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Kongsberg XE
5. Safety Issues
Your Kongsberg system is built for high speed and productivity.
Danger zones are designed away as far as practically possible.
Still, the system represents potential hazard if operating procedures and safety precautions are not
followed.
The system is equipped with additional provisions for warning against potential hazards.
These additional provisions are:
• Yellow warning lamp on top of the Y carriage indicating that servo power is on; axis can move.
• Red warning lamp "Spindle rotating" on front of milling toolhead.
• Warning signs on moving parts.
• Do not touch signs at critical areas.
• Warning sign on the electrical control units.
• Warnings in the User Manual.
The safety issues including a label plan are described in the User Manual topic 'Safety regulations'.
Special attention should be paid upon the following:
• Be careful when handling knife blades. Knives are extremely sharp.
• Be careful when handling heavy materials. Take care of your own health.
• Be careful not to hit parts of tools and
Tool Head
.
• The system is equipped with a class II laser pointer. Avoid laser beam hit your eyes.
The
Main Power
on/off switch on the
Operator Station
is for daily power on/off.
To permanently remove
Mains
from the equipment, remove the power cable to the equipment from the
wall outlet.
If wall outlet is not available, turn off the
Mains
power switch.
Work flows and awareness of potential hazards should be periodically reviewed by the
Customer's
Safety Responsible
.
5.1. What can the system be used for
The system is designed for use within applications, materials, tools and workflow as described in the
User Manual
In the
User Manual
, the intended use is described in the following chapters:
• Basic Operations
• Prepare for a Job
• How to Procedures, Advanced
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