5 Installation and Operating Conditions
5.1 Ensuring safety
The conditions in which the machine is installed and operated have a decisive effect on safety.
Warning instructions are located before a potentially dangerous task.
Disregard of warning instructions can cause serious injuries!
Complying with safety notes
Disregard of safety notes can cause unforeseeable dangers!
➤ Strictly forbid fire, open flame and smoking.
➤ If welding is carried out on or near the machine, take adequate measures to prevent sparks or
heat from igniting fuel or oil vapours or parts of the machine.
➤ Do not store inflammable material in the vicinity of the machine.
➤ The machine is not explosion-proof:
Do not operate in areas in which specific requirements with regard to explosion protection are
in force.
For instance, the requirements of ATEX directive 2014/34/EC "Equipment and Protective Sys‐
tems intended for use in Potentially Explosive Atmospheres".
➤ Keep suitable fire extinguishing agents ready for use.
➤ Ensure that required ambient conditions are maintained.
Required ambient conditions may be:
■ Ambient temperature
■ Air composition at the installation site:
─ clean with no damaging contaminants (e.g., dust, fibres, fine sand)
─ free of explosive or chemically unstable gases or vapours
─ free of acid/alkaline forming substances, particularly ammonia, chlorine or hydrogen sul‐
phide.
5.2 Installation conditions
Precondition The floor must be level, firm and capable of bearing the weight of the machine.
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Installation and Operating Conditions
5.1
Ensuring safety
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Operator Manual Portable Rotary Screw Compressor
MOBILAIR M55 PE SIGMA CONTROL SMART pV
No.: 902366 10 USE
