the contents of this video are for informational purposes only
please consult the manufacturer's guidelines and use and care instructions
before beginning.
Hi I'm Pat Clarke from Lifting Gear Hire corporation,
and today we're discussing air operated winches, also referred to as tuggers.
For openers when selecting an air operated winch, there's many factors to
consider.
Are you lifting, pulling, tensioning?
Is speed a factor? How about proper air requirements?
If you have the answer to all these questions, lifting gear has many
different options for you.
Whether you're lifting or pulling will help determine the capacity and diameter
wire rope that you're going to utilize.
For example, if your hoisting or lifting, you're going to select from a wire rope that
has a safety factor of five to one,
versus pulling, you'll have a safety factor of three and a half to one.
Keep in mind you may be able to meet your objectives for applications
with either a larger capacity winch single-parted
or smaller air winch but you can multi-part utilizing sheave blocks.
Along those lines, let's talk about air requirements. These air winches
typically run on 95 to 110 PSI,
but the CFM varies greatly. A good rule of thumb is to ensure that you have
a 125 percent of the required
flow. This is one area you don't want a shortcut. All of our winches are for
material handling purposes only.
Currently, Lifting Gear does not stock any that are rated for man riding purposes.
When you are finally ready to take delivery and mount your winch,
you must keep the winches level as possible. If you don't observe this,
oil can leak from the motor through the shaft in the gearbox, washing away crucial
fluids.
Also if you notice on the base plate, we provide a sticker that asks not to weld here.
There are many different mounting options; please refer to our Lifting Gear
Hire catalog for the specifications and the proper mounting holes.
Before operating the winch, we want to point out a few features. There's a control
handle and clearly marked on the wench
are payout and haul-in labels. On the opposing side is the band brake.
Before operating, we wanna make sure that band break is disengaged.
Slowly push the lever forward to pay out wire. To haul back in,
repeat the process in reverse.
When your pleased with the final positioning, then, and only then,
do you want to engage the band brake. All of our winches
come pre-filled
with the appropriate levels of oil. However you may find that based on the length of the rental,
and the environment that you're working in,
you may have to replace it. For example, if you're working
in an extremely humid environment, over time
the oil will appear milky white. To replace it, you wanna locate the drain plug below
the winch,
unscrew it, drain the oil, replace that plug, make sure it's fast and tight.
On the very top, unscrew the oil cap and with a standard motor oil, like a 10w 30 or
40, you want to begin pouring.
Located on the side of this particular winch is a viewing window.
When you reach the halfway mark, you're
done. Replace the cap, secure it and now you're ready
to go.
To change the oil on this particular winch, locate the main drain plug
near the bottom but on the side of the winch. You'll want to remove that.
There's also another one on the side that's used to maintain the oil level.
On the top, remove that cap. Once the oil is fully drained, replace the bottom cap,
make sure it's secure and then began filling up with oil.
Once your oil begins seeping out of that center one ,you now know that you reach the
appropriate level.
Replace that, secure it, secure the cap
and now you're ready to go. On some of our models, we offer
a clutch feature.
This is preset at our warehouse, we ask that you don't tamper with this.
When selecting a winch, you wanna make sure it's either equal to or greater than
whatever the application calls for.
You want to use items such a sheave blocks. That'll help increase the capacity,
redirect the line, or even slow down line speed if necessary. You must consider
the fleet angle
when selecting the sheave blocks and working with them. You, also want to make
sure that you maintain a minimum four to five wraps on the drum that's a safety
guideline. In addition that
please consider using items such as inline extractor dryers
and large receiver tanks. At Lifting Gear Hire, we have capacity ranges from a
thousand pounds all the way up to 22,000 pounds
single part. Ee thank you for watching this video
and hope you find it helpful. For more questions regarding this product and
others,
give us a call. As a reminder the content in this video are for informational
purposes only.
Please consult the manufacturer's guidelines and use and care instructions
before beginning.