Resistance Welder MULTISPOT MI-90 T
Health and safety
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2.3 Particular
dangers
2.3.1
Dangers due to the equipment
Electricity
DANGER ! Electricity constitutes a danger to life and limb.
Touching live components can result in a fatal electrical shock. Therefore:
– As soon as you notice any damage to insulation, disconnect the power supply and
have the damage repaired.
– Do not open this equipment yourself. Have all repairs carried out by service
personnel, exclusively. Have works on electrical equipment carried out by skilled
electricians, exclusively.
– Before any and all electrical works: disconnect power, earth and short. Check
whether equipment is really dead.
– Keep live components away from liquids and humidity. They may cause short
circuits.
– Protect cables against running over, contact with oils, aggressive substances, tools,
pointed and/or hot objects.
– When pulling from a socket: Never pull on the cable. Pull on the plug.
– Do not use the cable to trail or drag equipment over the floor. Always grab
equipment by the handles provided for that purpose.
– Use strain relief clamps to protect cables.
– Make sure protective ground conductors have been connected properly.
– After disconnecting the welder from the mains the welder still contains residual
current for approx. 15 minutes.
Electromagnetic fields
DANGER ! Electromagnetic fields pose a potentially fatal hazard to people with
pacemakers or other magnetisable implants.
Electromagnetic fields affect the functionality of pacemakers and other magnetisable
implants. Electromagnetic fields can irritate human sense organs, nerve and muscle
cells. Therefore:
– Persons with pacemakers or other magnetisable implants must not approach the
work area.
– Be sure to put up suitable warning signs.
– Be sure to put warning signs on access ways and doors leading to the work area.
– Do not guide welding cables along people's heads or spines. (To comply safely
with permissible exposure limits, keep distances
≥
20 cm. Keep a distance of at
least 1 cm between cable assemblies and people's heads / spines.)
Scald hazard
DANGER! Scalding may occur due to hot water coming out!
While pulling out the cooling water hoses hot water may come out. Therefore:
– Wear
gloves.
– Pull out water hoses carefully.
Slip hazard
DANGER! Slip hazard due to water coming out!
While pulling out the cooling water hoses water may come out. Therefore:
– Remove water from the floor.
