Installation, Operating and Maintenance Manual of
Installation, Operating and Maintenance Manual of
Installation, Operating and Maintenance Manual of
MANUAL OF
MULTICAR/MULTIBENCH 25
Manufactured by
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Construction data
Manufacturer's name: Bruno Angelotti c/o Europiping S.r.l.
Identification plate
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1 USE AND PRESERVATION OF THE INSTALLATION, OPERATION AND
MAINTENANCE MANUAL
1.1 Scope and consignee of the Installation, Operation and Maintenance Manual
The Installation, Operation and Maintenance manual gives the information required for correct
use of the MULTICAR/MULTIBENCH 25 automobile lift, describing its physical and functional
characteristics.
The manual must accompany the lift during its entire life cycle. Consequently, if the lift is sold
to third parties the manual must also be transferred in order to guarantee the safety of the lift
operator and user.
The manual describes the following procedures:
- INSTALLATION
- ADJUSTMENT
- USE
- MAINTENANCE
- DISPOSAL
It is addressed both to the user and to the operator charged with performing the above-
indicated activities.
It specifies (when required) the personnel qualifications that are necessary with reference to
paragraph 1.2. Failure to comply with the provisions contained in this manual exonerates the
BRUNO ANGELOTTI C/O EUROPIPING S.R.L. Company from all responsibilities arising
from this negligence.
It is also hereby stated that whenever there is:
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the BRUNO ANGELOTTI C/O EUROPIPING S.R.L. Company shall not be responsible for the
risks introduced by these circumstances. The manual cannot be a reference manual
whenever modifications are brought to the product that change the configuration of the lift. In
this case responsibility exists exclusively for any manufacturing defects.
Readers of this document must interpret the term “Manual” when associated with
MULTICAR/MULTIBENCH 25 as a reference to the present Installation, Operating and
Maintenance Manual.
Performance of the operations indicated in paragraph 1.1 must be done by persons who are
qualified for each single activity. The level of qualification refers to the activity for which the
operator is qualified in accordance with the manufacturer’s requirements.
Qualification Level 1
Personnel with this qualification do not have specific training but are qualified to perform
simple operations regarding use of the lift. This qualification entitles these persons to perform
installation, adjustment, ordinary and extraordinary maintenance.
Qualification Level 2
These personnel are specifically prepared to perform electrical work. This qualification
entitles these personnel to perform installation, adjustment, ordinary and extraordinary
maintenance. Training relative to the above-indicated activities is achieved through in-depth
reading and understanding of this manual.
Personnel must, to this end, be prepared to use the controls on the
MULTICAR/MULTIBENCH 25 control panel by carefully reading this Installation, Operating
and Maintenance Manual. The manual contains notes that call the user/operator’s attention
to a specific procedure or to a particular operation.
The notes that are inserted are of three types:
NOTE: these contain information to guide and optimize operator actions or to better
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emphasize particular features of MULTICAR/MULTIBENCH 25 lifts
WARNING: these are important messages that indicate actions to do/not do or special
precautions to take before working with MULTICAR/MULTIBENCH 25 lifts in
order to avoid damage to the lift.
DANGER: these are important warning messages that indicate actions to do/not do or
special precautions to take before working with MULTICAR/MULTIBENCH 25
lifts to avoid harm to persons.
1.5 Up-dating
Publication of an up-dated version of the Installation, Operating and Maintenance Manual
does not obligate the manufacturer to up-date the present manual except for cases where
provisions have been introduced that limit the danger of the lift during performance of its
activities.
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2. GENERAL DESCRIPTION
1450 mm
960mm
4200mm
! NOTE !
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A space at least 50 cm.must be provided around the entire
perimeter of the lift.
2.3 Delivery
The following list gives the parts that compose the MULTICAR/MULTIBENCH 25 lift and
which are furnished to the Customer:
- lift;
- control unit including mobile push-button board;
- pulling tower, composed of the following parts:
tower
chain with clamp and hook
pneumatic cylinder
pneumatic pump
These parts and their operating principles are described in chapter 3 of this manual.
1 Upper frame
2 Base
3 Lifting arms
4 Hydraulic lift cylinders
5 Automobile support brackets
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6 Automobile anchorage sill clamps
7 Horizontal bracket for pulling tower
8 Vertical arm
9 Wheels for moving the pulling tower
! NOTE !
The pneumatic system is extremely simple and consequently
no diagram is given.
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4 INSTALLATION OF THE LIFT
4.1 Transportation and handling
The lift must be transported suitably anchored to a wooden pallet whereas all other parts are
packed into a wooden crate. A fork lift must be used to handle the complete packing. The
capacity of the fork lift must be adequate (at least 1000 kg). The forks on the lift must be at
least 1.5 meters long. These same provisions are also applicable when moving the lift after it
is removed from its packing since the lift does not have any accessories that would help move
it. The control unit must be lifted by a fork lift. An overhead travelling crane and steel cables
can be used to hoist the lift when it is not packaged, connecting the cables to the lift arm
connection points to the upper frame.
! WARNING!!
Be extremely careful, when lifting and handling the lift using
an overhead travelling crane, to avoid blows, shocks or
brusque accelerations or decelerations which could cause the
lift to fall.
4.2 Storage
The lift is designed for storage in environments with the following characteristics:
- temperatures between -25°C and +55°C for long periods and between -25°C and
- +70°C for periods inferior to 24 hours;
- relative humidity between 30% and 95% (without condensation).
Storage sites with characteristics different from these cannot be used.
4.3 Unpacking
Remove packing according to the following sequence of operations:
- take the bench off the pallet
- remove the top cover of the crate
4.4 Installation
After removing its packing, and positioning the lift at or in the proximity of its installation site,
begin installation and assembly as described below:
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!! WARNING!!
Install the lift on a floor that is perfectly flat and level. Select a
site that conforms to the overall lift dimensions specified in
chapter 2.
- Fasten the lift to the floor using the four holes on its frame and the expansion dowels
provided.
- Install the pulling tower as follows:
• insert pin to block arm rotation
• set vertical arm on its seat in the horizontal arm
• tighten fork on cylinder
• fasten the cylinder to its bracket using pin and relative cotter pin;
• position chain slide wheel in the proper position, fastening it with pin and cotter pin
• fasten chain to bracket
• connect the external pump to the cylinder
- Connect the external compressed air supply hose to the quick connection on the drive
unit.
- Connect the compressed air hose exiting from the drive unit to the fitting on the lift.
- Connect the hydraulic system hoses on the drive unit to the quick connections on the
lift.
- Connect electrical power (400 V - 50 Hz three-phase) to the drive unit using the snap-
in plug.
! NOTE !
Refer to operating procedures described in chapter 5
regarding installation and use of automobile support brackets
and other components to mount on the lift.
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Ceiling height > Automobile height + Lift height at maximum extension.
- floors must be perfectly smooth, level and horizontal to prevent risks when the loaded lift
is moved on the floor.
The lift is not designed for use in environments different from those described above nor in
special environments (explosion-proof environments, etc.).
!! WARNING!!
Use of the lift in environments or situations for which it was
not designed exonerates the BRUNO ANGELOTTI C/O
EUROPIPING S.R.L. Company from all responsibilities
arising from such use.
5 OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS
5.1 Introduction
Operation of a MULTICAR/MULTIBENCH 25 lift requires a single operator with Qualification
Level 1.
The procedures the operator is required to perform with the lift are extremely simple given the
operating principle of the lift. The operator, during the entire time the lift is used, meaning
when the automobile is being lifted or lowered, must always remain at a safe distance (at
least 1.5 meters) from the lift, controlling lift movements from the mobile push-button board.
!! WARNING !!
BRUNO ANGELOTTI C/O EUROPIPING S.R.L. declines all
responsibility for events arising due to failure to comply with
the instructions contained in this manual.
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!!! DANGER !!!
The lift operator, before performing any lifting or lowering
maneuvers, must always make sure that there is at least 50
cm. of free space between all moving parts of the lift or the
automobile being lifted and any adjacent fixed or mobile
structures.
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c. Lift procedure.
- Check, after performing the start-up procedure, that there are no impediments to lifting the
lift.
- Check that the automobile (if present) on the lift is properly secured in the clamps.
- Press push-button and keep it pressed until the lift is in the desired position. Then release
the push-button.
- Press push-button to lower the lift until it reaches its mechanical safety stop. Then
release the push-button.
d. Lowering procedure.
- Make sure there are no impediments to lowering the lift.
- Press push-button for a few seconds to raise the lift the amount required to disengage it
from its mechanical safety stop.
- Press push-button to deactivate the safety stop. Keep this push-button pressed.
- Press push-button and keep both push-buttons pressed until the lift is totally lowered
down (if an automobile is present) or (when no automobile is on the lift) until the lift is
lowered all the way down.
!!! WARNING !!!
Make sure the push-button board cable is not inside the
frame.
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- Lower the automobile and repeat the same procedures on the other side, inserting the
support brackets with sill clamps on the lift.
- Adjust the height of the sill clamps, loosening screws that slide in special slots, in order to
place the automobile perfectly on the level. Then tighten them.
- Tighten screws.
- Now the lift can be raised a few centimeters.
- Position plate for each bracket and tighten its anchor screws.
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Insert brackets and lifting pads then lift the car
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Lower the car until it rests on the wheelstands.
Remove lifting pads and mount clamps.
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5.4 Adjustments
The lift does not require any adjustments, neither during installation nor during operation.
6 SAFETY REGULATIONS
6.1 Introduction
MULTICAR/MULTIBENCH 25 lifts are designed and built to meet the provisions of European
Directives. They refer to standardized European regulations regarding safety for Man and the
Environment.
Dangers and risk have been reduced or eliminated insofar as possible during design stages
and residual risks evidenced and/or limited.
Contact the BRUNO ANGELOTTI C/O EUROPIPING S.R.L. Technical Service Division
before proceeding whenever situations are encountered that are not contemplated in this
manual.
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6.3 Residual risks
These paragraphs must be read with care to permit the user and/or operator to know and
understand the dangers inherent to use of the lift and consequently permit him, after reading
the entire manual, to know how to work correctly and with proper awareness.
The following residual risks are to be found in the various activities to which the lift is
dedicated:
- risk of crushing or shearing connected to descent of the lift’s mobile frame:
a) When automobiles are on the lift there is also risk, during descent, of crushing of lower
limbs under the wheels of the automobiles (if present). This risk is eliminated by total
user visibility over the worksite;
! NOTE !
Descent speed is very slow to permit any endangered worker
to react with sufficient speed to eliminate the risk.
- risk of the load (automobile) falling off the lift whenever there are obstacles or
impediments that contrast descent;
- risk of projection of objects from the rear part or the immediate vicinity of the pulling tower
due to breakage of the pulling chain;
- risk of shearing of the electric power cable supplying the control unit and the connection
hoses (hydraulic and pneumatic) between the control unit and the lift. The position of the
lift is maintained, in case of shearing of the hydraulic system hoses, by two check valves
installed at the oil inlet into the cylinders.
7 MAINTENANCE
7.1 Introduction
This chapter discusses ordinary and extraordinary maintenance.
The worker qualified to perform the activities described in the following paragraphs must have
Qualification Level 1. A single qualified worker must be present for each intervention. He
must work on the lift when it is disconnected from electrical and compressed air supplies.
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Ordinary maintenance is all maintenance that is scheduled by the Manufacturer.
Unscheduled maintenance is considered to be extraordinary maintenance.
Maintenance that is not described in the present manual and that has a considerable
influence on lift efficiency must be agreed-upon with the BRUNO ANGELOTTI C/O
EUROPIPING S.R.L. Customer Service Division to prevent malfunctions or breakdowns
subsequent to repair which are difficult to foresee by persons who do not have a complete
understanding of the construction principles behind the lift.
! NOTE !
Refer to the Manufacturer’s attached documentation
regarding maintenance of the hydraulic control unit.
! WARNING!
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Never use any type of solvent such as alcohol or gasoline
since this could damage surface finishes. Never use direct
jets of water.
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THE BENCH LOWERS
CYLINDER LEAKS OIL. CHANGE SEAL OR CYLINDER.
ALONE
! WARNING !
! NOTE !
Refer to the Manufacturer’s attached documentation
regarding maintenance on the hydraulic control unit.
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Replacement parts for the lift are indicated in the following table:
Description Recommended
quantity
Hydraulic connection hose 1
Pneumatic connection hose 1
Push-button panel cable 1
10A - 500 V Fuses 3
2A - 250 V Fuses 2
16A fuses 3
Return spring for safety stop 1
NOTE !
Oil in the hydraulic circuit must be disposed of according to
the toxic-noxious waste disposal regulations applicable in the
Country where the user is located.
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10 ATTACHMENTS
10.1 List of attachments
The MULTICAR/MULTIBENCH 25 automobile lift Installation, Operating and Maintenance
Manual comes complete with separate attachments.
The following list indicates these attachments:
- overall drawings;
- electrical diagram
- hydraulic and pneumatic diagram
ELECTRICAL DIAGRAM
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HYDRAULIC DIAGRAM
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HYDRAULIC POWER UNIT
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