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1 Terminology
The following terms are used in this manual:
“Operator”: Person or department in charge of
use of the product for the purpose for which
it is intended.
“Installer”: Person or department in charge of
assembling the component parts of the
product received, installing the product so
that it is ready for use, and disassembly,
deinstallation and transport of the product for
storage and warehousing.
“Technician”: Qualified person in charge of
the maintenance operations described and
allowed by the manual; it is understood that the
technician has the necessary technical skills
and perfectly familiar with the product.
“After-sales service”: Company or department
authorized by a company of the Tractel
®
group
for after-sales service or repair operations on
the product. Contact Tractel
®
.
“
DANGER
”: Indicates remarks inten -
ded to prevent mortal, serious or light personal
injury.
“
IMPORTANT
”: Indicates remarks
intended to prevent a failure or damage to
the product or the equipment, or the
environment, but not directly endangering the
life or health of the operator or any other
person.
“
NOTE
”: Indicates remarks concer -
ning precautions to be taken to ensure
efficient, easy, safe installation, utilization and
maintenance of the equipment.
Read the operating instructions
manual. This symbol must be present on the
product as indicated in the “markings” section
Enter the information in the
maintenance log book, or the inspection log
book, as may be required.
2 Overview
2.1 Operating principle
The caRol™ drum winches are designed
to lift, lower and hold a material load secured
to a caRol™ wire rope by manual action on a
crank.
There are two types of caRol™ winches:
- caRol™ type TR winch, with drum driven
by a pair of spur gears, with crank on the
side,
- caRol™ type TS winch, with drum driven
by a pair of worm gears, with crank on the
front.
The caRol™ wire rope is coiled on a drum
and is equipped at its end with a swivel hook
with safety latch (item 1, fig. 3) by which the
material load is fastened.
The caRol™ winch must only be used with
a caRol™ lifting wire rope having the indicated
diameter (see § Specifications) to ensure safe,
efficient use.
The caRol™ drums are equipped with a
lever-actuated release function allowing you
to easily unwind the winch wire rope.
By acting on the crank (item 5, fig. 1 or
item 7, fig. 2), and depending on the direction
of rotation indicated (fig. 4), the material load
is lifted. If the operator turn the crank in the
opposite direction, the material load is lowered.
The crank length can be adjusted by means
of an automatic locking device (item 7, fig. 1).
The caRol™ winches are equipped with an
automatic brake function which stops the load,
when moving up or down, as soon as the
operator stops applying force on the crank.
The brake automatically ensures regular,
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