Govaplast Play Metro User manual

User manual art. GP80
“Metro”
(version 2019-10-14)
Latest version is located at www.govaplast.com
This item is TUV certified.
GP 80
2019
conformeaux exigences de sécurité
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Govaerts Recycling NV
Kolmenstraat 1324
3570 Alken
Belgium
600 938
1785
1047.5
1047,5
3 8 8 0
175 180
Mounting
The equipment is delivered in 2 pre-assembled parts. Easy
assembly. The surface needs to be hard and even.
Material
•Solid boards made of recycled plastics (PE) coloured
throughout
•Stainless steel screws and nail plugs
•Virgin plastic sheets (PE)
•4 replaceable steering wheels
Maintenance
The plastic material requires very little maintenance, that is
cleaning with soapy water and a sponge or soft brush and
rinsing with water to remove dirt and soap. As the
materials’ water absorption is less than 0.29%, it will not
get stained by oil, grease or other products. Moss and algae
will not adhere easily and can easily be removed. Cleaning
with high-pressure (max. 100 bar) is possible but not
recommended and mostly even not necessary. Spray with a
fan-shaped jet with minimum 30 cm distance from the
surface. Painting or staining is useless as the material does
not need extra protection and moreover the paint will not
stick to the plastic.
Inspection Requirements
Visual inspection
Weekly or monthly, depending on the intensity of use.
Functional inspection
Monthly or four-monthly, depending on the intensity of use.
Detailed inspection
Yearly
Special attention during functional or detailed inspection
•Check all parts are tight.
•Steering wheels must be tightly secured.
•Check worn, loose, damaged, missing parts.
•Check screws sticking out.
•Check anchoring on hard soil.
•Vandalism?
•Space on the steering wheels.
Use original Govaplast parts when repairing is required, to
ensure the TÜV certificate remains valid.
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Content
Both connecting beams are secured using 4
stainless steel 8 mm Torx screws. The holes in
these beams are pre-drilled.
•Two pre-assembled parts
•Two connecting beams
•8 large stainless steel screws
688 cm
2x
2x
2x
Security Zone
An obstacle-free area of minimum 150 cm around the equipment is
required.
No fall absorption surface required
The installation needs to be done on a hard and even surface. The
equipment cannot be installed on a loose surface such as a sandpit, wood
chips, bark mulch), unless a special bearing construction is installed (not
standard).
Installation
2x
The equipment’s fall height is less than 60 cm. Therefore it’s allowed to install
it on a hard surface.
394 cm
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Anchoring or not?
According to the European standard, playground
equipment needs to be anchored. Anchoring of this specific
equipment is not required if installed on a school
playground with supervision. In case the playground is
only used by the school itself, the security risk due to not
anchoring the equipment is relatively small. If there is no
anchoring we definitely advise to mark the equipment’s
position on the playground in order to be able to place it
back correctly after temporary relocation, respecting the
required 150 cm obstacle-free area.
Each set of L-hooks contains:
•1 stainless steel nail plug
•1 stainless steel L-hook
•1 stainless steel Torx screw 6 x 40 mm
In case of anchoring
The equipment is anchored by screwing the 6 stainless steel
L-hooks supplied, to the bearing beams and securing them
with nail plugs supplied. Drill the holes for the nail plugs
with a 8 mm stone drill. Screw the L-hooks at the inside and
at the bottom of the equipment with the countersunk Torx
screws supplied. Position them as shown in the sketch. We
advise pre-drilling the screws with a 4 mm wood or metal
drill.
6x
Important advice
To drill the holes use a sharp drill and first put the
plastic part of the plug in the hole. Then screw the
metal nail into the plug instead of hammering it. This
way, you avoid damaging the head of the nail and
unfixing will be easy.
Replacement steering wheels
Through intensive use, the plastic mechanism in the steering wheel is subject to wear. The wearing of
the wheel and the other plastic parts, causes play on the system involving necessary replacement
after a few years.
The wheel can’t come loose from the green plastic mounting plate, as the cap nut is permanently
glued onto the metal shaft. Replacing the whole system is not difficult though, as the green plastic
mounting plate together with the wheel can be unscrewed from the board/post/play and a new
steering system can be screwed.
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