Parkside 304732, Translation Of The Original Instructions

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i) Wear personal protective equipment. De-
pending on the application, ensure that you
use full face protection, eye protection or
goggles. If required, use a dust mask, ear
protectors, protective gloves or special apron
to protect you from grindings and material
particles.
The eye protection must be worn to
protect you against flying debris, which may be
caused by the various applications. Dust or filter
masks must be used to filter any dust created
by the application. If you are exposed to loud
noise for any length of time, you can suffer a
hearing loss.
j) Ensure that other people remain at a safe dis-
tance to your workspace. Anyone who enters
the workspace must wear personal protective
equipment.
Fragments of the workpiece or bro-
ken accessory tools can fly off and cause injury
– even outside the immediate working area.
k) Keep the power cable away from any rotat-
ing accessories.
If you lose control of the ap-
pliance, the connecting cable may get cut or
caught and your hand or arm could get caught
in the rotating accessory tool.
l) Clean the ventilation slits in your power tool
regularly.
The engine fan draws dust into the
housing and a strong accumulation can cause
electrical hazards.
m) Do not use the power tool near flammable
materials. Do not use the electrical appliance
if it is placed on a flammable surface such as
wood.
Sparks can ignite such materials.
n) Do not use any attachment parts that require
liquid coolant.
The use of water or other liquid
coolants may lead to an electric shock.
2) Kickback and corresponding
safety instructions
Kickback is a sudden reaction caused when a
rotating cutting disc catches or jams. Catching or
jamming causes the rotating accessory tool to stop
abruptly. This results in an uncontrolled cutting
grinding tool being accelerated upwards towards
the operator.
If, for example, a cutting disc catches or jams, the
edge of the cutting disc that is projecting into the
workpiece can get caught and break off the cutting
disc or cause a kickback. This can also break cut-
ting discs.
A kickback is caused by improper or incorrect use
of the power tool. This can be avoided by taking
proper precautions as given below.
a)
Hold the power tool firmly in both hands and
position your body and arms so that they
can absorb the kickback forces.
By taking
adequate precautions, the operator can stay in
control of the kickback and reaction torques.
b) Avoid the area in front of and behind the
rotating cutting disc.
In cases of kickback, an
uncontrolled cutting grinding tool is driven up-
wards towards the operator.
c) Do not use a toothed, wood-cutting or chain
saw blade or segmented diamond-coated
disc with more than 10 mm wide gaps.
Such
accessories often cause a kickback or loss of
control over the power tool.
d) Avoid cutting disc jams or excessive contact
pressure. Do not make any excessively deep
cuts.
Overloading the cutting disc increases the
stress and likelihood of tilting or blocking and
thus the possibility of a setback or a breakage
of the grinding tool.
e) If the cutting disc jams or you stop working,
switch the tool off and hold the cutting ap-
pliance steady until the disc has completely
stopped turning. Never attempt to pull a ro-
tating cutting disc out of a cut. This could lead
to a kickback.
Identify and remove the cause of
the jam.
f) Do not switch the power tool back on for as
long as it is in the workpiece. Allow the cut-
ting disc to reach its full speed before you
carefully continue the cut.
Otherwise, the disc
can jam, jump out of the workpiece or cause
kickback.