Mecal CDA10, Use And Maintenance Manual

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CRIMP DATA ANALYZER
CDA10
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1.3 GLOSSARY
Component: constitutive part of the electrical equipment, usually specified by its function, but
used in various applications.
Contact: person responsible for conducting certain operations or assessments that may occur
during work or maintenance.
Control circuit (of a machine) : circuit used to control the operation of the machine and for
protecting power circuits.
Control device: device inserted in a control circuit used for use of the machine.
Danger zone: area inside or near the machine where the presence of an exposed person
constitutes a risk to his/her health and/or his/her safety.
Emergency situation : dangerous situation that needs to be urgently interrupted or avoided.
Emergency stop – emergency stop function : function that is provided:
- To avert arising or reduce existing hazard to person, damage to machinery or to work in progress
and
- To be initiated by a single human action
Exposed person: any person who has their body or any part of their body in a danger zone.
Failure: failure: the end of an element's ability to execute a required function.
Fixed guard: guard affixed in such a manner (for example by screws, nuts and welding) that it can
only be opened or removed by the use of tools or by destruction of the means to which the guard
is affixed.
Guard: physical barrier, designed as part of the machine (for example: using screws, nuts, welds),
to provide protection.
Hazard:
potential source of harm.
Improper use
: use of the machine outside the limits specified in the technical documentation.
Information for use:
Protective measure consisting of communication links (for example, text,
words, signs, signals, symbols, diagrams) used separately or in combination, to convey information
to the user.
Intended use: the use of machinery in accordance with the information provided in the
instructions for use.
Machine:
set of pieces or components, of which at least one is mobile, connected to each other,
and possibly with actuators, with control and power circuits, etc., connected for a well-defined
application, particularly for the transformation, treatment, displacement and conditioning of a
material. Interchangeable equipment modifying the function of a machine, which is placed on the
market for the purpose of being assembled with a machine or a series of different machines or
with a tractor by the operator himself in so far as this equipment is not a spare part or a tool.
Machinery Directive: DIRECTIVE 2006/42/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE
COUNCIL on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to machinery.
Malfunction: inability of a machine to perform its intended function.
Marking: symbol and writings for identification of the machine, affixed by the Manufacturer.
Movable guard: guard that can be opened without the use of tools.
Operator: person qualified to install, operate, adjust, clean and maintain the machine.
PLC: Programmable Logic Control able to manage and control all machine movements. Equipped
with electronic boards to control the various devices and to receive the relative control signals.
protection of persons from a present or latent hazard.
Protections (protection criteria): means of protection that uses measures to protect persons
against hazards that cannot be rationally eliminated, against risks that cannot be sufficiently
reduced by protection measures integrated in the design..