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This Ammann ma chine has been de signed and con structed in
con for mance with cur rent stan dards and di rec tives. This ma -
chine can con sti tute a dan ger to per sons and prop erty how ever
if:

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It is not used for the in tended pur pose

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It is not op er ated by trained per son nel

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It is in cor rectly mod i fied or con verted

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The safety re quire ments are not ob served

For this rea son, all per sons con cerned with op er a tion, main te -
nance and re pair of the ma chine must read and fol low the safety
re quire ments. This may have to be con firmed with re spect to
the user com pany by sig na ture.

The fol low ing also ap ply:

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The per ti nent reg u la tions for the pre ven tion of ac ci dents

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Gen er ally re cog nised safety rules and road traf fic reg u la tions

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Coun try-spe cific re quire ments

In tended use

This ma chine is only in tended for:

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The com pac tion of all types of sur faces

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Re pairs to all types of sur faces

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Sta bili sa tion of pave ments and roads

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Work ing in trenches

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Underfilling and com pac tion of verges

Im proper use

The ma chine can con sti tute a haz ard if used im prop erly by un trained

per sons or not for the in tended pur pose.
For ex am ple:

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Work ing in hor i zon tal di rec tion

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Pile driv ing

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Com pac tion of verges

Who is al lowed to op er ate the ma chine?

Only trained, in structed and authorised per sons over the age of 18

may op er ate the ma chine. The re spon si bil i ties must be clearly de -

fined and ob served prior to op er a tion of the ma chine.
In vari ance from this, mi nors can be em ployed, as long as it is nec es -

sary to their train ing ob jec tive and their pro tec tion is as sured by a su -

per vi sor.
Per sons who are un der the in flu ence of al co hol, med i cines or drugs

must not op er ate, main tain or re pair the ma chine.
Main te nance and re pairs, in par tic u lar of hy drau lic sys tems and elec -

tronic com po nents re quire spe cial knowl edge and must be car ried

out only by trained spe cial ists (me chan ics spe cial is ing in con struc -

tion and ag ri cul tural ma chin ery).

Con ver sions and changes to the ma chine

Un author ised changes to the ma chine are not per mit ted for safety

rea sons.
Orig i nal parts and ac ces so ries have been spe cially de signed for the

ma chine. It should be noted that parts and spe cial equip ment not

sup plied by Ammann Verdichtung GmbH are not ap proved by

Ammann Verdichtung GmbH. The in stal la tion and/or the use of such

prod ucts can also af fect the ac tive and/or pas sive safety.
The man u fac turer dis claims all li a bil ity for any dam age caused by

us ing non-orig i nal parts or spe cial equip ment.

Safety in for ma tion con tained in the op er at ing and
main te nance in struc tions

The fol low ing terms and sym bols are used in this op er at ing man ual

that draw at ten tion to im por tant in for ma tion:

Loa ding the ma chi ne

Al ways shut off the en gine when load ing and trans port ing.
Se cure the ma chine to pre vent it tilt ing or slip ping.
A risk to life ex ists if per sons walk or stand un der sus pended loads.
It should be noted that the ma chine may swing when sus pended.
Se cure the ma chine on trans port ve hi cles to pre vent it roll ing, slip -

ping or tilt ing.

Start ing the ma chine

Be fore start ing the ma chine

Fa mil iar ise your self with the op er at ing and con trol el e ments and

mode of op er a tion of the ma chine and the work ing area.
Use per sonal pro tec tive equip ment (pro tec tive hel met, safety shoes,

etc.)
Use hear ing pro tec tion.
Be fore start ing the ma chine, check whether:

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The ma chine has any no tice able de fects

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All pro tec tive de vices are se curely in place

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The con trol el e ments func tion