How To Use; Maintenance; Specific Risks - Fenix MEGARA 100 Instrucciones

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4. HOW TO USE

1. Place the lifting tower over a firm and flat
surface on its working place.
2. Remove the outriggers (H) from their
transport supports (C) and insert them into
their working positions (G) checking that
they are fixed by the safety pins (K).
3. Adjust the outrigger stabilisers (J) by
turning the cranks (I) to level the lifting
tower. Ensure it is in a vertical position
checking the bubble level.
4. Put the load on top of the lifting tower
using the suitable support, in order to make
work the weight of the load only in vertical
direction. The minimum load must be 25kg.
It is possible to manually block it with the
safety pins (A).
5. Raising: release the safety pins (A) in its
position (T). To release them, turn slightly
the winch handle to elevate the load. In the
normal working position, the load's weight
does not allow to release the safety pins.
Once the safety pin (A) is unblocked, turn the
winch handle (B) anticlockwise until the load
is lowered and the first profile is completely
down. Release the safety pins (A) and keep
on lowering the lifting tower until the second
Fig. 1
A
S
B
T
J
K
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G
profile is completely down. Unblock the
safety pin (A) and continue lowering the
lifting tower until it is completely folded at
its minimum height. The lifting tower can be
fixed in any needed intermediate position as
well as when raising the load, fixing the safety
pin (A) in the position (S).
6. Lowering: release the safety pins (A) in its
position (T). To release them, turn slightly
the winch handle to elevate the load. In the
normal working position, the load's weight
does not allow to release the safety pins.
Once the safety pin (A) is unblocked, turn the
winch handle (B) anticlockwise until the load
is lowered and the first profile is completely
down. Release the safety pins (A) and keep
on lowering the lifting tower until the second
profile is completely down. Unblock the
safety pin (A) and continue lowering the
lifting tower until it is completely folded at
its minimum height. The lifting tower can be
fixed in any needed intermediate position as
well as when raising the load, fixing the safety
pin (A) in the position (S).
7. For the lifting towers' transport it is
necessary to bring down all the profiles,
releasing the safety pin (A) doing the step
(T). Fix the profiles with the safety pins (A)
in position (S).
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H
C

5. MAINTENANCE

1. Periodically check cable status. If the cable
seems to have broken wires or crushing,
replace immediately with a new one. Never
use the lifting tower with cables in bad
conditions. Only use galvanized steel under
EN 12385-4. Cable maximum load: 652kg.
Cable torsion resistance: 1.960 N/mm². Cable
diameter: 3mm. Cable composition: 7x19+0.
2. The lifting tower is supplied fully greased
from factory. Nevertheless, the crown gear of
the winch, to the threaded bar of the stabiliser
outriggers and the profiles, because of its use
periodical greasing is recommended.
WARNING:
DO NOT GREASE OR LUBRICATE
BRAKING MECHANISM
Braking disks were greased with a special
heat and pressure resistant grease. No other
product must be used to prevent negative
influence on brake functioning.
3. Lifting tower MEGARA 100, must be
checked by an expert a minimum of once a
year as per its use.
4. Only original spare parts must be used to
ensure continued safe use. The user loses all
guarantee rights if spare parts other than the
originals are incorporated or the product in
is modified any way.
5. To request any spare part, contact the
manufacturer or an authorised distributor
within your territory.
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6. SPECIFIC RISKS

Braking system failure
May occur due to braking system deficiencies
or bad installation. If it stops working it could
cause a serious risk due to the raised load
being out of control and may injure users or
hit materials next to the tower.
Loss of stability
If the tower is placed on a sloping ground or
a surface that is not completely flat, there is a
risk of losing stability which would lead to a
90º overturn with risk of serious injuries for
workers.
Objects dropping to a different level
As an elevation equipment and due to its
working height, there is a serious risk of
raised objects dropping to a different level,
either due to securing mechanism failure,
part wear, dirt, etc., or incorrect use of
the lifting tower (E.g.: for goods over the
maximum load allowed). Sudden drop of
raised goods implies a serious risk for the
worker.
Knocks and/or contusions due to objects
This risk only occasionally causes an accident
to the worker running the operation due to
his location during the elevation process; the
risk of knocks from a raised element is more
likely to affect people walking by or whose
workplace is next to the lifting tower.
Its origin may be due to a loss of stability,
malfunctioning of structural elements, safety
systems, securing systems, etc.
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