Fairbanks Tundra Series Truck Scale - Manual (Page 15)

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SECTION 3: PRE-INSTALLATION
3.1. CONFERRING WITH OUR CLIENT
• The technician must be prepared to recommend the arrangement of components
which provide the most efficient layout, utilizing the equipment to the best possible
advantage.
• Assist the customer in selecting a site which allows easy access to and from the
scale, ensuring enough area for straight and level approaches, and to meet all
State and Local Weights and Measures Regulations.
─ Smooth and level approaches are required at each end of the platform to
reduce loading shock, and to facilitate testing of the scale.
─ The site needs good drainage away from the scale, elevated enough so the
surrounding areas drain away from the scale.
─ Obtain all the necessary permits and licenses prior to beginning construction.
─ In the absence of such laws, the approaches must conform to paragraph
UR.2.6 of the
National Institute of Standards and Technology Handbook
44
, which states that the first 10 feet must be level and on the same plane as
the scale platform.
• The platform should be visible from the instrument location.
─ Surface water must drain easily, and not collect, under the scale.
• Explain and review the warranty policy with the customer.
3.2. PRE-INSTALLATION CHECKLIST
The following points should be checked and discussed with the Area Sales Manager
and/or customer
, if necessary, before the technician goes to the site and installs the
equipment.
 Check the customer's application to make certain it is
within the capabilities and design parameters of the
equipment.
 If the installation process might disrupt normal business
operations, tell the customer and ask that they make
ample arrangements.
 The service technician reviews the recommended setup
with the Area Sales Manager or Area Service Manager,
and together they identify all necessary variations to
satisfy the customer's particular application.
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