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8.1
Interlock Guarding Overview
Mecmesin test stands have the ability to generate forces large enough to cause permanent injury to
human limbs when placed between the crosshead and the base. Fingers, hands and other parts of
the body, or clothing, should be kept away from the moving crosshead and shroud opening.
Appropriate personal protective equipment should be worn and full local risk assessments should
have been completed before use. Please refer to the supplementary documentation supplied with
the Interlock guarding for fullfor full details of safety and operation.
Interlocked machine guards should be considered in all test methods as they provide additional
ingress protection to the end-user. This helps to reduce the risk of injuries occurring due to contact
between the test stand and the operator.
From May 2020, all Vortex-
dV
test stands will be supplied at an 'Interlock enabled' level. This means
they are electrically and mechanically ready to use with a Mecmesin supplied guarding system. All
interlocked guarding for the Vortex-
dV
is supplied as a 'PDV' (
Product Design Variants
Product Design Variants
)
.
.
This means
they will be supplied as a additional item
upon special request only
upon special request only
. Please contact your local
Mecmesin sales representative or authorised distributor for more details. Please refer to the
supplementary documentation supplied with the Interlock guarding for full installation instructions.
Operating a Vortex-
dV Test Stand Without a Guard Fitted
Voretx-
dV
test stands supplied (from May 2020), can be operated 'normally' without a supplied guard, for
applications that do not warrant a guard to be used.
The stands have an '
Override
Override
' feature that allows an interlock override plug (
part no. 351-102
part no. 351-102
), supplied as an
accessory to be fitted, that enables the use of the stand without a guard fitted. This plug will be supplied in the
accessories and must be fitted to use the stand in normal operation.
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