![background image](http://html1.mh-extra.com/html/kaeser-kompressoren/sigma-control-smart-m114/sigma-control-smart-m114_operators-manual_3191490065.webp)
5 Installation and Operating Conditions
5.1 Ensuring safety
The conditions in which the machine is installed and operated effect the safety of personnel and
surroundings.
Warning instructions are located before a potentially dangerous task.
Disregard of warning instructions can cause serious injuries!
Complying with safety warnings
Disregard of safety warnings 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 vapors or parts of the machine.
➤ Do not store any flammable materials 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
applied.
➤ Keep suitable fire extinguishing agents on hand and ready for use.
➤ Ensure that required ambient conditions are maintained.
Required ambient conditions may be:
■ A specific ambient temperature range
■ Air composition at the installation site:
─ clean with no damaging contaminants (e.g., dust, fibers, fine sand)
─ free of explosive or chemically-unstable gases or vapors
─ free of acid/alkaline forming substances, particularly ammonia, chlorine or hydrogen sulfide.
5.2 Installation conditions
Precondition The floor must be level, firm and capable of bearing the mass of the machine.
Fig. 19 Minimum distance from excavations/slopes and walls
W
Wind direction
1. Keep sufficient distance (at least 5 ft) from the edges of excavations and slopes.
5
Installation and Operating Conditions
5.1
Ensuring safety
No.: 901765 05 USE
Operator Manual Screw Compressor
M114 SIGMA CONTROL SMART
53