Safety instructions
PlasmaQuant PQ 9000
Edition 05/2014
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The user manual must be accessible to the operating and service personnel at all times!
2.5
Safety instructions, transport and commissioning
Observe the following notes:
The PlasmaQuant PQ 9000 is always installed by the service engineers of Analytik Jena
AG or its authorized and trained specialist personnel. Independent assembly and
installation are not permitted. Incorrect installation can create serious hazards.
The device weighs 170 kg. Use a lift truck to transport the device.
Four people are required to move the device in the laboratory by holding the device on four
firmly screwed-in carrying handles.
2.6
Safety instructions - operation
2.6.1
General
Observe the following notes:
The operator of the PlasmaQuant PQ 9000 must make sure before each commissioning
that the condition of the device including its safety equipment is sound. This applies in
particular after each modification to or extension of the device or its repair.
The device may only be operated if all protective equipment (e.g., covers and doors) are in
place, properly installed and fully operational. The sound condition of the protection and
safety equipment must be checked regularly. Any defects must be corrected as soon as
they occur. Protective and safety equipment must never be removed, modified or
decommissioned during operation.
During operation, free access to the connections, the power switch and the manual plasma
deactivation switch on the left housing wall must always be ensured.
The ventilation equipment on the device must be in good working condition. Covered vents
or ventilation slits etc. may cause the device to break down or may cause damage to it.
Caution when handing quartz glass and glass parts. Risk of broken glass and therefore risk
of injury!
2.6.2
Safety instructions relating to ambient conditions
Explosion protection
The PlasmaQuant PQ 9000 must not be operated in explosion-hazard areas. Smoking or
open flames in the operating room of the PlasmaQuant PQ 9000 are prohibited! Keep all
combustible materials away from the device.
2.6.3
Safety instructions - electrical equipment
Work on the electrical components of the PlasmaQuant PQ 9000 may only be performed by a
qualified electrical technician according to applicable electro-technical regulations. Lethal
voltages may occur in the device! Contact with live components may cause death, serious injury
or painful electrical shock.
Observe the following notes:
