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6.3 Spreading
Usethefrontofthetipsonlytoincreaseanexistinggap.Toincreasegripandtoavoidhaving
thetipssliporbreakoutoftheparttobeprocessed,thegripshouldbereappliedatanearly
stage.Thehighestforcedevelopsintherearareaoftheplug-ontiporintherearspreading
areaofthecombinationblades.
WARNING / CAUTION / PLEASE NOTE!
The light metal alloy arms may not be damaged.
Spreading Enlargingagap
approx25mm
approx. 1 in
Step 2:
Theboltcanthenbegrippedbytheangeandpulledoutuptothelimitstop.Thelimitstop
willpreventtheboltfrombeingpulledoutentirely.Thismeansthatitcannotbelost.
Step 3:
Pullthespreadertipforwardstoremoveit.
Attaching the spreader tip:
Attachmentofthespreadertiptakesplaceinthereversesequence.
Ensurethattheboltisalwayscompletelypushedinandengages.Ifthebolthas
notengaged,thismayresultinthetipinadvertentlycomingloosewhileinuse.
Thisinturncouldresultindamagetotherescueequipment.Therescuedevice
couldalsosliporpartscouldbeungo,resultingininjuriestoboththeoperator
andthecrashvictim.
Caremustalsobetakenthattheboltdoesnotinadvertentlycomeloosewhile
thedeviceisinuse.