Operation and Safety Manual
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Model VA2000 Automatic Food Slicer
Operation and Safety Manual
Model VA2000 Automatic Food Slicer
1.2 Introduction
SAFETY
WARNINGS
This is an electrical device that uses mains (either single phase 240 Volt or 3 phase 380
Volt) power. It uses a high speed rotating blade that is extremely sharp. You must be careful
in how you handle the slicer at all times. The following special warnings must be complied
with for your own safety and the safety of others.
THERE ARE NO USER-SERVICEABLE ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS IN THIS SLICER.
ALL ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS ARE ELECTRICALLY ISOLATED TO EARTH AND ARE
SEALED FOR YOUR SAFETY. YOU MUST NOT ATTEMPT TO TOUCH ANY ELECTRICAL
COM PO NENTS OR WIRES - YOU MAY EXPOSE YOURSELF TO THE RISK OF SERIOUS
INJURY BY ELECTROCUTION.
UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED, ANY CLEANING OR MAINTENANCE PROCEDURE MUST
BE PER FORMED WITH THE POWER TO THE SLICER SWITCHED OFF AND THE SLICER’S
POWER CORD DIS CON NECT ED FROM THE POWERPOINT. FAILURE TO TURN OFF AND
DISCONNECT POWER MAY RESULT IN SERIOUS INJURY CAUSED BY THE SLICER BEING
ACCIDENTLY TURNED ON DURING CLEANING OR MAINTENANCE.
Slicer blades are extremely sharp and can cut through fi ngers and hands just as easily as
products to be sliced.
WHENEVER YOU CARRY OUT ANY PROCEDURE THAT PLACES YOUR HANDS ON OR
NEAR THE SLICER BLADE YOU MUST WEAR SUITABLE PRO TEC TIVE HAND COVERINGS
SUCH AS STEEL MESH GLOVES TO PREVENT AC CI DEN TAL INJURY FROM THE BLADE.
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The Special Note fl ag
This is an upside-down triangle with an exclamation mark inside it. It appears in the left
margin of the page, like this, whenever we want to draw your attention to an important
point.
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The “No Hands” warning fl ag
This is a circle with the outline of a hand and a black bar through the hand. It appears
wherever we want to warn you that either: you shouldn’t put your hands in or near a
particular component; or that you must wear steel mesh protective gloves to carry out
a particular procedure.
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The “Power” warning fl ags
There are two power warning fl ags. The fi rst, a lightning bolt inside an upside-down
triangle, is used whenever we want to remind and warn you that the slicer is con nect ed
to the mains power supply. The second warning fl ag is a circle with the outline of a
lighting bolt and a black bar through the bolt. It appears to remind you that a par tic u lar
procedure must be carried out with the power to the slicer turned off at the powerpoint
and the slicer’s power plug dis con nect ed from the powerpoint.
