Shipping and Handling
S&C Instruction Sheet 761-515
7
Inspection
Examine the shipment for external evidence of damage as soon after receipt as possible,
preferably before removal from the carrier’s conveyance. Check the bill of lading to make
sure the shipping skids, crates, and containers listed thereon are present. If there is visible
loss and/or damage:
1. Notify the delivering carrier immediately.
2. Ask for a carrier inspection.
3. Note condition of shipment on all copies of the delivery receipt
4. File a claim with the carrier.
If concealed damage is discovered:
1. Notify the delivering carrier within 15 days of receipt of shipment.
2. Ask for a carrier inspection
3. File a claim with the carrier.
Also notify S&C Electric Company in all instances of loss and/or damage.
Packing
Study the erection drawing carefully and check the bill of materials to be sure all of the
parts are at hand. When a standard mounting arrangement is specified, the shipment will
include:
1. Three switch poles
2. Operating pipe sections for interphase, horizontal-connecting, and vertical sections.
(The switch may be furnished “less operating pipe,” if specified.)
3. Miscellaneous mounting hardware (less through bolts) for securing the Alduti-Rupter
Switch to the mounting structure
4. The appropriate set of operating mechanism components for the vertical operating pipe;
e.g. handle, guide bearings, and couplings—each tagged and keyed to the bill of material
for ready identification
5. If a standard minor modification of a standard mounting arrangement is specified, the
appropriate parts, as identified in the bill of materials under suffix: “-S1,” “-S2,” “-S3,”
“-S4,” “-S5,” “-S6,” “-S8,” “-S9,” and “-S16”
-S1: Tubular fiberglass insulating section in vertical operating shaft
-S2: Cypoxy™ Insulator unit in vertical operating shaft
-S3: Insulated interphase sections and one fiberglass insulating section in vertical
operating shaft
-S4: Insulated interphase sections and one Cypoxy™ Insulator unit in vertical
operating shaft
-S5: Two-inch IPS pipe—required for rotating-type operating-mechanism vertical
shaft when the shaft exceeds three 10-foot-4-inch sections.
-S6: Key interlock – single lock for “locked-open” application
-S8: Provision for power operation of pole-mounted switches by S&C Switch
Operator—Type AS-1A
-S9: Provision for power operation of steel-structure mounted switches by S&C Switch
Operator – Type AS-1A
-S16: Provision for power operation of pole-mounted switch by 6801M Automatic
Switch Operator
