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Information Regarding a Personnel Lifting Air Winch
Need help carrying exceptionally heavy loads? An air winch is a lifting tool that is designed to lift very heavy loads. In particular, certain air winches have the ability to safely carry a person in addition to a heavy load.
Because these lifting air winches are highly specialized, there are very few manufactures that make them and there are not very many different names for them. However, you cannot really mix up personnel lifting tools with plain lifting tools because these types of air winches are named appropriately.
For example, two descriptive phrases named by separate manufactures for these person lifting air winches are "man riders", and "man lifters".
There are many features that man lifting air winch models have to offer. Standard winches are offered with a Manual Drum Mounted Band Brake. If you prefer automatic controls, that can be configured also, along with any other optional brake configurations you may like.
Other helpful options man lifting air winches have to help include remote controls, drum guards, manual and automatic spooling devices, riser bases, load monitoring devices and operator locator shields, which are all available upon request.
There are many features that man riding air winches have to offer that lends a helpful hand. One of the main ones is safety. A concern any person, or company for that matter, might have pertaining to riding on an air winch is safety. In a construction workplace, many accidents happen as a result of heavy-duty machinery being used frequently. Safety, therefore, is on the minds of anyone working within a close proximity to such a heavy tool.
The air winch models that are intended particularly for personnel lifting uses utilize a safety harness or a boatswain's chair on fixed installations. These models have passed specific testing, and have found that both the winches and their technical files are in compliance with the requirements of the EC Machinery Directives- a very important compliance requirement to have.
Another mentionable safety feature of an air winch is the flange- mounted overload protection device, installed specifically for safety. There is also a main air emergency stop, which is included specifically for air-powered winches.
A feature that a man rider air winch model encompasses well is the brake system. There are two independent brakes- one is an internal oil bath multi disk brake, and the other is an external drum band brake. Each brake can hold 180 percent of SWL, which is very strong indeed.
Direct lever control is another feature, with fine inching characteristics and automatic return to neutral when the brakes are applied.
A good man rider air winch also has high efficiency planetary gearing that is placed inside of the drum for better protection. This gearing has minimal overall dimensions to make for an easy fitting.
All man rider air winch models include a hot dip, galvanized drum guard, sandblasting, carbozinc primer and offshore paint that can withstand 290-degree temperatures.
Some more advanced air winch models have 3.1-pound material traceability certificates for load bearing parts, if you so desire them.
Other air winch models include a high quality stainless steel external brake cylinder and control rods as well, and all external fasteners larger than 10 mm are stainless steel of electro- zinc plated, which makes for long lasting quality.
Particular models that are of notable value are the pneumatic and hydraulic air winches. These winches boast a 500 and 100 kg capacity for lifting, and are used for assemblies that use a platform, basket or carrier. Because these models are intended for incorporation into an assembly consisting of a platform or suspension system or the like, they should be termed part machines.
These pneumatic and hydraulic part machine models are equipped with special safety options as well, just like the model mentioned earlier.
There are other helpful features that all man rider air winch models have the ability to incorporate into their system additionally. One option is a witness test or tests, done by a third party for 500 to 1000 kg capacity models to ensure the product is good quality.
You also have the option of upper and lower limit switches, and an assisting spooling device as well for additional help.
One more option that is available for a certain man rider air winch model is the PHS remote control. A PHS remote control has a piloted pendent that allows infinitely variable up and down speeds with complete operator control. This component is also fitted with an emergency stop device safety feature, which acts directly on the main airflow.
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