REVISED 5/19/2017 © SAM CARBIS SOLUTIONS GROUP, LLC, 2017, WITH ALL RIGHTS RESERVED PAGE 3
1) READ THIS FIRST
a) GENERAL
i) This Installation, Operation, and Maintenance manual is considered an integral part of the Carbis
equipment to which it applies. It is the Owner’s responsibility to ensure that personnel who operate and
maintain the Carbis equipment receive comprehensive training in the operation and maintenance of the
equipment, including adjustments where required. Operating and Maintenance personnel must also be
familiar with the basic characteristics of the equipment so as to avert errors that might result in equipment
damage or personnel injury. It is also the Owner’s responsibility to ensure that maintenance activities are
appropriately documented, including any abnormal operating condition and its associated root cause
evaluation, followed by corrective actions implemented to eliminate recurrence.
ii) Aging of equipment and associated service life-limiting variables, such as corrosion, fatigue, wear, etc.,
must be remedied during maintenance periods to preclude operational failure.
iii) While this manual provides guidance to operating personnel in the matter of safe operation and
recommended practices, it is not, and cannot be, a substitute for well-trained operations personnel. For a
successful and trouble-free operation, great reliance must be placed upon the knowledge, background,
and experience of the operating personnel, with this manual serving as a guide. The warranty on the
equipment is automatically voided if the information contained in this manual is disregarded, whether
inadvertently or willfully.
b) VEHICLE POSITIONING
i) Carbis gangways are designed in a variety of standard styles, sizes, and materials to accommodate
customer-specific requirements in applications that include varying heights and types of vehicles.
Subsequently, with each gangway, Carbis provides customer-approved Engineering Drawings and/or scope
data that document key dimensional relationships between the vehicle and the gangway, including safety
cages where applicable. Refer to the specific customer-approved Final Drawings for familiarization with
the dimensional relationships between Carbis equipment and the vehicle to determine the necessary steps
required to position the vehicle for proper operation.
ii) RAIL CAR POSITIONING
With the centerline of the rail car being a fixed, constant relationship with Carbis equipment, the only
remaining position that requires operator input is the position of the rail car along the length of the track.
With Carbis’ standard gangways, the rail car is generally spotted with the access area centered on the
gangway. With Carbis’ pivoting or tracking gangways, the rail car is generally spotted with the access area
contained within the pivoting or tracking range of the gangway.
iii) TRUCK POSITIONING
See the specific customer-approved Final Drawing and/or scope data for the dimensions required to spot
the truck for proper operation. Given the portable nature of the truck, the proper spotting is largely
determined by the skill of the truck driver; therefore, the use of visual spotting aids such as bollards, curbs,
painted guide lines, suspended markers (i.e., tennis balls), etc. can enhance the driver’s skill in spotting the
truck. See FIGURE 1-1 below for the effects of variable truck spotting positions.
