COMPONENT CODE:

54
PARTS & SERVICE NEWS
NO.:
DATE:
AH14510
May 6, 2014
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AH14510
SUBJECT: Ladder
PURPOSE: Checking the Welding Seams
of the Steps
APPLICATION: PC4000/6; PC5500/6; PC8000/6
(A2; FCH14522; FCH14523; FCH14525)
FAILURE CODE: 54L2FE
DESCRIPTION:
Before carrying out any repairs, read all the safety instructions
in the Operation and Maintenance Manual of your shovel, and
those contained in Parts & Service News AH10509 (Release of
New General Safety Precautions).
The local safety rules must also be observed.
The steps of the boarding ladder can crack. Danger of accident!
Root cause: The welding seams for the ladder steps do not go completely around the
step.
(C)
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AH14510
Countermeasures:
- If cracks occur repair them according to our repair welding procedure
(AH08507a). - Complete the welding seams at both locations around the steps
From outside and from inside
- Weld below every step, two steel angle brackets as additional support