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3. Installation
3.1. Unloading
3.1.1 Safety during unloading
- To unload electrical generating sets from their transport supports under optimum safety and efficiency conditions, you need to ensure
that the following points are observed:
- Lifting machinery or equipment appropriate to the work required.
- Slings positioned in the eyes provided for this operation or lifting arms resting fully underneath the chassis cross members.
- Ground able to take the load of the set and the lifting machinery without stress (otherwise lay down beams of sufficient strength and
stability).
- Set put down as close as possible to its point of use or transportation, in a clear area with free access.
Example of equipment to be used:
crane, slings, cross bar, safety catch, shackles.
Fork lift truck.
3.1.2 Instructions for unloading
3.1.2.1.
Slings
Attach the lifting vehicle slings to the rings on the generating set designed for this procedure. Hang the slings carefully.
Check that the slings are correctly attached and the equipment is solid.
Lift the generating set carefully.
Direct and stabilise the set towards the chosen position.
Carefully set down the equipment while continuing to position it.
Release the slings, then detach and remove the lifting rings.
3.1.2.2.
Fork lift truck
Position the forklift arms under the base frame (except with generating sets fitted with "forklift pockets", in which case position the
forklift arms in these pockets), making sure that only its cross-members are resting on the arms.
Lift the equipment, handling it gently.
Set down the generating set in its unloading position.
Figure 3.1: Transporting a generating set using a forklift truck
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