2Foundry Hook
The present user´s instruction is valid for the fol-
lowing item variants of the Foundry Hook:
• IWH ICE-Foundry Hook in ICE-Pink
(Purple colour, quality grade 120, D1 stamping)
• VWH VIP-Foundry Hook in VIP-Pink
(Magenta, quality grade 100, H1 stamping)
Please read assembly instruction carefully
before initial operation of Foundry Hook.
Make sure to understand all volumes.
Disregard of the assembly manual can lead
to serious physical injury and property
damage and eliminates warranty.
In doubt or in misconception please note
that the German version of this document
is decisive.
1 Safety instructions
ATTENTION
Wrong assembled or damaged lifting and
lashing means as well as improper use can
lead to injuries of persons and damage of
objects when load drops.
Please inspect all lifting points before each
use.
ATTENTION
When using hooks without a safety latch
(f.e. the Foundry Hook)
increased caution must become aect,
resp. before the usage a risk assessment
according to Betr.SichV §3 must be carried
out. Lifting means with a Foundry Hook
must only be used when unintentional
unhinge is impossible.
ATTENTION
Foundry Hooks must not be used at cons-
truction sites.
Detention under a oating load is forbidden.
Keep persons out of the hazardous area.
• Keep all body parts like ngers, hands, arms, etc. out
of the hazardous area during the lifting operation.
• Any technical modications at the Foundry Hook
are prohibited
• Please be also aware of extreme circumstances
or shock loads when selecting the used Foundry
Hook.
• Damaged or worn Foundry Hook must no longer
be used.
• Only the determined RUD round steel chain of the
correct nominal size and quality grade must be
used with the Foundry Hook.
• RUD-Foundry Hook must only be used by instructed
and competent persons considering DGUV-rules
100-500 (BGR 500), and outside Germany noticing
the country specic statutory regulations.
2 Intended use
The described Foundry Hooks must only be used for
lifting, lashing or transporting of goods, if unintentional
unhinge is prohibited. This is not valid, if an unhinge
without a rigging person is necessary due to special
risks of accidents (f.e. high temperature).
Before the usage, a risk assessment according to
Betr.SichV §3 should be carried out.
Foundry Hooks must not be used at construction
sites.
Foundry Hooks are not suitable for the transport
overhead of people.
3 Assembly- and instruction manual
3.1 General information
• Capability of temperature usage of ICE-compon-
ents (IWH):
When using the ICE-Foundry Hook at temperatures
beyond 200°C the permissible WLL of the ICE-
Foundry Hook has to be reduced:
-60°C up to 200°C no reduction
200°C up to 250°C minus 10 %
250°C up to 300°C minus 40 %
Temperatures exceeding 300°C are prohibited!
• Capability of temperature usage of VIP-compon-
ents (VWH): When using the VIP-Foundry Hook at
temperatures beyond 200°C the permissible WLL
has to be reduced:
-40°C up to 200°C no reduction
200°C up to 300°C minus 10 %
300°C up to 380°C minus 40 %
Temperatures exceeding 380°C are prohibited!
• RUD Foundry Hooks must not be used with aggres-
sive chemicals such as acids, alkaline solutions
and their vapours.
• The WLL of components are depending on the
following variables:
- Quality grade of component (pictures 1 - 3)
- Nominal size of component
- in the present case
The permissible WLL should be taken out of the
according ICE- and VIP user´s instruction (or al-
ternatively from the RUD website www.rud.com).
3.2 Hints for the assembly
Please observe correct assignment of chain and
component when assembling the Foundry Hook. The
quality grade/nominal size or the component can be
identied by the stamping at component/bolt/chain
resp. by the colour.
