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Tractelift ™ Type II Adjustable Pulling Force Climb/Decent Assist for vertical ladders Fixed Motor and Detachable Control Panel Operating Manual *Patent N°: US12/718259 Rev.: 10/13 – NA Operating manual Tractelift Type II Page 1 of 28 ™...
Tractelift ™ Type II Adjustable Pulling Force Climb Assist for vertical ladders Fixed Motor and Detachable Control Panel Operating Instructions Contents General Warning ..............4-5 Technical data ............... 6 Description ................7 Personal protection equipment ..........9 Using the belt grab ..............11 Using the Tractelift Type II for ascending .....
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Instruction to wear Personal implementation / documentation Protection Equipment (PPE) Information related to these instructions Date of issue Address of supplier 8th edition: November, 2012 TRACTEL Inc. ® 51 Morgan Dr Norwood, MA 02062 Copyright The manufacturer holds the copyright of this Telephone: (800) 421-0246 installation and maintenance manual.
Tractelift™ Type II. ALL INSTRUCTIONS 12. Only one person allowed to be connected contained herein must be carefully and strictly during use! Before use, you must READ and FOLLOWED, including applicable Tractel ® fully understand the complete operating safety guidelines.
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(see diagram). OSHA 3246-09N-05. 24. Training operators must be set up by a Tractel Using improper and unsafe climbing techniques approved competent person, or of its technical such as sliding or Peter Panning the ladder consultant.
Duty cycle: 100 % Insulation class: Standard: IP 56 Sound Levels: Sound levels do not exceed 70 db Tractel® is a ISO 9001:2008 Company 1.1 User Remote Control User Remote Control a) The wireless radio uses a 2.4 GHz Low battery indicator...
3. Description of the Tractelift™ Type II 3.1 General This manual is valid for Tractelift™ Type II with remote only. 3.2 Principle The Tractelift™ Type II alleviates persons climbing a vertical ladder (Fig. 1) with adjustable pulling force approximately 60% of the person’s weight entered on the remote control.
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3.3 Drive and Control At the lower end of the ladder (Fig. 3), a motor that drives pretension endless round belt by means of a driver pulley. Shown with and without the removable control box in place. Fig. 2 The continuous welded round belt, made of special synthetic material (Ø...
4. Personal Protection Equipment This can be, for example, a fall arrest system with 4.1 General fall arrest device on the middle pole of the ladder, connected to the anchor ring of the harness. WARNING The fall arrest system is not a part of the The Tractelift™...
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Tractelift™ Type II. The fall arrest system is a part of the vertical ladder and not of the Tractelift™ Type II. As an example, Fig. 5b shows Tractel ® Stopcable Ladder Safety System attached ®...
5. Using the belt grab WARNING Follow the instructions delivered with the belt grab in use! 5.1 Installing the belt grab a) Attach and lock the locking carabiner to the lower eye of the belt grab (Fig. 6). b) Open the belt grab: Pull down the black lever, and turn it to the right together with the clamping jaw.
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5.2 Connecting belt grab and harness 5.3 Removing the belt grab Separate connection Open the belt grab as described above, and remove it from the round belt. In case the black Fig. 10 shows the application with an approved lever cannot be moved by hand, first slide the belt harness with two separate D-rings.
6.1) Power supply: Direction key - a. Make sure the power being supplied is the Increase weight same as the Tractelift Type II provided either capacity arrow 110 V - 1 PH, 50/60 Hz, (15 amp) (UL/CSA) or (UP displayed)
6.5) Belt guiding devices When reaching an optional belt guiding device Low battery mounted in front of the ladder indicator (red) – Unhook the belt, Battery – Continue with climbing, until the belt grab has compartment passed the guiding device, and (uses 2 AA Alkaline or –...
9. Troubleshooting 1. Inspections and repairs on the electrical WARNING! components must only be carried out by ® Tractel approved qualified electricians! Unplug mains plug prior to opening any terminal box or 2. Repairs to the mechanical parts of the system...
10. Tractelift™ Type II with detachable Control Panel 10.1 Control Panel Installation a) With the lower pulley and motor installed the unit is ready for the removable control panel (Fig. 17) b) Remove the control panel from the container (Fig. 18) c) Slide the control panel (A) onto the mounting plate (B) (Fig.
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e) Connect the two control cables together, WARNING connection is by male and female connectors. Both connectors have a positive fitting (D) connections and can only be connected in Never set the remote to a higher weight than one alignment only (Fig. 22 & 23). The the current user weight.
11. Labels - 110 V - 1 PH, 50/60 Hz, (15 amp) (UL/CSA) Model # SPLB150A Model # SPLB133A Model # SPLB127A Model # SPLB128A Rev.: 10/13 – NA Operating manual Tractelift Type II Page 18 of 28 ™...
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11. Labels - 220 V - 1 PH, 50/60 Hz, (10 amp) (EU) Model # SPLB150A Model # SPLB133A Model # SPLB127A Model # SPLB128A Model # SPLB128A CE - Logo provide on EU versions only Rev.: 10/13 – NA Operating manual Tractelift Type II Page 19 of 28...
Driver Pulley Serial #: Driver Unit Serial #: Turbine #: Owner: (Address) Place: (Address) First Inspection by: Date: Company: Tractel ® Swingstage ® 01/2011 P4792 Tractelift™ Type II* (*Patent Pending) logbook.Ind Sales and Service TRACTEL ® Inc. TRACTEL ® Inc. TRACTEL ®...
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Information about using the inspection and log-book All occurences related to the climbing aid have to be protocolled in this book. The owner resp. the designated system attendant has to keep the inspection and log-book. He has to ensure that all records (see list of contents) are correctly noted and signed. The records may be noted and signed either by the manufacturer, an authorized company, an expert, or by the system attendant.
Upper Pulley Form N° Serial N°: ....Annual inspection / maintenance / trouble Driver Pulley shooting on the climbing aidby the Serial N°: ....manufacturer / a authorized company Driver Unit Serial N°: ....The annual examination / maintenance of the climbing aid has been carried out by: Responsible Company Date...
Upper Pulley Form N° Serial N°: ....Regular safety Driver Pulley Serial N°: ....of the climbing aid by a qualified person Driver Unit Serial N°: ....Regular Safety Inspection Date: Comments: ..............................(Signature of the qualified person) ................... Regular Safety Inspection Date: Comments: ...............
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Upper Pulley Form N° Serial N°: ....Regular safety Driver Pulley Serial N°: ....of the climbing aid by a qualified person Driver Unit Serial N°: ....Regular Safety Inspection Date: Comments: ..............................(Signature of the qualified person) ................... Regular Safety Inspection Date: Comments: ...............
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SAMPLE! Make a copy and fill in that copy! Report on the annual revision For Climbing Aids Climbing Aid N° Place Windmill N°: Owner Date of revision: ◯ For each position mark " = o.k." or " = Fault” . Please describe every defect in Form N°...
Connect the Tractelift™ Type II to a properly grounded outlet only. I) The Tractelift™ Type II control panel is factory set - no adjustments are necessary or allowed. Any tampering with the factory settings voids the warranty and Tractel is not liable for the consequences of this tampering.
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Tel. +65 / 757 / 3113 Tel. +352 / 43.42.421 Tel. +351 / 21 / 444.20.50 GREIFZUG GmbH - Germany TRACTEL Middle East TRACTEL Inc. - United States Scheidtbachstr. 19-21 • Postfach 20 04 40 P.O. Box 25768 51 Morgan Drive, Norwood 51434 Bergisch Gladbach...
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