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2 Safety precautions
2.1 Marking of safety precautions
Important instructions concerning hazards to per-
sons, technical safety and their operational safety
are especially highlighted in the following.
They precede the measures to be taken and have
the following meaning:
Warning:
Indicates working and operating processes which
must be exactly complied with in order to prevent
endangering of persons. These include informa-
tion on special dangers when handling the system.
Caution:
Refers to working and operating processes which
must be exactly complied with to prevent damage
to or destruction of parts or all of the system.
Note:
Indicates special information for better handling
during operating, inspection and adjustment pro-
cesses and care work.
2.2 Safety regulations
The regulations of the respective country for put-
ting into service and operating pressure vessels
must be observed. In Germany these include:
– Directive 2014/68/EU (Pressure Vessel Direc-
tive DGRL) of 15.05.2014
– Operating Safety Ordinance (BetrSichV)
of 01.06.2015
2.3 General safety precautions
This operating manual contains important instruc-
tions and information on the installation, commis-
sioning, operation and maintenance, which must
be observed by the owner. As a result, it is abso-
lutely necessary to turn over the entire documen-
tation to the specially trained personnel of the
owner or to make it available at the operating loca-
tion prior to installation and commissioning. Prior
to installation and commissioning, the entire oper-
ating manual must be carefully read by the spe-
cially trained personnel and then kept in a safe
place. Failure to observe the safety precautions
can result in a serious hazard for the personnel,
the pressure vessel or the environment.
Observe the chapter "Manufacturer's information"
on page 1-1 of this operating manual.
The following safety instructions only refer to the
screw compressor air ends EVO2, EVO3, EVO3-
G, EVO6, EVO6-G, EVO9, EVO9-G, EVO15,
EVO15-G, EVO28, EVO28-G, EVO42 and
EVO42-G and not to the entire compressor sys-
tem.
The applicable national safety and occupational
safety regulations of the respective country in
which the system is operated must be complied
with.
The manufacturer of the compressor system is
responsible for including the necessary safety reg-
ulations for the operation of the compressor sys-
tem in the operating manual of the compressor
system.
Installation, operation, maintenance and repair
may only be carried out by authorized, trained and
qualified personnel.
The operating personnel is expected to safely use
the working technology and follow all applicable
local operating safety regulations and provisions.
The owner bears the responsibility for always
keeping the machine in safe operating condition.
Limits (pressures, temperatures, time settings,
etc.) must be permanently marked.
Should a regulation contained in this list, espe-
cially with regard to safety, not comply with legal
regulations, then the safer of the two applies.