Inspection and preventive maintenance
Inspection and preventive maintenance
How to do preventive maintenance
Inspect the system before any deployment and after any corrective maintenance operation.
Perform preventive maintenance at least once a year.
Rigging and hardware
(p.27) on each rigging part.
Use the
(p.29) to identify critical parts of the system and apply the specic checks
described in the
(p.32).
If any parts are damaged, contact your L-Acoustics representative for further instructions.
Acoustics
(p.33).
(p.35) to detect any degradation in sound quality.
If necessary, refer to the
(p.68) section for speaker repair kits and maintenance instructions.
Rigging part inspection
About this task
For critical rigging parts, use the
(p.32) for comparison and specic manipulations.
The term "rigging part" comprises:
• lifting accessories such as clamps and shackles
• rigging accessories such as rigging frames, rigging interfaces, and brackets
• fasteners used for assembling two products together such as ball-locking pins, rigging axes, rigging screws, threaded
knobs, and safety pins
This inspection procedure covers only L-Acoustics products. To inspect other products that are part of the lifting chain,
refer to the manufacturer's instructions.
Prerequisite
Perform the inspection in a well-lit environment.
Procedure
1.
Check that the rigging part is present.
2.
If applicable, disassemble the rigging part from the enclosure or the rigging accessory.
Check that the tethers are intact and safely secured.
3.
Inspect the part from every side.
Compare with the
reference pictures
.
Check for:
• corrosion
• wear and cracks
• bends and dents
• holes
• missing safety cues
• missing identication labels
• missing or loose fasteners
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