Festo CP Factory, Original Operating Instructions

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Safety instructions
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1.3 General prerequisites for installing the product
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Festo Didactic products must only be used for the applications specified in their respective operating
instructions. Products or components supplied by other manufacturers must only be used if
recommended or approved by Festo.
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The products must be transported, stored, installed, assembled, commissioned, operated and
maintained properly in order to ensure their safe operation.
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The approved ambient conditions must be observed. The specifications in the relevant operating
instructions must be observed.
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The safety equipment must be tested every working day.
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Connecting cables must be checked for damage before each use. In case of damage, they must be
replaced.
Connecting cables must correspond to the minimum specifications.
1.4 General prerequisites for operating the devices
General requirements for safe operation of the system:
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In industrial facilities, the national accident prevention regulations must be observed.
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The laboratory or classroom must be overseen by a supervisor.
– A supervisor is a qualified electrician or a person who has been trained in electrical engineering,
knows the respective safety requirements and safety regulations, and whose training has been
documented accordingly.
The laboratory or the classroom must be equipped with the following devices:
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An emergency-off device must be provided.
– At least one emergency-off device must be located inside the laboratory or the classroom, and at
least one outside it.
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The laboratory or classroom must be secured so that the operating voltage and compressed air supply
cannot be activated by any unauthorized persons, for example by means of:
– e.g. a keyswitch
– e.g. lockable shut off valves
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The laboratory or classroom must be protected by residual current devices (RCDs).
– RCDs with a differential current of ≤ 30 mA, Type B. When operating machinery with unavoidable
leakage current, suitable measures must be implemented and documented in the corresponding
workplace risk assessment.
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The laboratory or classroom must be protected by overcurrent protection devices.
– Fuses or circuit breakers
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Devices must not be used if they are damaged or defective.
– Damaged devices must be barred from further use and removed from the laboratory or classroom.
– Damaged connecting cables, pneumatic tubing and hydraulic hoses represent a
safety risk and must be removed from the laboratory or classroom.
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Safety devices must be checked every working day to ensure that they are fully functional.
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Connecting cables and accessories must be checked for damage before each use.