the sys-
tem / equipment and also for adhering to the maintenance inter-
vals and the undertaking of the service work.
Electrician
An electrician is someone who possesses sufficient knowledge
or has obtained the required qualification through training in
order to recognise the risks and avoid the dangers that can occur
when working with electricity.
Independent secondary brake
A device for stopping the load lifting equipment in the event of
the suspension rope snapping or a malfunction, e. g. drive mal-
function.
Hoisting gear / machine for lifting loads
Device or equipment consisting of a device with load carrying
means for lifting or transporting loads (e.g. wire rope hoist or wire
rope hoist with rope and swivel hook).
Customer / end customer
The customer or end customer is the system manufacturer's
customer and can also be the operator.
Load lifting equipment (LAM)
A component or piece of equipment which does not belong to the
hoisting gear, which enables the load to be grasped and which is
attached between the machine and the load or to the load itself,
or is intended to be an integral component of the load. Rigging
and its components are also regarded as load lifting equipment.
Material lifting equipment (MAM)
Load lifting equipment for material.
Nominal load
The nominal load is the load bearing capacity of the hoist and is
the load that is applied to a certain position, e.g. on a deflection
roller. Simple reeving doubles the nominal load.