User manual

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How to safely connect the cable holder to the wire rope:
1. First, loosen the lock nut mounted on the threaded nose protruding from the cable holder’s top end (plunger) until the end of the thread is reached. Next,
insert one end of the wire rope into the cable holder against the slight resistance of the spring-loaded plunger.
2. The cable holder can now be slid along the wire rope. As soon as it is pulled in the opposite direction or loaded, the gripping mechanism will be automatically
activated. If the gripping mechanism is not triggered as it should, please check whether the wire rope selected for use with the cable holder is appropriate (for
example, whether it has a diameter of at least 4.0mm), or whether the cable holder is possibly defective (in order to check the cable holder prior to use, please
refer to the Safety Advice/Precautionary Statements section, steps 1 -7). In case of a suspected malfunction or defect, the cable holder concerned must not be
used, and the Quality Management Department (“Abt. Qualitätswesen”) of Reutlinger GmbH Quality should be contacted immediately.
3. Care should be taken that the wire rope, prior to the gripping action being triggered, is properly channelled through the cable holder so that it protrudes under
load by at least L= 4.0cm (1.6 inch) from the coupling thread, coupling part or side exit (ZW) of the cable holder (cf. Fig. 2 & 2a), depending on the model used.
In addition, the angle α=5° max. between the wire rope and the vertical symmetry axis of the cable holder must not be exceeded at the point of exit of the cable
from the plunger. If the angle is larger, the lateral pressure exerted by the wire rope on the plunger can cause damage to the plunger or malfunction of the
cable holder, thus possibly leading to an accidental release of the gripping mechanism.
4. After the cable holder has been adjusted to the required position on the wire rope by a gentle pulling action of the hand (in load direction), the holder will begin
to grip.
5. Once the cable holder has properly gripped the wire rope, tighten the lock nut by hand (without the use of tools!) until it comes to closely rest again against the
top end of the cable holder. The load can now be attached to the cable holder; the gripping force of the cable holder increases in proportion to the work load.
Care should be taken to ensure that load attachment to the tensioned wire rope is performed slowly and gradually.
6. After proper attachment of the work load, retighten the lock nut further by hand (again without the use of tools!) until it makes full-surface contact with the cable
holder.
7. Pulse loading (shock loads) may cause the safe working load (working load limit) to be temporarily exceeded and may thus lead to damage of the wire rope
and the cable holder. If any such pulse loading (shock load) has occurred, the load must be removed, and the wire rope as well as the cable holder should be
checked for damage immediately.
If the cable holder or the load, respectively, is to be relocated on the wire rope, please proceed in just the reverse order:
1. Loosen the lock nut, remove the suspended load or secure it expertly to the cable holder to prevent accidental dropping of the load.
2. Use your hand to press on the lock nut, thus pushing the plunger into the cable holder, and keep it in that position. The cable holder is now unlocked, which
means that the gripping pressure has been released.
3. You can now slide the cable holder to the selected position on the wire rope.
4. Release the lock nut once again; while you do so, the plunger should move out from the cable holder and return by itself to its original position outside the
cable holder.
5. For re-applying the load, please proceed once again as described from step 4 of the “How to safely connect the cable holder to the wire rope” section.
Reutlinger cable holders Type 50 SV III are DGUV Vorschrift 17 (BGV C1) and TÜV-GS approved.
In the area of German Accident Prevention Regulation “DGUV Vorschrift 17 (BGV C1)”, the following safe working loads (working load limits)
apply (safety factor = 10):
Approved wire ropes
Galvanised steel wire rope – similar to DIN EN 12385-4:2008,
6x7-FC / 6x19M-FC [fibre core], rope grade 1770 or 1960
6x7-WSC / 6x19M-WSC [steel core], rope grade 1770 or 1960
ø 4,0mm
60 kg
ø 5,0mm
90 kg
Outside the area of German Accident Prevention Regulation “DGUV Vorschrift 17 (BGV C1)”, the following safe working loads (working load limits)
apply (safety factor = 5):
Approved wire
ropes
Galvanised steel wire rope – similar to DIN EN 12385-4:2008,
6x7-FC / 6x19M-FC [fibre core], rope grade 1770 or 1960
6x7-WSC / 6x19M-WSC [steel core], rope grade 1770 or 1960
ø 4,0mm
120 kg
ø 5,0mm
180 kg