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Makesurethatallcompartmentcoversarein
placeandlatched.
Setupthemachineinthefollowingstate:
‒Putthemachineonafirm,levelsurface.
‒Platformposition:center
‒Platformload:0kg
‒Flyjibangle:horizontal(ifequipped)
‒Boomelevation:minimum
‒Boomrotation:rearcenter
LowerControlsCheck2‒2
Dothechecksfirstwiththelowercontrols,
thenwiththeuppercontrols.
Turnthekeyswitchto“LOWERCONTROL”
andmakesurethatthealarmbuzzersounds
forabout3seconds,justafterturningon.
DANGER
Ifthebuzzerdoesnotsoundproperly,
themachineisfaulty.Donotusethe
faultymachine.
Holdthepre-startcheckswitchup.
Makesurethealarmbuzzersoundsforabout
3secondsafterthepre-startcheckswitch
hasbeenheldup.
NOTICE
Ifthebuzzerdoesnotstopsounding,
theboomfunctionsaredisabled.
Starttheengineand,idletheenginefor
warmingup.
Makesuretherearenostrangesoundscome
fromanypart.
Checkthatallsafetysystemsarefunctioning
properly.
‒Emergencystop:pushtheemergency
stopbuttonwhileoperatingtheboom,
andmakesurethatboththeboom
operationandtheenginestop.
‒Emergencypump:Makesurethat
theboomcanbeoperatedwhilethe
emergencypumpisbeingoperated.
Checkthatnooilisleakingfromthe
hydrauliccomponents,hosesandpipes.
Checktheboomtelescopingwireropesfor
anydamages.
‒Nowobbleorunsteadymovementswhen
telescopingtheboom.
‒Nodamageatthewireropeends.
Leavethemachineforafewminuteswith
theboomfullyextended,andfullyraised.
Checkvisuallythattheboomdoesnot
descendonitsown.
UpperControlsCheck2‒3
Turnthekeyswitchto“UPPERCONTROL.”
Wearthesafetyharnessandgetonthe
platformandclosegate.
Aftergettingontheplatform,immediately
hookthesafetyharnesstothelanyard
anchoragepoint.
Starttheengine.
Rotatetheplatformandmakesurethatthe
platformrotatessmoothlywithoutexcessive
freeplay.
Checkthatallsafetysystemsarefunctioning
properly.
‒Emergencystop:pushtheemergency
stopbuttonwhileoperatingtheboom,
andmakesurethatboththeboom
operationandtheenginestop.
‒Footswitch:whileoperatingtheboom,
releasethefootswitch,andmakesurethe
boomoperationstops.
‒Emergencypump:Makesurethat
theboomcanbeoperatedwhilethe
emergencypumpisbeingoperated.