Installing a wire rope hoist

Depending on the crane design, a wire rope hoist is now installed and connected as a trolley, or a HF/EF trolley with a chain hoist, as in the previous section.

 

Only with a jib crane with wire rope hoist

The wire rope hoist must be installed with the drives facing the left side of the jib arm (when viewed from the slewing axis).

 

Pushing the wire rope hoist on

 

Left side of the jib arm

Trolley drive

Wire rope hoist

*   Rotate the wire rope hoist so that the drives are facing the left side of the jib arm.

*   Observe the occupational health and safety requirements, and raise the wire rope hoist.

*   Working from the jib tip, push the wire rope hoist onto the jib arm and put it on with the castors.

 

 

Mounting the trolley towing arm

Towing trolley

Horizontal square tube

 

Vertical square tube

*   Screw the vertical square tube and the plate onto the wire rope hoist using rib screws M8. 23 Nm.

*   Push the horizontal square tube into the towing trolley.

*   Screw the horizontal square tube onto the vertical square tube using a pipe clamp. 23 Nm.

 

 

Installing the trolley travel limit switch

C-rail

Switching lug

Switching lug

Cross-type limit switch

*   If necessary: install additional C-rails for the switching lugs on the C-rail system.

*   Install the cross-type limit switch on the wire rope hoist.

*   Guide the connection cable from the cross-type limit switch into the wire rope hoist and connect it.

*   Push the switching lugs into the C-rail and bolt them in place.