Case CX350D - Safety Rules - ROPS Judgment

INTRODUCTION
Safetyrules–ROPSjudgment
1.Purpose
JudgewhetherornotthemodeliscompliantwithROPSbytheROPScriteria.
CompliancewithROPSishighlydependentonitsdeadweightandboom.
ThemodelhaspassedtheROPStestforitsdeadweightwithallselectableoptionsinstalled(asof2009).
However,thejudgmentisrequiredbecauseitsdeadweightorboompositionmaygobeyondtheassumptionde-
pendingonderivativeororderconditions.
2.ROPScriteria
Weight
Foreachclass,thefollowingweightshallnotbeexceeded.
Iftheweightisexceeded,acabmaybecomedamagedincaseofarollover,causingtheoperatortodieorbecome
severelydisabled.
Itisnotapplicablebeyondthecriterion.
TheROPS-compliantmodelshallnotexceedtheweightshowninthetable.
(ThefollowingweightisshownonthedecalintheROPScab.)
Grossbodyweight
Class
CX250D
32000kg(70547.92lb)orless
CX300D
40000kg(88184.90lb)orless
CX350D
Boomposition
Warning
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Ifyoumakesuchmodicationaslowerstheboomposition,ROPSisnotapplicable.
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Consultationwithusisrequiredwheneveritisassumedthattheboompositionisloweredbymodication.
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Therangeofchangeintheboompositioncannotbedetermineduniformly.
SMIL14CEX2001EA1
(a)Groundpoint
Itisnotapplicableifthepositionoverlappingwithacabonthesideview(mark*inthegure)isloweredsignicantly
ascomparedwiththestandardmodel(standardarm),withinthemaximumdiggingradiuswiththebuckettiponthe
surfaceoftheground.
Moreover,itcannotbesaidthatthe24-tonmodel,closetothelimitweight,withacabthatcanbearupto31-tonsand
the21-tonmodelwiththesamecabarethesameinthedegreeofinuence.
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