Cartoni STEERING P70 Mounting instructions

PROFESSIONAL CAMERA SUPPORT
MAINTENANCE
&
USER’S MANUAL

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Thank you for choosing the STEERING P70 Pedestal manufactured by CARTONI S.p.A.
The STEERING P70 is designed and built using state-of-the-art technologies and procedures in order
to guarantee maximum reliability over me, as well as total safety for its users.
! In order to properly and safely use the STEERING P70 Pedestal read this manual very
carefully and follow the instrucons.
! All back-up material, and this manual in parcular, should be stored in a safe place for
future reference.
! This publicaon may not be reproduced in full or in part, or memorised, transmied
or translated into any common or computer language, in any form or by any electronic,
mechanical, magnec, opcal, chemical, manual or other means without the express
authorizaon in wring of CARTONI S.p.A.
! CARTONI S.p.A. holds the right to revise or change this publicaon without any prior
advice to any person or organizaon.
1. INTRODUCTION 4
1.1. PROPER USE 4
1.2. WARRANTY 5
1.3. AUTHORIZED PERSONNEL 5
1.4. REGULATORY INFORMATION 5
1.5. DOCUMENTATION 7
2. TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS 8
2.1. DATA TABLE 10
2.2. COMPATIBLE EQUIPMENT 11
2.3. USAGE 12
3. INSTALLATION AND SETTINGS 12
3.1. SETTING THE PEDESTAL 14
3.2. MOUNTING THE CAMERA 19
3.3. PRESSURIZING THE PEDESTAL AND BALANCING THE LOAD 19
3.4. TRIM WEIGHTS 20
4. USING THE PEDESTAL 20
4.1. HEIGHT ADJUSTMENT 20
4.2. CABLE GUARDS 21
4.3. TRAVELLING 21
4.4. SAFETY PRECAUTIONS 22
5. DISASSEMBLING AND STORAGE 24
6. SERVICE 26
6.1. ROUTINE MAINTENANCE 26
6.2. EXTRA MAINTENANCE AND SPARE PARTS 26
6.3. WHEEL EXCHANGE RECOMENDATION 27
6.3. DECOMMISIONING 28
Contents

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1. IntroduCtIon
The correct and safe use of this Pedestal is only guaranteed if it is used in accordance with the following
manual and other documentaon that accompanies the STEERING P70 Pedestal. It is therefore essen-
al to read all the documentaon carefully and to keep it in a safe place.
Although the equipment features safety devices not all the risks inherent its improper use can be avoided.
It is necessary to always make sure that all operators have completely read and under-stood the instruc-
ons. CARTONI S.p.A. accepts no responsibility for damage to persons and/or property consequent to
the improper use of the Pedestal.
Do not remove or deface any label, indicaon and warning axed to the Pedestal.
CARTONI S.p.A. declines all responsibility for the failure to observe the standards of safe-ty and preven-
on detailed in the various secons of this manual and for injuries caused due to improper use.
Any modicaon to the Pedestal must have prior authorizaon by CARTONI S.p.A.
All the standard maintenance operaons (maintenance, repairs, cleaning and adjust-ments) should be
carried out by competent personnel as prescribed in the manual.
1.1 ProPer use
The Pedestal has been designed and built for the support and movement of a Head with Camera/lenses
mounted on its horizontal and vercal axis.
In parcular this manual refers to the machine specicaons in secon 2.
! It is strictly forbidden to use the Pedestal in any other way other than indicated.
! The components used must conform to the indicaons in secon 2.
! Do not remove or deface any label, indicaon or warning axed to the machine.
! Any modicaon to the Pedestal and/or its structure and/or accessories must have
prior authorizaon by CARTONI S.p.A.
! Before using this Pedestal the manual should be read carefully. Whoever uses the
machine must be well informed on the op-erave capacity and limits outlined in the
manual.
1.2 Warranty
The STEERING P70 Pedestal is covered by a warranty against manufacturing defects for 5 years from the
date of shipment (three years basic warranty + two years upon online registraon to www.cartoni.com).
The warranty covers replacement of any defecve part and the labour required excluding transport/duty costs.
In the case of replacement of single parts, these can be supplied free of charge by CARTONI S.p.A., but
the owner will bear the cost of transport/duty charges for the parts.
The warranty is only valid if the Pedestal has been used properly as outlined in the manu-facturer’s in-
strucons and has not been exposed to any mishandling. The warranty will be immediately invalid if modi-
caons and/or repairs are carried out by unauthorized persons otherwise authorized by CARTONI S.p.A.
Components subject to wear and tear are not covered by the warranty.
The warranty is also invalidated by one of the following events:
• Failure to comply with payment condions
• Failure to carry out appropriate maintenance
• Removal or mistreatment of marks and/or labels containing data and technical specicaon.
CARTONI S.p.A. accepts no responsibility for damage to the Pedestal caused by improp-er use or the
malfuncon of other equipment connected to the Camera support.
In any case, the warranty only covers Pedestal damage and/or malfuncons and does not entle the
purchaser/owner to claim any damages for loss of producon me due to as-sumed or proven damage
caused by and/or connected to the Pedestal itself.
1.3 authorIzed Personnel
Extraordinary maintenance and repairs to the machine can only be carried out by compe-tent persons
who are either employed, trained or authorized by CARTONI S.p.A. in writ-ing.
Any informaon regarding repair/maintenance service staons can be obtained from CARTONI S.p.A.
1.4 regulatory InformatIon
The design and construcon of the Pedestal by CARTONI S.p.A. complies with the regula-ons listed
below:
• UNI EN ISO 12100 (2010) Safety of machinery - General principles for design – Risk assess-
ment and risk reducon
• Direcve 2006/42/CE Covering the harmonizaon of member States’ laws on ma-chinery
• Presidenal Decree 17/2010 of 27/01/2010: Regulaon implemenng EU direcve 2006/42/
CE and subsequent amendments
Addional technical standards relang to specic safety measures as the UNI EN ISO 13857:2015 con-
cerning safety distance and the UNI EN ISO 13850:2015 concerning the emergency machine stop have
been considered.

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1.5 doCumentatIon
This manual is supplied with the Pedestal along with the warranty card and both must be saved for any
further consultaon or use.
The present manual can be downloaded from www.cartoni.com website.
In case of sale or transferring ownership of the Pedestal, the manual and warranty card must be handed
over to the new operator or owner.
The Pedestal designed and built by CARTONI S.p.A has passed the nal test performed at the factory to
verify funconal features, dimensional characteriscs and durability.
Test results are saved by internal records and relate to:
• Serial number and date of the test
• List of compliance data to standard
• Notes, aachments, specicaons, etc.
! The Pedestal cannot be used unless it has been posively tested and operators fully
trained.

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2. teChnICal sPeCIfICatIons

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Steering wheel mark
Steering wheel
Extendable pneumac column
Stroke lock
Support assembly clamp
Skid clamp
Le skid leg
Right skid leg
Wheel lock
Studio wheel Ø125 mm
Cable guard
Cable guard knob
Trim weight
Trim weight stowage
Column support assembly
Foot ring
Skid base
Central skid leg
Strut inserng seat
Fixed column
Support strut
Drag control knob
Steering tube
Trim weight seat
Safety hooking bar
Safety latch
Gauge G1/8 - 20 bar
Intake valve
Steering wheel support
4 bolt mounng plate
Steering wheel lock lever
Skid arm locking/unlocking
lever
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2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
2.1 data table
Payload (up to) 75 Kg 165,3 lb
Column weight 15 Kg 33,0 lb
Steering wheel weight 3,6 Kg 7,9 lb
Foot ring weight 1 Kg 2,2 lb
Skid weight 24 Kg 52,9 lb
Total weight 43,6 Kg 96,1 lb
Trim weights (N. 4 x 1,3 Kg) 5,2 Kg 11,5 lb
Minimum height 800 mm 31,5 in.
Maximum height 1250 mm 49,2 in.
On-shot stroke 450 mm 17,7 in.
Minimum height from ground 19 mm 0,75 in.
Doorway tracking width 807 mm 31,8 in.
Wheel diameter 125 mm 4,9 in.
Oponal OB wheel diameter 160 mm 6,3 in.
Steering wheel diameter 450 mm 17,7 in.
Skid leg radius 453 mm 17,8 in.
Max working pressure 8,5 bar 123,3 psi
Max safety valve pressure 9,0 bar 130,5 psi
Operaonal temperature -20 °C / +60 °C -4 °F / +140 °F
2.2 ComPatIble equIPment
The equipment used with the STEERING P70 Pedestal should comply with the following characteriscs:
• Opmal weight (Camera + accessories + uid Head): <55 kg;
• Maximum weight (Camera + lens/accessories + uid Head): 75 kg;
• Weight distribuon must take in consideraon that the centre of gravity (CG) of the mounted
elements stays well inside the rim of the wheelbase.
! The Pedestal should be only used to support the hor-izontal and vercal Camera
movements of Cameras within the weights indicated above.
!CARTONI S.p.A. accepts no responsibility for malfuncons or damage to persons or
equipment, gear, materials, etc. when used with equipment other than those indicated
in the manual.
! DANGER: It is strictly forbidden to climb on the Pedestal to transport people.
Oponal accessories for lt Head mounng
Details can be found on www.catoni.com
AH935
AH845 AH846
A902
AH856 AH951 AH863 AH863/150

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2.3 usage
The Pedestal has been designed to work in a clean, dry environment; furthermore the Pedestal must not
be used in areas with ne dust or corrosive gases.
! The Pedestal is not designed to work in areas subject to atmospheric explosives, the
presence of ne dust, corrosive gases, ac-ids, corrosive agents or salt or sea salt; fur-
thermore it is not suitable for use in presence of ionized radiaon or non ionized radia-
on (x-rays, laser, micro-waves, ultra violet rays).
The working condions are:
• Temperature range: -20 °C / + 60 °C (- 4°/+140° F)
• Humidity: 30 – 95 % (without condensaon)
If the environmental condions are crical we advise to install an adequate air condion-ing in the area
to balance the humidity and temperature to acceptable levels.
The Pedestal needs no parcular requirements for storage, but should be stored in a dry dust free closed
place; these condions should be ensured even during transportaon.
If the storage area is dusty we advise to cover the pedestal with a protecve cover.
The Pedestal produces a very low level noise; anyway, the weighted equivalent acousc pressure emit-
ted by the Pedestal is below 70 dB (A).
3 InstallatIon and settIngs
The Pedestal is split into the following component parts for shipment:
1 Skid base - dolly with 12,5 cm (4,9 in.) diameter wheels
2One-stage column
3 Steering wheel
4Foot-bar
5 4 x bolt 3/8’’ x ½’’
6Hexagonal key
7 4 x weights
8CARTONI manual air-pump

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Prior to installaon, please check the state of package for integrity on arrival, and also make sure that
none of the components shows signs of impact. If any such damage oc-curs CARTONI S.p.A. should be
informed immediately.
If the product is to be forwarded elsewhere, it should be carefully packed and the greatest care should
be taken not to damage any of the components.
The machine contains the following labeling and inscripons:
• CE mark • Model • Type •Serial number
! It is strongly advised not to remove the labels found on the Pedestal; the labels must
remain well xed, maintained and reada-ble.
! The informaon found on the Pedestal labels should be given whenever assistance or
changes are needed.
! The installaon must be carried out by qualied person-nel.
! The product must be used on smooth horizontal ooring, able to hold the product
weight and guarantee its stability.
! The ooring should be such as to guarantee the stability of the Pedestal, both in move-
ment and at rest.
3.1 settIng the Pedestal
Please assemble the Pedestal as follows:
Push down the red levers (32) to release
the skid arms and rotate the two arms ll
the levers (32) click in place, locking the
arms in completely opened posion.
Assemble the foot ring (16) screwing in the three knobs (A) under the skid (central part).
The foot ring (16) is useful for pushing the Pedestal but is
mainly a safety device to prevent
p over of the Pedestal with
o-set components such as
teleprompters or addional
monitors.
!Do not remove the foot
ring (9) when operang.
Extract the column with the column support assembly (15); in case the column support assembly (15)
should be disassembled, insert it in the xed column (20), posioning the centering pin to match the hole
in the column, and lock the support assembly clamp (5).

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Install the column in the skid as follows:
Keep the column in vercal posion and open towards external direcon the three support struts (21).
Li the struts (21) to 45°.
Insert the lower part of the column on the central hole of the Skid. Couple the struts (21) with the strut
inserng seats (19) on the skid arms, and couple the lower part of the steering tube with the mechanism
seat on the skid. Proceed with cauon lower-ing the column base in the central hole of the skid.
Check that the struts (21) are perfectly coupled with the strut inserng seats (19) on the Skid arms and
that the two clamps (5) and (6) be vercally aligned. Lower clamps (5) and (6) to secure column to skid.
Rotate the steering wheel (2) ½ turn: if the steering tube (23) has been correctly cou-pled the wheels are
rotang. At the beginning of rotaon a click will be heard.
! In case the wheels are not rotang and you do not hear the click, please check the
correct column/skid coupling, loosening the clamps (5) and (6) and verifying the correct
posion of the struts (21) and steering tube (23). Lock the clamps (6) (column-skid) and
then (5) (struts-support) in sequence.
Assemble the steering wheel (2) to the column as follows:
Place the steering wheel (2) on the steering wheel support (29),
coupling the green mark on (2) with one of the four
red marks on (29).
! Please operate carefully as the steering wheel/steering wheel support connecon is
purposely ght to guarantee a posive transmission of rotaon movement.

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Rotate the steering wheel (2)
ll the red mark matches
the red mark on the steering
wheel support (29).
Insert the steering wheel lock lever (31) to avoid the steering wheel disconnecon from the column; ro-
tate the lever right with the red side towards the red mark on the steering wheel. While operang never
unlock the steering wheel.
! Never insert your hands or ngers under the steering wheel as gears are accessible and
they can get trapped and injured.
! There is a potenal risk of ngers being trapped be-tween the upper and lower sec-
ons of the Pedestal. When the Camera is being lowered and parcularly when pressur-
ized air is released; do not insert ngers into this area at such me.
3.2 mountIng the Camera
Lock the wheels by pushing the lock lever (9) on each wheel.
Lower the column pushing it down and lock the safety latch (26) to the safety hooking bar (25).
Fix the pan and lt Head directly on the top of the Pedestal or – if needed - using one of the accessories
(see 2.2 Compable equipment – Oponal accessories) and secure the 4 retaining bolts underneath the
steering wheel with the Allen key.
Place the Camera on the pan and lt Head and add all required addional equipment (lens, prompter,
viewnder, pan bars, etc).
Place some (2/3) trim counterweights on the steering wheel plaque.
Release the safety latch (26).
! The four 3/8’’ bolts provided with the Pedestal to secure the pan and lt Head/acces-
sory have a specic reduced size of ½’’. Please avoid to use standard 3/8’’ bolts (size 1’’),
as they are too long.
3.3 PressurIzIng the Pedestal and balanCIng the load
The compressed air provided to the product must be dry, without oil and dust.
The pneumac power should be provided through the intake valve (28) using the manual pump which is
included with the product or by means an air-compressor.
The column should be lled with clean pressurized air or nitrogen unl it compensates the weight of the
Camera conguraon.
To pressurize the Pedestal connect either the manual air pump provided with the system or the air-com-
pressor to the intake valve (28), by screwing in the pump connecon.
Inate the system unl the column rises and reaches and maintains the top upper posion.
Remove the air intake connecon.
Bleed the air excess, pushing the pin in the intake valve (28) unl the Camera moves freely up and down
through the enre range of the column stroke. The Camera is now balanced.