Alfa Laval 881176-09-01/1, Instruction Book

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1 Safety Instructions
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1.3 Requirements of
personnel
Only skilled or instructed persons are allowed to
operate the machine, e.g. operating and
maintenance staff.

Skilled person : A person with technical
knowledge or sufficient experience to enable
him or her to perceive risks and to avoid
hazards which electricity/mechanics can
create.

Instructed person : A person adequately
advised or supervised by a skilled person to
enable him or her to perceive risks and to
avoid hazards which electricity/mechanics
can create.
In some cases special skilled personnel may
need to be hired, like electricians and others. In
some of these cases the personnel has to be
certified according to local regulations with
experience of similar types of work.
1.4 Remote start
If the separator is operated from a remote
position where the separator cannot be seen or
heard the power isolation device shall be
equipped with an interlock device to prevent that a
remote start command could result in liquid being
fed to the separator when it is shut down for
service.
The first start after the separator has been taken
apart or been standing still for a long time shall
always be manually supervised locally.