SPEC MIX G7000 SILO Manuel De Sécurité page 9

BULK BAG HANDLING & LIFTING PROCEDURES
6. Once the lift straps are securely positioned on the fork
tines the assistant should step safely away from the bulk
bag and fork tines before the fork truck is started and any
movement of the fork truck begins.
7. Before the next set of lifting straps can be slid over the
fork tines, while the tines are still in the proper position, the
forklift operator should extend the boom forward so the
tips of the fork tines are directly above the bag's second
set of lifting straps.
8. Once the forks are in position, turn off the forklift. It is now
safe for the assistant to manually slide the bag's lifting
straps over the fork tines. Always approach the side of the
fork tine, do not stand in front of the fork tines.
9. The assistant should ensure the bag's front lifting straps
are slid back to the vertical rise at the rear of the fork tines
and position the lifting straps so each is directly above the
point at which it connects to the bulk bag.
10. When the lifting straps are properly positioned on the fork
tines, the assistant should step safely away from the bulk
bag and fork truck before it is started and any movement of
the fork truck begins.
11. The bulk bag should be slowly lifted off the pallet. If
the plastic outer cover is still around the bulk bag, the
operator should place the fork truck in neutral, then apply
the parking brake and turn off the fork truck to allow the
assistant to safely remove the outer cover from the bulk
bag.
NOTE: For product quality control measures the attached
manufacturer batch ticket can be kept as a permanent
record of the material in the bulk bag.
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BULK BAG HANDLING & LIFTING PROCEDURES
12. To lift the bulk bag over the SPEC MIX Silo, the fork truck
operator must place the fork truck in neutral, apply the
parking brake and level the machine. The operator can then
slowly raise the fork truck boom until the bottom of the
bulk bag is slightly above the top of the silo. Next, extend
the boom until the bag's discharge chute is directly above
the silo's fill port and safety ring located atop the silo. Once
the bag is in position, the operator should verify that the
fork truck is in neutral and the parking brake is applied,
then turn off the fork truck so the assistant can safely climb
the silo ladder to dispense the bulk bag's contents into the
silo from the silo's safety platform. While standing on the
platform, the assistant must attach and secure both safety
chains on the loading platform before opening the fill port
lid on the silo.
13. To open and discharge the bulk bag into the silo, use the
bulk bag hook to pull and open the first B-lock closure
on the bag's outer chute. CAUTION: The bulk bag
hook should only be inserted under the silo safety
ring mounted above the fill port, not above. Always
keep hands and arms clear of the area below the bulk
bag. Follow the same procedure to open the bag's inner
discharge chute to allow material flow.
14. When all the contents of the bag have been emptied,
the assistant can close the silo fill port and the fork truck
operator can safely return the empty bag back to its
original pallet for jobsite removal. Once the fork truck boom
is safely in a lowered position over the original pallet, the
assistant can safely climb down the ladder from the loading
platform.
To load the silo with additional bulk bags of material,
closely follow the same procedures above.
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