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Emer gency Op er a tion Pro ce dures
Ma chines with Electric Con trols
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Operation from platform control station
electric control machines
Switch set tings listed in the two (2) steps be low
must ex ist at the ground be fore emer gency op er a -
tion pro ce dures will work at the plat form con trol
box:
➠
Ground con trol sta tion set tings
Figure 11.5 - Ground Control Box, Electric
Controls
1. The
Emergency
Stop
switch
must be
(ON) (see Figure 11.5).
2. The
Plat form/Ground Se lec tor
switch
(see Fig ure 11.5) must be set to
PLATFORM.
➠
Platform Control Station settings
3. Set the
Emer gency Stop
switch
to ON
(see Fig ure 11.6).
Figure 11.6 - Platform Control Box, Electric
Controls
The EPV16 has an ENABLE switch fitted to
the Upper & Lower control boxes. (see
Chapter 6 for a full explanation of the
operation of this switch).
Some machines may also be fitted with a
FOOT OPERATED ENABLE switch.
On those machines fitted with the foot
switch option, both the switch on the control
box and the foot switch perform the same
function.
If the FOOT OPERATED ENABLE SWITCH
op tion is in stalled on your ma chine go to
Step 4 - oth er wise go to Step 5.
Figure 11.7 - Enable Switch (Foot)
4. Step on the plat form foot switch
(see
Fig ure 11.7).
Go to Step 6
.
5. Op er ate the En able switch
by press ing the
switch down and hold it down .
6. Whilst still operating the enable switch, press
and hold the
Emergency Lower
switch
down and the upper boom will begin
lowering.
7. To op er ate other func tions dur ing the
emer gency lower the fol low ing switches must
be op er ated to gether.
En able
or
(foot switch - Fig ure 11.7)
Emer gency Lower
As soon as these switches are op er ated the
up per boom will be gin de scend ing. If an other
func tion is de sired it must be se lected be fore
the boom has reached the rest po si tion
e.g. Up per or Lower Boom
or
Slew
NOTE:
When emer gency low er ing, it is only pos si ble to
Slew or lower the Jib Boom whilst the Up per
boom is low er ing.
EPV16 – 13642-1
Rev A
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11. Emergency Operation
LIFT
ENABLE
SLEW
ENABLE
START
CHOKE
ELECTRIC
FUEL
STABILISER
BOOMS
OFF
PLATFORM
ON
ON
BASE
LOWER
BOOM
ENABLE
13371-2
EMERGENCY LOWER
CHOKE
START
ELECTRIC
FUEL
LIFT
ENABLE
ROTATE
PLATFORM
JIB
BOOM
SLEW
13371-3 REV A
lb
kg
SPEED
LOWER
BOOM
UPPER
BOOM
IMPORTANT