Haulotte HS15E User manual

Operator's manual
HS15E - HS4390E - HS15E PRO - HS4390E PRO - HS18E - HS5390E - HS18E PRO - HS5390E PRO - M
ONOCHROME
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4001227790 E 08 .22 USA / GB
Operator's manual
HS15E - HS4390E -
HS15E PRO - HS4390E PRO -
HS18E - HS5390E -
HS18E PRO - HS5390E PRO -
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CONTENTS
A
FOREWORD
1 - User responsibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
1.1 - Owner's responsibility. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
1.2 - Employer's responsibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
1.3 - Trainer's responsibility. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
1.4 - Operator's responsibility. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
2 - Safety. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
2.1 - Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
2.1.1 - Incorrect use. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
2.1.2 - Falling Hazards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
2.1.3 - Overturning / Tip-over Hazards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
2.1.4 - Risk of electric shock (electrocution) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
2.1.5 - Explosion / Fire Hazards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
2.1.6 - Crushing / Collision Hazards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
2.1.7 - Risk of involuntary movements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
3 - Safety inquiries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
4 - Incident notification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
5 - Compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
5.1 - Product modification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
5.1.1 - Implementing manufacturer safety campaigns. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
5.2 - Product specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
5.3 - Change of Ownership Notification. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
5.4 - Declaration of conformity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
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FAMILIARIZATION
1 - General safety. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
1.1 - Intended use. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
1.2 - Decal content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
1.3 - Symbols and colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
1.4 - Level of severity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
1.5 - Symbols legend and definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
2 - Models description. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
3 - Primary machine components . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
3.1 - Layout. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
3.2 - Maintenance support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
3.3 - Ground control box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
3.3.1 - Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
3.3.2 - Display Panel (LED'S 1 - 10) - Monochrome LCD display . . . . 42
3.3.2.1 - Fault and alarm codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
3.4 - Platform control box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
3.4.1 - Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
4 - Performance Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
4.1 - Technical characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
4.2 - Working area / Range of motion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
5 - Decals and markings locations. . . . . . . . . . . . 57

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PRE-OPERATION INSPECTION
1 - Recommendations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
2 - Working area assessment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
3 - Inspection and Functional test . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
3.1 - Daily inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
4 - Safety functional checks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
4.1 - E-Stop button check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
4.2 - Activation of controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
4.3 - Fault detector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
4.3.1 - Indicators/LED's test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
4.3.2 - Buzzers test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
4.4 - Automatic engine cut-out (If machine equipped with the
option Range Extender) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
4.5 - Overload sensing system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
4.6 - Oscillating axles (If equipped) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
4.7 - Slope warning device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
4.8 - Travel speed limitation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
4.9 - On-board electronics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
D
OPERATION INSTRUCTIONS
1 - Operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
1.1 - Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
1.2 - Major description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
1.3 - Operation from the ground control box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
1.4 - Operation from the platform control box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
2 - Ground control box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
2.1 - To start and stop the machine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
2.2 - Movement control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
2.3 - Additional controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
3 - Platform control box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
3.1 - To start and stop the machine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
3.1.1 - To start the machine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
3.1.2 - To stop the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
3.2 - Drive and steer control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
3.3 - Movement control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
3.4 - Additional controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
3.4.1 - Activ' Lighting System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

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4 - Rescue and emergency procedures. . . . . . . . 91
4.1 - In case of power loss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
4.2 - To rescue operator in platform . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
4.2.1 - Operation of overriding system from ground control box . . . . . . 93
4.3 - No power available . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
4.3.1 - Manual emergency lowering procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
5 - Transportation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
5.1 - Transport configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
5.2 - Machine stowage for transport -
HS15 E (HS4390 E) - HS15 E PRO (HS4390 E PRO) -
HS18 E (HS5390 E) - HS18 E PRO (HS5390 E PRO) . . . . . . . . . . . 97
5.3 - Loading by ramp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
5.4 - Folding guardrails . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
5.4.1 - Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
5.4.2 - Safety precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
5.4.3 - Fold down operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
5.4.4 - Raising guardrails to working position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
5.5 - Unloading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
5.5.1 - Unloading by ramp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
5.6 - Towing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
5.6.1 - Brake release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
5.7 - Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
5.8 - Lifting operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
5.8.1 - Procedure for the use of slings
HS15 E (HS4390 E) - HS15 E PRO (HS4390 E PRO) -
HS18 E (HS5390 E) - HS18 E PRO (HS5390 E PRO) . . . . . . 114
6 - Cold Weather Recommendations . . . . . . . . . 117
6.1 - Hydraulic oil. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
7 - Battery care and maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . 118
7.1 - Locations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
7.2 - Battery recharge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
7.2.1 - On-board charger. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
7.2.2 - Battery charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
7.3 - Battery care and maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
7.3.1 - Filling batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
7.3.1.1 - Procedure to fill the batteries manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
7.3.1.2 - Procedure to fill the batteries automatically
– Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
7.3.2 - Desulfation charge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
7.4 - Optimise battery life. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

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GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS
1 - Machine dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
2 - Major component masses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
3 - Acoustics and vibrations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
4 - Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
4.1 - Technical specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
4.2 - Inspection and maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
5 - Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
5.1 - Activ’Shield Bar Scissors -
SECONDARY GUARDING SYSTEM (if the function is present
and the device is installed in its support). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
5.1.1 - Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
5.1.1.1 - Summary of the indicator states. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
5.1.2 - Characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
5.1.3 - Safety precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
5.1.4 - Pre-operation inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
5.1.5 - Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
5.1.5.1 - Travel speed limitation
( Activ’Shield Bar Scissors option) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
5.1.5.2 - Raising speed limitation
( Activ’Shield Bar Scissors option) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
5.1.6 - Specific decals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
5.1.7 - Insert the console into its support. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
5.2 - Range Extender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
5.2.1 - Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
5.2.2 - Characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
5.2.3 - Safety precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
5.2.4 - Pre-operation inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
5.2.5 - Installing / Removing the Range Extender. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
5.2.6 - Specific decals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
5.3 - Fast Charge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
5.3.1 - Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
5.3.2 - Safety precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
5.3.3 - Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
5.3.4 - Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
5.4 - Plate holder / Tube holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
5.4.1 - Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
5.4.2 - Characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
5.4.2.1 - Plate holder usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
5.4.2.2 - Tube holder usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
5.4.3 - Safety precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
5.4.4 - Pre-operation inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
5.4.5 - Disassembly - Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
5.4.6 - Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
5.4.6.1 - Plate/panel holder version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
5.4.6.2 - Tube/pipe holder version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
5.4.7 - Strapping (Strap not provided) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
5.4.8 - Storage of the supports on the platform . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
5.4.9 - Folding guardrails if machine equipped with plate/tube
holder support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

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MAINTENANCE
1 - General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
2 - Maintenance Schedule. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
3 - Inspection program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
3.1 - General program. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
3.2 - Daily inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
3.3 - Periodic inspection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
3.4 - Reinforced inspection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
3.5 - Major inspection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
4 - Repairs and adjustments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
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OTHER INFORMATION
1 - Conditions of warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
2 - Subsidiary contact information. . . . . . . . . . . 175
2.1 - California warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
H
INTERVENTION REGISTER
1 - Intervention register. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

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A - Foreword
Foreword
You have just purchased a HAULOTTE® product and we would like to thank you for your business.
The aerial work platform is a device for lifting people designed and manufactured with the intent to enable users to access
overhead elevated temporary workplaces with the necessary tools and equipment. All other uses or alterations/
modifications to the aerial work platform must be approved by HAULOTTE®.
This manual shall be considered a permanent component of the machine and shall be kept with the aerial work platform
in the designated Manual Holder, at all times.
Safe operation of this product can only be assured if you follow the operating instructions contained in this manual. To
ensure the safe and appropriate use of this equipment, only trained personnel are authorised to use and carry out
maintenance on the aerial work platform.
We would particularly like to draw your attention to 2 essential points :
• Comply with safety instructions.
• use this equipment within the performance limits specified by this user manual.
With regard to the designation of our equipment, we stress that this is purely for commercial purposes and not to be
confused with the technical specifications. Only the specifications in this manual should be used to study the suitability
of the equipment for the intended use.
This operator's manual is specific to the HAULOTTE® products listed on the cover page of this manual.
The user manual does not replace the necessary training that is required for all of this machine's operators.
HAULOTTE® has compiled this manual to assist in safe and efficient operation of the products covered in the manual.
The manual must be available to all operators and must be kept in a legible condition. Additional copies can be ordered
from HAULOTTE Services®.
Stay Safe and keep working with HAULOTTE® !
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Original language and version :
Manuals in English and French are the original instructions. Manuals in other languages are translations
of the original instructions.

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A - Foreword
1 - User responsibility
1.1 - OWNER'SRESPONSIBILITY
The owner (or hirer) has the obligation to :
• To inform operators of the instructions contained in the Operator's Manual.
• Follow local regulations regarding operation of the machine.
• Replace all manuals or labels that are missing or in poor condition. Additional copies can be
ordered from HAULOTTE Services®.
• To establish a preventive maintenance program in accordance with the manufacturer's
recommendations, taking into account the environment and severity of use of the machine.
• To perform periodic inspections in accordance with HAULOTTE® recommendations and
local regulations.
All malfunctions and problems identified during the inspection shall be corrected before the
aerial work platform is returned to service.
1.2 - EMPLOYER'SRESPONSIBILITY
The employer (or plant superintendent) is required :
• To train and check the training of users.
• To authorise the trained user(s) to use the machine.
• To inform and familiarize the operator with the local regulations.
• Forbid anyone from operating the machine if :
• Under the influence of drugs, alcohol, etc.
• Subject to fits, convulsions, dizziness, etc.
1.3 - TRAINER'SRESPONSIBILITY
• The trainer must be qualified to provide training to operators in accordance with applicable
local regulations.
• The training must include all of the instructions in this manual.
• The training must be given in an obstacle-free area until the trainee is considered competent
as defined by the training program undertaken.