GeoMax ZONE20 H, User Manual

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Safety Directions
1 Safety Directions
1.1 General
Description The following directions enable the person responsible for the product, and the person who actually uses
the equipment, to anticipate and avoid operational hazards.
The person responsible for the product must ensure that all users understand these directions and adhere
to them.
About Warning
Messages Warning messages are an essential part of the safety concept of the instrument. They appear wherever
hazards or hazardous situations can occur.
Warning messages...
• make the user alert about direct and indirect hazards concerning the use of the product.
• contain general rules of behaviour.
For the users‘ safety, all safety instructions and safety messages shall be strictly observed and followed!
Therefore, the manual must always be available to all persons performing any tasks described herein.
DANGER, WARNING, CAUTION and NOTICE are standardized signal words for identifying levels of
hazards and risks related to personal injury and property damage. For your safety it is important to read
and fully understand the table below with the different signal words and their definitions! Supplementary
safety information symbols may be placed within a warning message as well as supplementary text.
1.2 Definition of Use
Intended use • The product casts a horizontal laser plane or a laser beam for the purpose of alignment.
• The laser beam can be detected by means of a laser detector.
• Remote control of product.
• Data communication with external appliances.
Reasonably foreseeable
misuse • Use of the product without instruction.
• Use outside of the intended use and limits.
• Disabling safety systems.
• Removal of hazard notices.
• Opening the product using tools, for example screwdriver, unless this is permitted for certain functions.
• Modification or conversion of the product.
• Use after misappropriation.
• Use of products with obvious damages or defects.
• Use with accessories from other manufacturers without the prior explicit approval of GeoMax.
• Inadequate safeguards at the working site.
• Deliberate dazzling of third parties.
• Controlling of machines, moving objects or similar monitoring application without additional control
and safety installations.
Type Description
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DANGER
Indicates an imminently hazardous situation which, if not avoided, will result
in death or serious injury.
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WARNING
Indicates a potentially hazardous situation or an unintended use which, if not
avoided, could result in death or serious injury.
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CAUTION
Indicates a potentially hazardous situation or an unintended use which, if not
avoided, may result in minor or moderate injury.
NOTICE
Indicates a potentially hazardous situation or an unintended use which, if not
avoided, may result in appreciable material, financial and environmental
damage.
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Important paragraphs which must be adhered to in practice as they enable the
product to be used in a technically correct and efficient manner.