5 installing the load chain – R&M Materials Handling ELECTRIC CHAIN HOISTS LoadMate Chain Hoist LM 5 Stepless User Manual
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7.4.5 Installing the Load Chain
Figure 12. Chain Installation
Figure 12-A. Chain Orientation
1-FALL CHAIN INSTALLATION
1. Attach last link of chain onto hook of CHAIN INSERTION TOOL (item 1, Figure 12).
2. If the insertion tool is not in the hoist (removal procedure), insert other end of CHAIN INSERTION TOOL
into chain opening closest to chain container side.
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CAUTION: Make sure the chain weld on chain link faces inward toward chain wheel
pocket on hoist load sprocket. See Figure 12-A.
3. Run hoist “
DOWN” in slow speed to feed chain through chain sprocket and out other side.
4. Attach fall stop at least 6.0 inches [150 mm] from end of chain (chain container side). Attach load block
assembly on other end of load chain. Refer to Figure 13 for details.
5. Make sure that load chain is not twisted or deformed.
6. Attach chain container.