Milnor MWT12E5, Installation And Service

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Safety—Rigid Washer Extractors
PELLERIN MILNOR CORPORATION
WARNING 2 : Entangle and Crush Hazards —Contact with moving components normally
isolated by guards, covers, and panels, can entangle and crush your limbs. These components
move automatically.
• Do not remove guards, covers, or panels.
• Do not reach into the machine housing or frame.
• Keep yourself and others off of machine.
• Know the location of all emergency stop switches, pull cords, and/or kick plates and use
them in an emergency to stop machine motion.
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Safety Alert Messages—Cylinder and Processing Hazards
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The following are instructions about hazards related to the cylinder and laundering process.
DANGER 3 : Entangle and Sever Hazards —Contact with goods being processed can
cause the goods to wrap around your body or limbs and dismember you. The goods are normally
isolated by the locked cylinder door.
• Do not attempt to open the door or reach into the cylinder until the cylinder is stopped.
• Do not touch goods inside or hanging partially outside the turning cylinder.
• Do not operate the machine with a malfunctioning door interlock.
• Know the location of all emergency stop switches, pull cords, and/or kick plates and use
them in an emergency to stop machine motion.
• Know the location of the main machine disconnect and use it in an emergency to remove
all electric power from the machine.
WARNING 4 : Crush Hazards
—Contact with the turning cylinder can crush your limbs. The
cylinder will repel any object you try to stop it with, possibly causing the object to strike or stab
you. The turning cylinder is normally isolated by the locked cylinder door.
• Do not attempt to open the door or reach into the cylinder until the cylinder is stopped.
• Do not place any object in the turning cylinder.
• Do not operate the machine with a malfunctioning door interlock.
WARNING 5 : Confined Space Hazards —Confinement in the cylinder can kill or injure
you. Hazards include but are not limited to panic, burns, poisoning, suffocation, heat prostration,
biological contamination, electrocution, and crushing.
• Do not attempt unauthorized servicing, repairs, or modification.
WARNING 6 : Explosion and Fire Hazards
—Flammable substances can explode or ignite
in the cylinder, drain trough, or sewer. The machine is designed for washing with water, not any
other solvent. Processing can cause solvent-containing goods to give off flammable vapors.
• Do not use flammable solvents in processing.
• Do not process goods containing flammable substances. Consult with your local fire
department/public safety office and all insurance providers.
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