PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-616
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 616
MARCH 2004
PS 616
MAR 04
51
Container
Kitchen…
Y
our container kitchen (CK), NSN 7360-01-473-3408, comes with a newly
designed winch that lowers and raises the CK’s wings. Learn to use it the right way
or you could damage the winch or bind the cable.
The first step in your education is to understand the operating procedures in TM
10-7360-226-13&P. Get the full details starting on Page 0006 00-5, Shelter
Expansion; Page 0006 00-32, Food Preparation Wing Closure; and Page 0006 00-33,
Serving Wing Closure.
A Basic Rule
A basic rule to using the winch is to always crank the handle in the right direction:
Shelter Expansion
Crank
counterclockwise
to
lower
the wings.
Crank
clockwise
to
raise
the wings.
•
Cranking the winch clockwise (the wrong direction)
with the cam locks still locked.
That just makes the winch
difficult to crank and the wing won’t lower anyway.
Remember, you must crank counterclockwise to lower the
wing. And don’t forget to open the cam locks.
•
Cranking the winch counterclockwise (the correct
direction) with the cam locks still locked.
Do this and the
wing never moves because the cam locks stop it.
Meanwhile, if you continue to crank, loose cable winds off
the winch drum, gets tangled and binds. At this point it’s
best not to unlock the cam locks, because the wing will
drop until the safety strap or cable stops it.
Better to untangle the cable and crank clockwise to wind
it back onto the drum. Afterwards you can lower the wing
with the cam locks in the open position.
now I don’t
need to ‘wing it’
with the wings!
Open cam locks…
…before lowering wing
Here are
some
common
mistakes
to avoid…
Use a spotter to make sure the wing is moving in the right direction and
to make sure nobody is under the wing when it’s lowered.
Must be
something
in the
chow!
±
you are
the wind
beneath
my wings!
±
nah. he just
learned how to
raise and lower
the container
kitchen’s wings!
Most winch
and cable
problems
occur when
you lower the
wings, also
known as
shelter
expansion.
616. 50-51 (C)
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