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13. REQUIREMENTS OF ROPES AND LIFTING ACCESSORIES
The Winch is supplied without lifting rope and accessory. The user is in charge of the choice and
installation of such devices.
The choice has to be made according to the following indications.
WARNING!
• Use only ropes and lifting accessories in good condition.
• Do not use with wire ropes.
When using the Top-Crank LokHead Rigging Winch 500 for lifting/lowering loads:
WARNING!
• Use only fibre ropes compliant with the Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC having diameter between
12.7 and 9 mm with a usage coefficient of at least 7.
• Textile ropes used must not have any splicing other than that at their ends.
• Regardless of the path of the textile rope used, the machine must always have 2 rope turns (500
mm) wrapped around the drum and the section of rope in the pulleys. The user must mark this
section of rope. For instructions on how to mark the rope, refer to the instructions provided by the
rope manufacturer.
• To prevent the load from falling, suitable hooks or lifting accessories must be used. The hooks
and lifting accessories used must comply with any applicable standards and directives (including,
for example, compliance with point 5.5.8 of UNI 13157:2009).
• The textile rope and the hooks or lifting accessories used must be marked and the identification
plate must bear the information required in paragraphs 4.3.1 and 4.3.2 of Annex I of the Machinery
Directive 2006/42/EC.
• For the correct maintenance of the rope or the use time/modes that require its replacement, refer
to the relevant Use Manual.
• For the correct maintenance of the lifting accessories or the use time/modes that require their
replacement, refer to the relevant Use Manual.
• Use only lifting accessories compliant with the Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC. Do not fasten
the loads to the rope with knots.
• Use only a rope-terminal system that ensures a suitable utilisation factor equal at least to 5
pursuant to the Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC.
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