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General
Instructions for Use
reliable service. This manual has been prepared to assist you install, operate and maintain the
covering all aspects of use, and it is in the users best interests to read it and ensure that it is fully
understood.
Health and Safety at Work
It is always recommended that wherever work is being carried out on a valve that the valve
is fully depressurised prior to carrying it out, and for convenience draining of the line may be
It is essential that the user of the valve is aware of the weight of the components and / or
assemblies that must be handled and manipulated during installation and maintenance. It is the
users responsibility to ensure that safe working practices are followed at all times.
that undertake these operations be adequately trained. The hazards of pressurised liquids and
gases can be severe, and it is the responsibility of the users to ensure that trained, competent staff
undertake these duties. This manual has been designed to assist, but it can never fully replace
be covered by this manual.
reliable standard. This provides a safe product with minimum risk to health when used correctly
for the purpose for which it was designed. However, this assumes that the equipment is used and
maintained in accordance with this manual, and the user is advised to study this manual, and to
make it available to all staff that may need to refer to it.
operation or maintenance. The responsibility for this must rest wholly with the user.
Thank you for selecting a AVK/Glenfield Product, with correct use, it will give long and
valve to the maximum efficiency. For case of reference, it has been divided into sections
