
AppendixAEquipmenthandling
Lifting
Aheavycratewillnormallybemarkedwithitsweight,andtheweightsofothercartons
orcrateswillnormallybeenteredonthepackinglist.
•Youmustalwayschecktheweightofacratebeforeyouattempttoliftit.
•Youmustalwaysuseliftingapparatusthatisapprovedandcertiedfortheload.
Heavyunitsmaybeequippedwithliftinglugsfortransportationbycranewithinthe
workshoporinstallationarea.Beforeyouuseacrane:
•Youmustchecktheapplicableweightcerticateforthecrane.
•Youmustcheckthesecurityoftheliftinglugs.
Ensurethatallavailableliftinglugsareused.Ensuretheunitremainsundercontrol
duringtheoperationtoavoiddamagetotheunit,equipmentorpersonnel.
Heavyunitsmaybetransportedusingaforklifttruck.Specialattentionmustthenbe
paidtothepositionoftheunit’scentreofgravity.Theunitsmustbeproperlysecuredto
thetruck.
Storagepriortoinstallationoruse
Whenasystem,aunitoraspareparthasbeendeliveredtothecustomer,itmaybe
subjecttolongtimestoragepriortoinstallationanduse.Duringthisstorageperiod,
certainspecicationsmustbemet.Theequipmentmustbepreservedandstoredinsuch
awaythatitdoesnotconstituteanydangertohealth,environmentorpersonalinjury.
1Theequipmentmustbestoredinitsoriginaltransportationcrate.
2Ensurethattheunitsareclearlyseparatedintheshelvesandthateachunitiseasily
identiable.
3Thecratemustnotbeusedforanypurposeforwhichitwasnotintended(eg.work
platformetc.).
4Thecratesmustnotbeplacedontopofeachother,unlessspecicmarkingspermit
this.
5Thecratesmustnotbeplaceddirectlyonadirt-oor.
6Donotopenthecrateforinspectionunlessspecialcircumstancespermitso.
•“Specialcircumstances”maybesuspecteddamagetothecrateanditscontent,or
inspectionsbycivilauthorities.
•Ifanyunitsaredamaged,prepareaninspectionreportstatingtheconditionofthe
unitandactionstaken.Describethedamageandcollectphotographicevidenceif
possible.Re-preservetheequipment.
•Iftheunitsarenotdamaged,checkthehumidityabsorbingmaterial.Ifrequired,
dryorreplacethebags,thenre-packtheunit(s)accordingtothepacking
instructions.
7Ifthecratehasbeenopened,makesurethatisitclosedandsealedafterthe
inspection.Usetheoriginalpackingmaterialasfaraspossible.
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