Dillon X Force Gauge User Manual

Model X Mechanical Force Gauge

User Instructions

16949-0018

Issue AH

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Table of Contents

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Chapter 1 General information and warnings ......................................................................................... 5

About this manual ..............................................................................................................5

Special messages .............................................................................................................. 5

Safe Operation ................................................................................................................... 5

Routine maintenance ......................................................................................................... 6

Cleaning the force gauge ................................................................................................... 7

Declaration of conformity ................................................................................................... 8

Chapter 2 Introduction .............................................................................................................................. 9

General description ............................................................................................................9

Description of parts ............................................................................................................ 9

Klaxon alarm option ......................................................................................................... 11

Operational data .............................................................................................................. 12

Helpful pointers ................................................................................................................ 12

Tensile Model ................................................................................................................... 14

Push-Pull model ............................................................................................................... 15

Maintenance and handling ............................................................................................... 15

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1 General information and warnings

1.1 About this manual

This manual is divided into chapters by the chapter number and the large text at the top
of a page. Subsections are labeled as shown by the 1.1 and 1.1.1 headings. The
names of the chapter and the next subsection level appear at the top of alternating
pages of the manual to remind you of where you are in the manual. The manual name
and page numbers appear at the bottom of the pages.

1.2 Special messages

Examples of special messages you will see in this manual are defined below. The
signal words have specific meanings to alert you to additional information or the relative
level of hazard.

WARNING! This is a Warning symbol. Warnings mean that failure to follow
specific practices and procedures may have major consequences such as
injury or death.

1.1 About this manual

CAUTION! This is a Caution symbol. Cautions give information about
procedures that, if not observed, could result in damage to equipment or
corruption to and loss of data.

NOTE: This is a Note symbol. Notes give additional and important information, hints
and tips that help you to use your product.

1.3 Safe Operation

WARNING: If you overload this force gauge you could suffer severe injuries or
death. The total load on the force gauge should NEVER exceed the rated
capacity.

Keep all the following in mind as you use the force gauge.

The system capacity is equal to the rating of the force gauges. The shackle rating
should not be used to determine lift capacity of the system.

The shackles are rated in metric tons. Thus the 12-ton shackles are rated to 26,450 lbf
and are suitable for use on the 25,000 lbf force gauge.

Any zeroed deadload must be considered as part of the ultimate load.

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General information and warnings

Although this instrument has a substantial overload protection rating, the instrument
should not be used above the rated capacity. Doing so can significantly impact fatigue
life of the instrument and cause premature and abrupt failure. If a higher capacity
reading is needed, Dillon insists that a larger instrument be used.

Safety is always a concern in overhead lifting and tensioning applications. To limit your
liability always insist upon factory supplied shackles and pins and factory tested and
certified safe optional equipment. All DILLON products are designed to meet the
published Safe Working Load (SWL) and Ultimate Safety Factor (USF) standards of the
United States Military.

Do not grind, stamp, drill or deform the metal on the force gauge body in any way.
Protect the instrument from impact in use and storage.

Any significant damage or deformation to the loading element is cause for evaluation
by Dillon.

Relieve all torsional and off axis loads.

Apply load in the center of the shackle bow with this instrument.

Off center loading results in substandard performance.

Instrument requires time to stabilize when changing temperatures.

Use only the hardware supplied with this instrument. If no hardware was supplied,
insure that the mating pin and shackle bow is equivalent to the hardware used at
calibration. Otherwise substandard performance or failure can result.

Dillon recommends only using qualified rigging hardware and cannot be responsible for
unapproved hardware.

This instrument is not designed for applications that see rapid, dramatic temperature
swings or thermal shock. Wide variation in readings can occur.

1.4 Routine maintenance

IMPORTANT: This equipment must be routinely checked for proper operation
and calibration.

Application and usage will determine the frequency of calibration required for
safe operation.

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