1 Crane operating instructions

Foreword

2010/11/EN IDENT NO.: 49010069

Manufacturer
Demag Cranes & Components (I) Pvt. Ltd.
Gat No:-330,332,333,334, Nanekarwadi (Chakan)
Tal–Khed, Dist–Pune. Pin-410501, India.
Telephone :+91 2135 61 4568 Fax :+91 2135 614300

Foreword
You have purchased a Demag Cranes & Components crane. This crane was
manufactured in accordance with German and European standards and regulations and
state-of-the-art engineering principles, e.g. EC Machinery Directive 98/37/EC. Demag
cranes are of modular design. The main assemblies include:
• Crane bridge
main girders
end carriages
motors
gearboxes
• Crab/travelling hoist
load handling attachments
hoist unit
carriages
motors
gearboxes
• Electrical equipment
power supply system
regulating equipment
control equipment
control switches
ground-level station
These operating instructions are designed to provide the owner with appropriate
instructions for safe and correct operation and to facilitate maintenance.
Every individual given the task of transporting, installing, commissioning, operating,
maintaining and repairing our cranes and additional equipment must have read and
understood
• the operating instructions
• the safety regulations and
• safety instructions in the individual chapters and sections.
The operating instructions must be available to the operating personnel at all times in
order to prevent operating errors and to ensure smooth and trouble-free operation of
our cranes.

Copyright
These operating instructions must be treated confidentially. They should only be used
by authorized personnel. They may only be entrusted or made available to third
parties with the prior written consent of Demag. All documents are protected within
the sense of copyright law.
No part of this documentation may be reproduced, utilized or transmitted without
specific prior consent. Infringements are an offence resulting in obligatory
compensatory damages. All industrial rights reserved.

After-sales service
Our after-sales service will provide you with all technical information on Demag and
their systematic application.
Should you have any questions regarding our products, please refer to one of our after-
sales service stations, the relevant representative or to our main office.
Kindly quote the serial or order number (see test and inspection booklet crane
capacity plate) in any correspondence or for spare part orders. Specifying this data
ensures that you receive the correct information or the required spare parts. The
telephone number of our head office in Wetter and of your after-sales service centre
are given e.g. in the publication “Operating instructions Demag cranes, Service and
spare part supply” or on the rear page of your crane test and inspection book.

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Guarantee
These operating instructions must be read carefully before installing and putting
cranes into operation. We assume no liability for damage and malfunctions resulting
from failure to comply with the operating instructions. Guarantee claims must be
made by quoting the order number immediately on detecting the defect.
The guarantee is cancelled, for example, in the event of:
• inappropriate use,
• use of unauthorized equipment,
• faulty devices or equipment connected or attached to the crane or rail-mounted
lifting equipment which are not part of our scope of supplies and services,
• incorrect or inappropriate application of the cables and wiring which are not partof
our scope of supplies and services,
• incorrect or inappropriate connection of the cables and wiring which are not part
of our scope of supplies and services,
• use of non-genuine spare parts and accessories,
• faulty elimination of defects and/or elimination not approved by Demag Cranes &
Components,
• refurbishment or modification of the crane or rail-mounted lifting equipment
unless approved in writing by Demag.
Wearing parts are not subject to the guarantee.

Limitations of liability
All technical information, data and instructions for operation contained in these
operating instructions were up-to-date on going to print and are compiled on the basis
of our experience and to the best of our knowledge.
We reserve the right to incorporate technical modifications within the scope of further
development of the cranes which are the subject of these operating instructions.
Therefore, no claims can be derived from the information, illustrations and
descriptions contained in these operating instructions.
We assume no liability for damage and malfunctions caused as a result of operating
errors, noncompliance with these operating instructions or inappropriate repairs.
We expressly point out that only Demag spare parts and accessories approved by us
may be used. Accordingly, this also applies to other manufacturers’ parts used.
For safety reasons, the fitting and use of spare parts or accessories which have not
been approved and unauthorized modification and conversion of the crane are not
permitted and exempt Demag from any liability for damages resulting therefrom.
With the exclusion of any further claims, Demag is liable for any faults or omissions on
our part within the scope of the warranty obligations entered into in the original
contract. Claims for damages are excluded, irrespective of the legal reason from which
such claims are derived.
Translations are done to the best of our knowledge. We are unable to accept liability
for translation errors, irrespective of whether the text is translated by us or on our
behalf. The original text is definitive alone.
The descriptions and illustrations contained in this documentation do not necessarily
correspond to the scope of delivery or any subsequent spare part delivery. The
drawings and illustrations are not to scale. Only the documentation relating to the
respective order applies.
Definitions
Owner
Owners (employer, company) are defined as persons who own the crane and who use it
appropriately or allow it to be operated by suitable persons.
Operating personnel
Operating personnel are defined as persons entrusted by the owner of the crane with
operation of the crane.
Specialist personnel
Specialist personnel are defined as persons assigned by the owner to carry out special
tasks such as installation, setting-up, maintenance and fault elimination.
Qualified electrician
Qualified electricians are defined as persons who, owing to their technical training,
knowledge and experience of electrical installations as well as knowledge of the
relevant standards, codes of practice and regulations, are able to assess the tasks
given to them and to identify and eliminate potential hazards.

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 Trained person
Trained persons are defined as persons who have been instructed and trained for the
tasks assigned to them and on the possible hazards resulting from incorrect handling
and who have been informed about the required protective devices, protective
measures, relevant regulations, codes of practice, accident prevention regulations and
operating conditions and who have proven their qualifications.
Experienced technician
Experienced technicians are defined as persons, who, owing to their technical training
and experience, have sufficient knowledge of cranes and are familiar with the relevant
national industrial safety regulations, codes of practice, accident prevention
regulations, directives and generally accepted engineering standards enabling them to
judge the safe operating condition of cranes.
Assigned expert engineer (in the Federal Republic of Germany according to BGV D8
§ 23 (VBG* 8) for determining the S.W.P.)
An assigned expert engineer is defined as an experienced technician specifically
assigned by the manufacturer to determine the remaining duration of service (service
life) and to carry out the general overhaul of serial hoists (S.W.P. = safe working
period).
Authorized expert engineer (in the Federal Republic of Germany according to BGV
D6 § 28 (VBG 9)).
In addition to the expert engineers of the Technical Supervisory and Inspection Board,
an authorized expert engineer for the inspection of cranes is defined as an expert
engineer authorized by the Industrial Employers’ Mutual Insurance Association.
Cranes
Cranes are systems used for lifting, lowering and moving loads. This definition also
applies to rail-mounted lifting equipment.
* VBG = German Industrial Employers’ Mutual Insurance Association responsible for the prevention of accidents

Demag Cranes & Components (I) Pvt. Ltd.

Gat No:-330,332,333,334, Nanekarwadi (Chakan)
Tal–Khed, Dist–Pune. Pin-410501, India.
Telephone :+91 2135 61 4568 Fax :+91 2135 614300
Reproduction in whole or in part only with prior consent of Demag Cranes & Components, D-58286 Wetter Not liable for errors or omissions. Subject to change