Maeda MC-104C-2 Manuals

350E-OM0912-03 OPERATION MANUAL MINI-CRAWLER CRANE Serial No. M01736 and up Unsafe use of this machine may cause serious injury or death. Operators must read this manual before operating this machine. This manual should be kept near the machine for reference and periodically reviewed by all personnel who will come into contact with it. NOTICE MAEDA has Operation & Maintenance Manuals written in some other languages. If a foreign language manual is necessary, contact your local distributor for availability. 0-1 CONTENTS Item Page INTRODUCTION 1- 1 1. FOREWARD 1- 2 2. SAFETY INFORMATION 1- 3 3. OUTLINE OF THE MACHINE 1- 4 3.1 DESIGNATED TYPE OF WORK 1- 4 3.2 CONFIGURATION OF THE MACHINE 1- 4 3.3 FUNCTIONS THIS MACHINE IS PROVIDED WITH 1- 5 4. QUALIFICATION FOR OPERATING THE MACHINE 1- 5 4.1 QUALIFICATION REQUIRE FOR OPERATING CRANES 1- 5 5. GLOSSARY 1- 6 5.1 DEFINITIONS OF WORDS 1- 6 5.2 HOW TO READ WORKING RADIUS / LIFTING HEIGHT DIAGRAM 1- 7 5.3 HOW TO RATED TOTAL LOAD CHART 1- 8 5.4 HOW TO READ LOAD INDICATOR 1-12 SAFETY 2- 1 1. BASIC RULES 2- 2 2. RULES FOR OPERATION 2- 7 2.1 BEFORE STARTING UP ENGINE 2- 7 2.2 AFTER THE ENGINE HAS STARTED 2- 8 2.3 DURING CRANE OPERATION 2-12 3. RULES FOR TRANSPORTING A CRANE 2-18 4. RULES FOR HANDLING THE BATTERY 2-20 5. RULES TO OBSERVE IN CONNECTION WITH SERVICES 2-22 5.1 PRIOR TO CONDUCTING SERVICE 2-22 5.2 DURING SERVICE WORK 2-24 6. LOCATION FOR AFFIXING CAUTION PLATES 2-29 OPERATION 3- 1 1. NOMENCLATURE OF COMPONENTS 3- 2 1.1 NOMENCLATURE OF MACHINE COMPONENTS 3- 2 1.2 NOMENCLATURE OF TRAVEL CONTROL COMPONENTS 3- 3 1.2.1 CONTROL LEVERS 3- 4 1.2.2 SWITCHES 3- 6 1.2.3 METER, LAMP AND FUSES 3- 7 1.3 NOMENCLATURE OF CRANE CONTROL COMPONENTS 3- 8 1.3.1 CONTROL LEVERS 3- 9 1.3.2 SWITCHES 3-10 1.3.3 METERS AND LAMPS 3-11 1.4 OVER-HOIST PREVENTIVE DEVICE 3-12 1.5 EMO SWITCH (EMERGENCY STOP SWITCH) 3-13 1.6 OVER-LOWERING PREVENTION DEVICE 3-13 1.7 MACHINERY COVER 3-14 0-2 Item Page 2. OPERATION CONTROL 3-15 2.1 INSPECTION PRIOR TO STARTING UP THE ENGINE 3-15 2.1.1 VISUAL CHECK 3-15 2.1.2 INSPECTION BEFORE STARTING YOUR WORK 3-17 2.2 STARTING UP THE ENGINE 3-23 2.2.1 STARTING UP THE ENGINE WITH MAIN STARTER SWITCH 3-23 2.2.2 STARTING UP THE ENGINE WITH AUXILIARY STARTER SWITCH 3-24 3.2.3 STARTING UP THE ENGINE WITH RECOIL STARTER IN USE 3-25 2.3 OPERATION AND CHECKING AFTER ENGINE HAS STARTED 3-26 2.4 BREAK-IN OPERATION 3-28 2.5 TRAVEL POSITION OF THE MACHINE 3-28 2.6 STARTING THE MACHINE 3-29 2.7 CHANGING TRAVEL DIRECTION OF THE MACHINE 3-30 2.8 STOPPING AND PARKING THE MACHINE 3-31 2.9 STOPPING THE ENGINE 3-32 2.10 INSPECTION AND CHECK AFTER STOPPING THE ENGINE 3-32 2.11 RULES FOR TRAVELING 3-33 2.12 SETTING UP THE OUTRIGGER 3-34 2.13 MATTERS TO BE KNOWN BEFORE STARTING CRANE WORK 3-39 2.14 OPERATIONS PRIOR TO STARTING CRANE WORK 3-40 2.15 CRANE WORK POSITION 3-41 2.16 HOISTING AND LOWERING OPERATION 3-42 2.17 BOOM DERRICKING AND LOWERING OPERATION 3-42 2.18 BOOM TELESCOPING OPERATION 3-43 2.19 SWING OPERATION 3-44 2.20 ACCELERATOR LEVER OPERATION 3-44 2.21 HOW TO USE LOAD INDICATOR AND LOAD METER 3-45 2.22 STOWING THE CRANE 3-47 2.23 STOWING THE OUTRIGGER 3-48 2.24 MATTERS PROHIBITED IN CONNECTION WITH CRANE OPERATION 3-51 3. HANDLING OF RUBBER TRACK 3-53 3.1 SMART WAY OF USING IT 3-53 3.2 WARRANTY 3-53 3.3 PROHIBITED TYPES OF WORK 3-54 3.4 RULE FOR USING IT 3-55 4. HANDLING OF WIRE ROPE 3-57 4.1 STANDARD FOR WIRE ROPE REPLACEMENT 3-57 4.2 MEASURES TO TAKE WHEN WINCH WIRE ROPE IS TWISTED 3-58 5. TRANSPORT 3-59 5.1 LOADING AND UNLOADING 3-59 5.2 HOW TO LIFT THE MACHINE 3-60 5.3 RULES FOR LOADING 3-61 5.4 RULE FOR TRANSPORT 3-61