GEOFABRICS Elcoseal Quick guide

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ABN 23 005 479 961 83-93 Canterbury Road, Braeside, Victoria, 3195, Australia. Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: 03 8586 9160
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ELCOSEAL® LAY-DOWN EQUIPMENT VISUAL INSPECTION
CONDITION REPORT
A copy of this document must be sent with the hire equipment - original to stay at the branch.
VISUAL INSPECTION CONDITION (to be completed by Geofabrics’ sta when checking out and checking in)
Customer IFS Order
Number
Dispatch/receipt Out date: / / In date: / /
Branch locaon
Project
Name
Expected return date
Item Number Number of
items
Item name Checked out Checked in Serial Number Comments
1 1 Bar, frame and chain
assembly
This equipment has received an in-service inspecon and was found to have no obvious defects.
CHECKED OUT BY CHECKED IN BY
Name: Name:
Signature: Signature:
Date : ____/_____/____ Date : ____/_____/____
Comments/inspecon results:
Dear Customer
• On receipt of this equipment, please check all equipment has been received, ensure your site sta read
and understand the operang, maintenance and safety informaon, and use the equipment in a safe
manner.
• You are responsible for the safe operaon of the equipment and the safety of your sta.
• At the conclusion of the use of the equipment, please clean the equipment, repack it for transportaon
and return it to Geofabrics.
• Please advise if there are any missing parts. All equipment usage must be in terms of Geofabrics’
Equipment Hire Agreement. You will be charged for any damaged or missing components.

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ELCOSEAL® LAY-DOWN EQUIPMENT
- OPERATING & SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
WARNING !
• Any alteraons to this hire/loan equipment may prove dangerous to the operator and will be in breach of
the Equipment Hire Agreement.
• Service must only be performed by an authorised Geofabrics service organisaon or representave.
• Please contact your nearest Geofabrics branch for return of this equipment or servicing if it is found to be
faulty.
• All hire related documentaon, operang & safety instrucons are available on the company website
(www.geofabrics.com.au).
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ELCOSEAL® LAY-DOWN EQUIPMENT - OPERATOR’S MANUAL
The ELCOSEAL® Lay-down Equipment is designed to be used as an aachment for earthmoving and other
equipment to facilitate the installaon of ELCOSEAL® Geosynthec Clay liners in suitable locaons.
Pre-operaonal consideraons:
• Before operang the ELCOSEAL® Lay-down equipment, it is important that you read and understand
the maintenance and safety precauons outlined below and in the Equipment Hire Agreement (General
Safety).
• Contact your nearest Geofabrics branch if you do not understand any of the instrucons in this
document.
• To operate the ELCOSEAL® Lay-down equipment, operators must be in good physical and mental
condion.
Safety Precauons and Working Techniques:
• A Safe Work Method Statement (SWMS) should be prepared by the user of the ELCOSEAL® Lay-Down
equipment for each work site.
• Because the ELCOSEAL® Lay-down equipment is suspended/slung from excavators, cranes and other
pieces of mobile plant, special safety precauons must be observed to reduce the risk of people being
hit/struck by the mobile apparatus.
• Establish an exclusion zone of at least three metres around the equipment when it is in moon.
• Do not use the ELCOSEAL® Lay-down Equipment for any applicaon other than its intended purpose.
• Do not abuse the ELCOSEAL® Lay-down Equipment in any way which may result in personal injury and/
or damage to the equipment.
• Check the condion of the ELCOSEAL® Lay-down Equipment (including D shackles and chains) before
each use for any damage. If the behaviour of the ELCOSEAL® Lay-down Equipment, changes check it
immediately and return it to Geofabrics for service if necessary.
• Never modify the equipment in any way.
Site Condions:
• The ELCOSEAL® Lay-down Equipment is designed for the applicaon of ELCOSEAL® geosynthec clay
liners in suitable applicaons.
• The ELCOSEAL® Lay-down Equipment should not be operated in condions which will endanger the
operator or other site personnel.
• The ELCOSEAL® Lay-down Equipment should be used in accordance with the ELCOSEAL® Installaon
Guidelines and/or project specic instrucons.
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USING THE ELCOSEAL lay-down equipment
Operaon:
Sequence of Basic Job Steps Hazards Controls/Recommended Safe Work
Procedure
1
Ensure all liing equipment is in sound
order and the chains are not twisted,
are of equal length and spacing on the
spreader beam.
Uneven liing of the roll. Ensure chains are free and equal.
2Shackle spreader bar assembly onto
machine.
Incorrectly aached to plant/
equipment. Check shackles before liing.
3 Grease pole with WD40 or similar. Careful handling of greasy pole. Personnel to wear gloves
with extra grip.
4Insert Pole manually into central core
of ELCOSEAL® roll.
Don’t look down core from other
end. Don’t use machinery to force
pole through core.
Keep away unl pole protrudes.
5
Posion spreader beam over, or
preferably grounded alongside the roll
to be lied.
Wind or machine movement causing
the suspended frame to swing
around uncontrollably.
If roll needs to be suspended, then
ensure stability using guide ropes.
6Aach end collars onto pole and
ghten locking nuts.
Not adequately ghtening locking
nuts. Check nuts.
7
Check chain aachment posion
(eyelet) on frame to ensure chains
hang vercally when roll is suspended.
Chains angle outward (at top of
chain) tending to pull collars o the
end of the pole.
Check each roll as the core widths
(and hence posion of the collar)
may vary slightly from roll to roll.
8 Raise machine arm.
Liing too fast/tangle chains Raise in a control manner with no
personnel to go under lied roll.
Uncontrolled dispensing of
ELCOSEAL®.
Do not cut tape (around roll
diameter) and start dispensing unl
roll is in posion and grounded or in
a stable posion over level.
9Move roll into start posion. Roll/Frame jerking and swinging –
knocking someone over.
Keep personnel clear or use guide
ropes so personnel can minimise roll
swinging without standing beneath
or near the suspended roll.
10 Place roll in posion. Lowering onto personnel. Roll must be posioned and
grounded.
11
Unroll at no faster than walking pace
by moving the plant in the required
direcon. Avoid taking machinery over
previously deployed GCL.
Sliding of dispensed material across
the subgrade and ‘up-ending’
personnel following behind on
dispensed material.
Maintain exclusion zone.
Do not aempt to pull ELCOSEAL®
o the roll by hand as it is very
heavy.
Use equipment where possible.
12
Once roll is empty, remove from pole
from core by loosening collar. Pole
can remain in situ.
Removing pole with machine. Manual operaon only.
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