WARN 1500 AC - Manual (Page 9)

TRACCIÓN
WARN INDUSTRIES * GUÍA BÁSICA PARA EL USO GENERAL DEL CABRESTANTE
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Nunca utilice el
cabrestante como si
fuese una grúa.
Como ya habrá notado, hay
mucho que hacer y que tener en
cuenta antes de empezar la tracción.
Piense en lo que está haciendo para
poder protegerse así mismo y a los
demás.
Es muy importante accionar
correctamente el cabrestante; de
hecho, debería practicar estas
técnicas antes de enfrentarse a las
distracciones y el estrés que conlleva
una situación real donde hay que
utilizarlo.
Paso 11: COMPRUEBE EL CABLE.
El cable deberá estar enrollado de
forma adecuada en el tambor. El cable
se puede dañar si el enrollado no se
hace correctamente.
Paso 12: PONGA ALGO SOBRE EL
CABLE, si cree que es necesario,
a la mitad entre el cabrestante y el
punto de carga para absorber energía
en caso que el cable se suelte.
Mantas pesadas, chaquetas gruesas,
cadenas, una mochila y objetos
parecidos se pueden utilizar con este
propósito.
Evite sobrecalentar
el motor del cabres-
tante. Si el uso del
cabrestante se va a
realizar durante un
periodo de tiempo
largo, pare el motor
del mismo en inter-
valos razonables
para permitir que se
enfríe. Consulte la
tabla para ver las
pautas de tiempo de
funcionamiento.
AVISO
PRECAUCIÓN
WARN INDUSTRIES * THE BASIC GUIDE TO UTILITY WINCHING
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STRETCHING WIRE ROPE
WARNING
Never operate
winch with less
than 5 wraps of
rope around the
drum. Rope could
come loose from
the drum, as the
rope attachment to
the drum, as the
rope attachment
to the drum is not
designed to hold
a load.
The life of a wire rope is
directly related to the use and
care it receives. Tensioning the
wire rope is critical to ensure a
long product life. Tensioning the
wire rope will prevent outer layers
of wire rope from pinching and
deforming the inner layers. During
its fi rst use, a new wire rope must
be spooled onto its drum under a
load of at least 500 lbs. (227kgs).
Use the following instructions to
properly stretch the wire rope onto
the winch drum.
1) Choose a FLAT AND
LEVEL location that is large
enough to run out the entire length
of wire rope.
2) Turn the clutch lever on the
winch to the “Free Spool” position.
Grab hook strap and spool out the
wire rope to the last 5 wraps on
the drum. Once the wire rope is
spooled out, turn the clutch lever
on the winch to the “Engaged”
position.
3) Attach the hook end of
the rope to a suitable load of
approximately 500 lbs. (227 kgs).
Load should be located so that
there is very little slack in the wire
rope.
4) Power in the winch until
all of the wire rope slack is wound
onto the winch drum. Wearing
gloves, hold tension on the wire
rope with one hand; carefully push
the wire rope to the side of the
drum the wire rope is attached to
so there are no gaps between each
coil on the drum. Be sure to check
that the wire rope is winding off of
the bottom of the drum, not the top.
If the wire rope is winding off the
top you have powered the winch
“out” instead of “in”.
5) Use care to evenly wrap
each layer to prevent damage to
the rope.
6) Press power in on the
remote pendant control. Make sure
wire rope is winding correctly by
watching it move across the fairlead
as the wire rope is powered in.
After winching in for approximately
6 ft, stop winching. Inspect the
winch to make sure that the wire
rope is being evenly wound onto
the winch drum and not sinking into
the lower layer. If the wire rope is
sinking, power the wire rope out and
repeat this step from the beginning
with more winching load.
7) When you are convinced the
wire rope is winding onto the winch
drum properly, repeat step 5 until
the load is within 3 ft of the winch.
Once within 3 ft, stop winching and
remove tension in wire rope. This
will ensure that there is no load on
the winch wire rope. Disconnect the
hook from the load. While holding
onto the supplied hook strap,
hold tension on the winch rope
and slowly power in the winch by
“pulsing “the power in on the remote
pendant control until the hook is at
the fairlead. DO NOT POWER THE
HOOK INTO THE FAIRLEAD. This
could cause damage to the fairlead.