Lifting, Turning or Moving Your MIRA

Applies to: MIRA 7 and MIRA 9

Read these guidelines through fully before you move the machine through tight spaces, turn it onto its side, lift it with a shoulder dolly or lift it onto a stand or workbench.

Prepare to move through stairways, hallways and doorways

If your MIRA 7 or MIRA 9 has to travel through a stairway, hallway or doorway, it will likely need to be tipped on its side. Prepare the machine before you move it.

What you need

• Scissors
• Bucket
• Strap or rope

1. Using scissors, cut and remove the black shrink wrap around the laser, along with the foam padding beneath it. Avoid cutting along the top of the machine, because the lid and keypad scratch easily.

2. With all the packing material removed, open the lid and cut the zip tie or ties that secure the tool kit. Cut only the zip tie holding the tool kit. Leave the other zip ties in place: they are still useful while you tip and move the machine.

3. Remove all loose items from inside the machine, including the honeycomb table and blades.

4. Find the water chiller at the rear of the machine. Open the water outlet and drain any water into the bucket.

5. Remove the water chiller. Follow Removing the Internal Chiller: MIRA 7 or Removing the Internal Chiller: MIRA 9.

6. Close the lid and make sure all hatches and doors are properly closed and locked.

7. Secure the lid so it cannot open, preferably with a strap or rope.

Tip the machine onto its side

What you need

• 2 ratchet straps
• Furniture dolly
• Five healthy and reasonably fit people
• Sheet of foam (optional)

1. Using 2 ratchet straps, secure a furniture dolly to the left side of the machine. To prevent cosmetic damage, do not overtighten the straps, and put foam padding between the machine and the ratchets or hooks. Make sure the furniture dolly is carpeted, or put a thin layer of foam between the machine and the dolly as well.

2. Recruit five healthy and reasonably fit people to help tip the machine onto its left side.

3. Put the two strongest people at the corners of the right side of the machine, facing each other. Their job is to lift the machine upwards.

4. For added strength, put a third person on the right side of the machine, facing left. Never grab or lift the machine by the tube extension.

5. Put two more people at the corners of the left side of the machine, facing each other. Their job is to stay low and stop the furniture dolly rolling once the machine reaches a 45 degree angle and the load shifts onto just two wheels.

6. On the count of three, the three people on the right lift straight up as a team, using only their leg and buttock muscles, while the two on the left make sure the dolly does not roll out from under the load.

7. Carefully finish tipping the machine until all 4 wheels of the furniture dolly are on the ground. Do not leave the machine unattended at this stage: at least two people should have their hands on it at all times.

The machine is now ready to roll.

Lifting with a shoulder dolly

Shoulder dollies are a great way to move large, heavy objects, but follow these practices to avoid injury or damage to the machine:

1. Place the lifting strap beneath the left side of the machine, from front to back.

2. Run the strap underneath the furniture dolly as well.

These are suggestions. AEON Laser USA is not responsible for any damage or injury that may occur from moving the machine.