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
applied.
For instance, the requirements of ATEX directive 94/9/EC "Equipment and Protective Systems
intended for use in Potentially Explosive Atmospheres".
➤ Suitable fire extinguishing material must be to hand.
➤ 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 sulfide.
5.2 Installation conditions
Precondition The floor must be level, firm and capable of bearing the weight of the machine.
Fig. 17 Minimum distance from excavations/slopes and walls
1. Keep sufficient distance (at least 1.5 m) from the edges of excavations and slopes.
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Service manual Portable compressor
M122
No.: 9_6974 20 E
RAMIRENT
