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4 Safety Instructions
Safety fi rst! Guarantee your personal safety by carefully reading the following safety
instructions fi rst.
Ensure your own safety and continue to benefi t from our product safety by having the
clamp inspected, tested and, if necessary, overhauled at least once a year by Gunnebo Lifting
or a recognized mechanical repair and service centre. See also Chapter 8 - Overhauling.
Contact Gunnebo Lifting for further information.
Avoid situations dangerous to life
Prevent dangerous situations by seriously taking care of the following precautions:
- Never work with an untested clamp.
- Keep your distance when lifting and never stand under the load.
- Do not use the clamp if (it has been) damaged; have the clamp immediately repaired by Gunnebo
Lifting or a recognized mechanical repair centre. If in doubt consult your supplier.
- Never lift more than one plate or a package of plates at a time.
- Never lift plates heavier than the working load limit (W.L.L.), as indicated on the clamp and in the
test certifi cate.
- Do not lift plates which are thicker or thinner than the jaw opening, as indicated on the clamp and
in the test certifi cate.
- When using a number of lifting damps at the same time, please provide lifting slings or chains of
a suffi cient length to ensure that the angle between the slings or chains never exceeds 60°.
- When simultaneously operating a number of lifting clamps time side by side, please use a lifting
beam (equalizer) and lifting slings or chains of a suffi cient length to ensure that the lifting shackles
on the clamps are never subjected to lateral load.
- Do not place the clamp on tapered or conical sections of the plate or structure to be lifted.
- Remove all grease, oil, dirt, corrosion and mill scale from the plate at the point where the clamp is
to be attached.
- Ensure that the damp(s) is (are) positioned so as to balance the load when it is being lifted.
- The surface hardness of the plate must not exceed 37 HrC (345 Hb, 1166 N/mm2).
- The clamp is only suitable for use in normal atmospheric conditions.
Safety precautions
Ensure that the cam can never be subjected to lateral load.
- A free fall or uncontrolled swaying at the crane hook resulting in objects being struck, may cause
impact damage to the clamp. If this happens check whether the clamp is still in good working
order before using it.
- Lifting clamps are not suitable for creating permanent joints.
- Maintenance of the clamp should take place on a regular monthly basis, see Chapter 6 - Maintenance.
- Do not modify the clamp (by welding, grinding, etc.), as this can adversely affect its operation and
safety, thereby nullifying any forms of guarantee and product liability.
- For the very same reason, use only original Gunnebo Lifting components.
- Any improper use of the clamp and/or failure to observe any directions and warnings in these
operating instructions concerning the use of this product may endanger the health of the user
and/or bystanders.
The following additional safety precautions are applicable to the CH, CHE CHS, CHNM
CHD and CHP model
The clamps can be loaded laterally at a maximum angle of 15°, only when they are not loaded
more than the maximum W.L.L. and the permitted top angle. The capacity of the clamps has been
calculated on basis of a maximum top angle of 60°. In case of situations with larger top angles, then