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Liability and Warranty
When purchasing a machine or additional component (hereinafter referred to as
“
machine
”
), the General Terms
and Conditions of Sale and Delivery of HOKUBEMA Maschinenbau GmbH generally apply. These are provided to
the purchaser or operator at the latest when the contract is concluded.
IMPORTANT NOTE: Liability and warranty claims shall only commence from the point in time at
which the signed handover certificate (see
page 3 resp. 5) from the dealer and/or end cus-
tomer for the delivered machine has been submitted to HOKUBEMA Maschinenbau GmbH in
written form.
Liability and warranty claims for personal injury and property damage are generally excluded if they are due to
one or more of the following causes:
•
Commissioning of the machine without prior machine instruction by an authorised and adequately trained
specialist who is familiar with the function and dangers of the machine.
•
Electrical connection as well as repair and/or maintenance work on electrical components by personnel
who do not have the appropriate qualifications.
•
Connection and repair and/or maintenance work on hydraulic or pneumatic components by personnel
who do not have the appropriate qualifications.
•
Non-observance of the instructions in the operating manual, in particular the chapter
“
Safety
”
.
•
Improper use or operation in an unauthorised area of application.
•
Improper assembly, commissioning, operation and maintenance of the machine.
•
Unauthorised conversions or modifications to the machine or additional components.
•
Operating the machine without using all the protective equipment available for the operation.
•
Inadequate monitoring and maintenance of the machine components and protective devices.
•
Continuing to operate the machine when faults, damage or defects are present.
•
Processing materials that do not correspond to the machine's area of application.
•
Carrying out operations that are not permitted for the machine supplied.
•
Use of tools that are not permitted for the machine supplied.
•
Operating the machine outdoors or in damp, wet or potentially explosive environments.
•
Operation of the machine outside permissible ambient temperatures or humidity.
•
Grossly negligent behaviour when handling or operating the machine.
•
Impact by foreign bodies, e.g. stones, metal parts, etc.
•
Improperly carried out repairs.
•
Catastrophic events due to force majeure.
