1. Hydraulic Forcible Entry Tool

2. Hydraulic Forcible Entry Tool
OBJECTIVE:
To understand the use and maintenance of the Hydro-Ram
ENABLING OJBECTIVES
EO 1-1: The student will understand the use of the Hydraulic Forcible Entry Tool
E0 1 -2: The student will understand the care and Maintenance of the Hydraulic Forcible Entry Tool

3. Hydraulic Forcible Entry Tool
OVERVIEW:
Use of the Hydraulic Forcible Entry Tool
Maintenance of the Hydraulic Forcible Entry Tool

4. Use of Hydraulic Forcible Entry Tool
Types of doors that HFET can be used on
Metal Door, Metal Frame inward swinging
Exception - Magnetic Doors (normal outward swinging)
Equipment to force door
Set of Irons
HFET

5. Use of Hydraulic Forcible Entry Tool
Hydro Ram
1-piece integrated HFET
Maximum thrust opening of 4 inches
One-man operation
Weighs 11 lbs. and 13 inches long
Jaws are special stainless steel with 220,000 tensile strength
10,000 lbs force with 138 the handle

6. Use of Hydraulic Forcible Entry Tool
Forcing the Door with HFET
Try before you pry
Gap the door
Using the Adz end
Set the tool
Insert jaws between door and frame
Midway between knob and look
Jaws must be in the close position
If multiple locks insert between knob and lock, then move
Force the door
Door should open with several pumps of the handle

7. Use of Hydraulic Forcible Entry Tool
Door doesn’t open during initial operations
Tool is fully extended and door still does not open
Reposition tool on locking device
Locate the locking device
Wedge door open with head of axe or halligan tool
Reposition HFET directly on lock and extend
Drive the lock off the door
Maintain opening with HFET
Drive lock off door with irons

8. Use of Hydraulic Forcible Entry Tool
Door doesn’t open during initial operations
Tool is fully extended and door still does not open
Reposition tool inside door frame
Maintain opening with HFET
Slip axe or halligan tool into gap and maintain purchase
Reposition HFEF inside door frame
Extend tool
May not work with Hydro Ram
Need just a little more
Maintain purchase with halligan tool
Place head of axe between door and tool
Extend

9. Use of Hydraulic Forcible Entry Tool
Magnetic Lock
These types of locks are normally on outward opening doors. This is an exception to the use of HFET
Place Halligan through door with adz end toward you
Place jaw of HFET behind the adz end
Pump tool using door frame at the base
Pull door away from magnetic lock

10. Care and Maintenance
Tool with develop 31,000 lbs. of force before internal “implosion seal” fails
Three stage hydraulic system
lbs. of load it will extend ¾ inch per pump
lbs. of load it will extend ¼ inch per pump
Over 1200 lbs. of load will extend 1/8 inch per pump
Quickly take up the slack in a door/frame being forced, then apply a measure amount of force to break it.

11. Care and Maintenance The hydraulics are fully sealed pressurized unit
Uses Propylene Glycol as the fluid agent
Safe to get it in your eyes or on your skin
Basically just anti freeze, so cold weather doesn’t effect operation

12. Care and Maintenance Check status of Hydraulic system
Fully extend the shaft, till you see a nickel sized hole above where the shaft extends from the body
Insert screwdriver all the way into the hole, mark the depth and remove it
Measure the depth marked on the screwdriver
If measures more than 5 inches, the tools has lost it charge and needs to be service by the manufacturer

13. Care and Maintenance
Check the position of the release lever when its in the closed position
Spring loaded lever operates a ball seat valve
If out of adjustment, the ball won’t seat properly and you won’t be able to properly develop pressure
In the normally closed position, it should be between 10 o’clock and 11 o’clock
If lever is at or beyond 12 o’clock it needs to be adjusted

14. Care and Maintenance It’s a fully sealed pressurized unit
Only maintenance required is regular cleaning and exercise
Do not open any seals or plugs
Tool may be completely submerged in water for cleaning
Has been successfully used for underwater vehicle extrication

15. Care and Maintenance
After cleaning, fully extend the cylinder, wipe it with a clean rag, and oil the shaft with 3 in 1 oil
If there are any black streaks on the shaft, you should clean them with meal polish, then reapply oil
After oiling, exercise the tool under load.
Tool should be exercised every two weeks
Can not just extend the tool.
Tool should be exercised under a load

16. Hydraulic Forcible Entry Tool
REVIEW:
Use of the Hydraulic Forcible Entry Tool
Maintenance of the Hydraulic Forcible Entry Tool