DOCK LEVELLERS - SPECIFICATION

ELECTRO-HYDRAULIC DOCK LEVELLERS

TELESCOPIC

The deck is designed to flex laterally by 100mm in each direction to compensate for vehicle tilt. Telescopic levellers are available with 500mm, 750mm and 1000mm lips. They are rated between 6000kg and 15000 kg operational use. Safety is assured by a pressure lock valve within the single ram. The leveller is controlled via a 3 button control panel.

Swing Lip Levellers

Available in any type of configuration ranging from length, width, load capacity etc, along with the installation choice of standard pit mounted, suspended or cast-in models. The deck is designed to flex laterally by 100mm in each direction to compensate for vehicle tilt. The levellers are pre-wired with 8 metres of power and control cable, and are operated via a 3 button control panel.

DOCK SEALS/SHELTERS

DOCK SEALS

All models are constructed from high tear resistant material and high recovery rate foam in-fills. The seals are mounted on a solid 50mm base board. All foam filled seals require substantial steelwork to be mounted upon, as part of the force of a reversing vehicle is transmitted to the building.

RETRACTABLE DOCK SHELTERS

Manufactured with a 60mm x 30mm galvanised steel box section. Cantilevered arms are bolted to the front and back side beams. The frames of the roof and sides are clad with a 600gm/m2 flexible PVC polyester. The head curtain and two side curtains are manufactured from 3.5mm thick polyester.

Dock levellers are used to form a safe, obstruction-free and user-friendly bridge between the floor of a building and the loading floor of a truck. A leveller makes it possible to drive continuously in and out of the truck for the purpose of loading or unloading Specification/construction The leveller is built up of the following components: - a box casing with chassis beams - a deck with an integrated extending lip - a hydraulic system for manouvering deck and lip consisting of a drive unit, two deck cylinders and a lip cylinder - a control box with push button control Material The box is made of 4 mm thick steel plate. The tread plate is made of steel plate with a tear-drop anti-slip surface and is reinforced on the underside by steel beams. Finish All structural parts are sprayed in RAL 5013 (cobalt blue) or RAL 9005 (black) as standard. Drive unit The deck is operated by two hydraulic cylinders and the extending lip by one. The low pressure hydraulic drive is mounted under the deck. Controls The control box houses a PCB and is fitted with control buttons on the front panel. The control box is mounted as standard at a height of 1500 mm beside the door opening. Operation Located on the panel of the control box are: - push button "raise deck" - push button "lower deck" - push button "extend lip" - push button "retract lip" - a main switch/emergency stop Safety - power failure safety (the deck remains stationary when power supply is restored) - automatic emergency stop - hose rupture safety - through distortion of the deck (torsion) the lip will make contact over the width of the loading floor of trucks even when they are not level - toeguards - yellow/black safety markings - maintenance safety strut - emergency stop switch on the control panel Mounting structure requirements and connection These depend on the installation method that has been chosen: - embedding of the box casing directly in concrete (with or without letterbox) - installation in a pre-formed concrete pit - as above, but with the work floor poured at a later stage - installation in prefabricated concrete elements (these can be supplied by Novoferm) - power supply must be present within 500 mm of the control box Working drawings are available for the various installation methods Technical specifications Model Width Length Extension Range* 25/20 2000 2550 750 + 325 - 370 30/20 2000 3050 750 + 380 - 370 35/20 2000 3550 750 + 450 - 420

* ( maximum gradient 12,5%)

capacity, dynamic 100 kN   capacity, static 150 kN   mains voltage 3N~400V/50Hz/10A   degree of protection IP 54   overall height 800 mm

Accessories/options

- width 2250 mm - capacity of 75 kN dynamic (~120 kN static) - telescopic flaps on the outside edge of the extending lip to accomodate relatively narrow trucks - finish in a customer specified RAL colour - interlock: the leveller is interfaced with the loading bay (sectional) door to avoid operation when the door is closed - electric components to IP65 - heavy duty rubber bumpers - "box" model for concrete embedding - threaded bushes for concrete embedding for fixture of the rubber bumpers - hot galvanised mounting plates for the rubber bumpers - draught seal between deck and chassis (brush seal or rubber lip seal) - semi-automatic return to neutral position