JIB CRANES WITH AN ARTICULATED ARM MANUALLY ROTATED

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4.3 - Installation of the jib crane
4.3.1 Duties and responsibilities of the installer
• The installation of the jib crane, for the size of its operations, can pose, if
not carried out correctly, serious risks to the safety of people exposed both
at the assembly stage and at the successive stage of use of the crane.
Therefore, the installation must be assigned to installers specialising in the
assembly of industrial equipment.
• The lifting operations and positioning at a height of the parts of the crane
must be carried out by installers equipped with:
• adequate individual safety measures (e.g. helmet, gloves, safety harness,
etc.)
• work equipment (e.g. forklift truck, scaffolding etc.) suitable for the
purpose
• And following a careful evaluation of the following parameters:
• typology of the workplace, its environmental characteristics, (type of floor
surface, etc.)
• height of the working space in relation to the loading surface
• dimensions and weight of the components to be installed
• available spaces for the handling of the parts to be installed.
Before assembling the parts and using the jib crane, the installer must check
that the crane characteristics are suitable to what requested and for the
foreseen use, in particular:
1. The lifting capacity of the crane is greater than/equal to the loads to be lifted.
2. The characteristics of the fixing structures (plinth, floor, wall, column,etc.) have been “declared
suitable” by the user or expert technicians employed by the user.
• The characteristics of the lifting unit (hoist), if not part of the supply, are compatible with those of
the jib crane (see point 2.2.7) in relation to: (fig.13)
• Lifting capacity of the hoist: must be less than/equal to the lifting capacity of the jib crane.
• Weight of the hoist: must be less than or equal to the maximum foreseen weight.
• Speed of lifting: must be less than or equal to the maximum allowed ones.
• Headroom of the size of the hoist: must be less than or equal to the maximum allowed ones.
fig.13
Following the installation of the jib crane, it is the precise duty of the installer
to:
1. Carry out the activities of “Putting into operation”, as described in paragraph 4.4;
2. Update the “Inspection” report and decide on the ”Suitability for use” of the jib crane;
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