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Code F07012287
USE AND MAINTENANCE
ENGLISH
• PRESSURE DROP: .....................................Pressure drop along the supply line, caused by physical obstacles (elbows, bottle-
necks, clogged filter cartridges).
• EXPOSED PERSON: ..................................
Any person wholly or partially in a danger zone.
• TRAINED PERSONNEL: .............................Personnel who have been informed and trained regarding tasks to be carried out and
the linked dangers.
• QUALIFIED PERSONNEL: .........................
Those persons specifically trained and qualified to carry out maintenance or repairs
which require a particular knowledge of the machine, of its operation, safety devices,
intervention methods and who are capable of recognising dangers resulting from use
of the machine and therefore able to avoid them.
• PUMP: ...........................................................Refers to the pump used for spraying.
• CHEMICAL PRODUCT: ...............................This is always a plant protection product or an agrochemical and none other.
• PROTECTIONS: ..........................................
Safety measures which consist of using specific technical means (Guards and Safe
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ty devices) to protect Operators from Hazards.
• DILUTABLE RESIDUE: ................................Amount of mixture contained in the machine circuit before the general valve.
• NON-DILUTABLE RESIDUE: ......................Amount of mixture contained in the machine circuit after the general valve and in the
supply valves.
• TECHNICAL RESIDUE: ...............................Amount of mixture remaining in the machine (tank and entire hydraulic circuit) when
regular distribution is interrupted by effect of considerable work pressure variations
caused by the air draught.
• GUARD: ........................................................
Element of a machine specifically used to provide Protection by means of a physi
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cal barrier; depending on its construction, it can be called hood, cover, shield, door,
fence, casing, segregation, etc.
• RISK: .............................................................Combination of the probability and the degree of an injury or damage to health that
can arise in a Hazardous Situation.
• HAZARDOUS SITUATION: .........................
Any situation in which an Operator is exposed to one or more Hazards.
• ANTI-DRIFT NOZZLE: .................................
Sprayer specifically designed to make coarse droplets (with or without the incorpora
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tion of air), less sensitive to be blown by the wind.
• USER:............................................................The user is a person, body or company, who purchased or rented the machine and
intends on using it for the use for which it was designed.
• DANGER ZONE: ..........................................
Any zone within and/or around machinery in which a person is subject to a risk to his
health or safety.
• SENSITIVE ZONE:.......................................Surface of the soil particularly exposed to chemical risk (for example schools, homes,
roads, surface water ways, wells, crops which can be damaged by the product in
use, etc.).