CHAPTER 4 – Installation
Chap. 4
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4.4 Component and load group identification and handling
Machine hoisting and handling equipment that must be provided by the end user customer are:
• N. 1 crane.
• N. 1 lift-truck.
• Polyester hoisting straps.
• 80 mm diameter hoisting pipes. The length must be 500 mm longer than the machine frames.
DANGER!
All hoisting equipment must be chosen based on the weights to be hoisted to keep the loads from falling.
The table below summarized a few types of hoisting methods. The photographs are indicative of the
method to be used to prepare and hook up the hoisting equipment.
Machine hoisting drawings and diagrams may be found in ANNEX B TECHNICAL DIAGRAMS AND
GENERAL INFORMATION.
TYPE OF
HOISTING
HANDLING
Handling using a
crane, hoisting
pipes and straps
• Certain structures or the machine body may be hoisted by using a crane (1),
hooked up to the polyester straps (2) and pipes (3) inserted in the special
holes on the machine structures.
• The polyester straps anchored to the pipes may be positioned closet o the
structures or left at a distance of about 400 mm (4) to be able to balance the
movement deriving from the distribution of the machine weight.
1
2
3
4