5 installing the load chain – R&M Materials Handling ELECTRIC CHAIN HOISTS LoadMate Chain Hoist LM 10 Stepless User Manual

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7.6.5 Installing the Load Chain

Figure 17. Chain Installation Figure 17-A. Chain Orientation


1-FALL CHAIN INSTALLATION


1. Attach last link of chain onto hook of CHAIN INSERTION TOOL (item 1, Figure 17).
2. If the insertion tool is not in the hoist (removal procedure), insert other end of CHAIN INSERTION TOOL

into chain opening closest to chain container side.


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CAUTION: Make sure the chain weld on chain link faces inward toward chain wheel
pocket on hoist load sprocket. See Figure 17-A.


3. Run hoist “DOWN” in slow speed to feed chain through chain sprocket and out other side.
4. Attach fall stop at least 6.0 inches [150 mm] from end of chain (chain container side). Attach load block

assembly on other end of load chain. Refer to Figure 17-A for details.

5. Make sure that load chain is not twisted or deformed.
6. Attach chain container.

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