User's Manual

01/2001, CATTRON

- THEIMEG

Section 2, Page 9

Radio Control Operator’s Duties – E.O.T. Crane, continued.

WARNING:

ON CAB AND REMOTE OPERATED CRANES OR CARRIERS AN

AUDIBLE OR VISUAL WARNING MEANS SHALL BE PROVIDED. IN

ADDITION, ALL EQUIPMENT SHALL HAVE AUDIO OR VISUAL ALARM

INDICATIONS MEETING GOVERNMENTAL REQUIREMENTS. FAILURE

TO IMPLEMENT THIS WARNING MAY RESULT IN PERSONAL INJURY

OR DEATH TO PERSONNEL AND DAMAGE TO EQUIPMENT.

The following procedures provide general guidelines for radio control operation of an Electrical

Overhead Traveling (EOT) crane and should not be used as a substitute for your plant operating

procedures.

1. Before lifting any loads, carry out the following:

a. Install the correct coded ‘i-Key’ for the desired equipment to be operated. If the wrong

coded ‘i-Key’ is installed to the PS controller, the target equipment will not operate.

b. Set (unlatch and pull out) PS controller red STOP switch to ‘RUN’ and turn Power

ON/OFF switch to ‘ON’. When transmitting with a good battery, two short ‘beeps’ will

be heard immediately after the ON/OFF power switch is set to ‘ON’ and the green

TRANSMIT LED will ‘flash’ rhythmically. When the battery starts to go low, the

yellow LOW BATTERY LED will ‘flash’ continuously, which means you should change

or re-charge the battery pack (refer to Battery Pack in Section 4 of this manual for

instructions on how to replace a battery pack).

c. When installed, activate the ALARM/RESET switch on the PS controller (this is

normally an optional function that sounds the equipment alarm and resets the main power

contactor).

d. Where a limit switch is provided, you should check the limit switch at the beginning of

each shift as defined by your plant operating procedures.

e. Check each function independently to be sure that equipment is responding correctly.

f. Check range limiting if used.

g. Check STOP operation.

h. Check Brake operation

2. You must report all defective or missing safety equipment, mechanical or electrical defects to

your supervisor without delay. Do not continue operation until fully repaired.

3. When raising or lowering a load, proceed slowly and make certain the load is under control.