Sulzer Metco ECO ARC 600, Manual

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General Safety Instructions
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Revision 1/10/08
1.9 Hazardous materials
All Sulzer Metco materials are supplied with a Material Safety Data
Sheet. Never spray a material without reading and following the
precautions contained in the Material Safety Data Sheet.
Some Materials (e.g. beryllium, tellurium and their oxides) are very
dangerous to the respiratory system and should not be used at all,
except under the supervision of a competent industrial safety
engineer.
Blasting, spraying, and finishing all produce dust. Blasting, spraying,
and finishing should be considered as hazardous as spraying such
materials.
The following materials are specifically listed because they are
commonly sprayed. There are many other hazardous materials that
are not listed because they are not commonly sprayed. Because
standards change and new information becomes available from time
to time, it is strongly recommended that the information contained in
the Material Safety Data Sheet, which comes with the material being
used, be consulted.
Complete and current information should be obtained from national
and local agencies.
The Federal Ministry for Labor and Social Affairs (Bundesministerium
für Arbeit und Soziales - BMAS) released the Technical Regulation for
Hazardous Materials (Technischen Regeln für Gefahrstoffe - TRGS)
for Germany. These regulations pretend maximum work place values
(Arbeitsplatzgrenzwerte - AGW) for the average concentration of a
substance in the atmosphere at the work place. These limit values
have to be obtained by the operator.
The corresponding limit values for elements in the wire are presented
in the TRGS 900 list.
Important note
The MAC-values (Maximum Admissible Concentration) as well as the
TRC-values (Technical Reference Concentration) have been replaced
by the AGW-values. Currently there are no fixed limit work place
concentrations (AGW) for a multitude of hazardous materials.
Therefore the following list presents the limit values of MAC and TRC
(issue March 2002). These values should be understood as a guide
line and have no claim for completeness.
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