TENNANT A60
English
1043504
rev
01
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2.7.
Safety provisions
The vehicle is fitted with a number of automatic and manual safety provisions to guarantee
the safety of people and the vehicle.
2.7.1.
Automatic provisions
These safety provisions have been/are activated automatically and must not be neutralized
in
any way
.
» Automatic brake-light system
Turns on as soon as the vehicle decelerates.
» Automatic parking-brake system
Activates automatically as soon as the diesel engine is switched off.
» Sensor mat in driver’s seat
Disconnects the brushes and the driving function when the driver is not sitting on the seat.
» Reverse alarm
Acoustic signal that can be heard when the vehicle reverses.
» Warning alarm
Acoustic signal that can be heard when the dirt hopper is tipped, lowered or when the
hopper door opens or closes.
» Warning lamp
Starts flashing when the dirt hopper starts tipping and continues to flash until the safety pin
is in place beneath the dirt hopper.
When the safety pin is removed, the warning light starts flashing again until the dirt hopper
is completely lowered.
» Hydraulic pressure switch in the tipping cylinders
Ensures that above a certain weight the dirt hopper cannot be tipped unless the hopper door
is open.
» Four independent hydraulic pumps
» Over-pressure safeguard on all hydraulic systems
» Hose-rupture safeguards
The hydraulic tipping cylinders are fitted with hose-rupture safeguards.
» Hydraulic system that ensures that the sweeping unit is blocked when raised
The blocking is only removed when the sweeping unit is operated to be lowered. So the
sweeping unit cannot be lowered while the vehicle is driving.