Safety Instructions - Terrier TTL Gebrauchsanleitung

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SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS

Remember: safety first! Especially where your personal safety and that of the immediate
onlookers is concerned. Carefully read the following safety instructions before using your
new TTL safety lifting clamp.
Ensure your own safety and continue to benefit from our product safety by having the
clamp inspected, tested, and, if necessary, overhauled at least once a year by Terrier Lifting
Clamps BV or another recognised mechanical repair and service centre. See also Section 8 –
Overhaul. It is not permitted to make any constructive modifications to the clamps, for
example by means of welding or grinding.
Please contact Terrier Lifting Clamps B.V. for further information.
TEMPERATURE
The operating temperature of the Terrier TTL lifting clamps lies between –40°C (-40 °F) and
100°C (212 °F) . Please consult with your dealer if other ambient temperatures are applied.
LOADS
Due to their large clutch range, our clamps are extremely suitable for lifting and transport-
ing tubes, bundles of tubes and round material. If the crane hook has no safety device and/
or is too big and too heavy, use a length of chain with D-closure of approximately 75 cm (30
inch) length with a strength that corresponds to the W.L.L. of the clamp in order to ensure
that when the load hook is rested down the crane operator does not allow the hook to
drop too far so that it falls out of the lifting eye. When hanging directly on the crane hook
with safety device ensure that the crane hook can move freely in the lifting eye.
AVOID SITUATIONS INVOLVING RISK OF LIFE
Avoid situations involving risk of life by observing the following directives:
- Never operate an untested lifting clamp.
- Always keep a distance during the hoisting operation and never stand underneath the
load.
- Do not use the clamp if it is damaged. Have the clamp repaired by Terrier Lifting Clamps
B.V. or another recognized mechanical repair and service center. When in doubt: con-
tact your supplier.
- Never hoist loads heavier than the safe work load (W.L.L.), as is clearly indicated on the
clamp and the certificate.
- Never hoist tubes, bundles of tubes and solid round material that are thicker or thinner
than the clamp opening, as indicated on the clamp and the certificate
- When using more than one lifting clamp at the same time, next to each other, use a
trussed hoisting girder (equalizing traverse girder) and sufficiently long lifting slings
or chains, so that the lifting shackle of the lifting clamp is never subjected to a lateral
load.
- Make sure the clamp ( or clamps) is (are) attached in such a way that the load is balan-
ced during lifting.
- The clamp is only suitable for use in normal atmospheric conditions.
WARNING
- A free-fall or uncontrolled swinging movement at the crane hook resulting in objects
being struck may cause damage to the clamp. If this occurs, check whether the clamp is
in good working order before using it again.
- Lifting clamps are not suitable for creating permanent joints.
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