Tesmec AFB506, Handbook, Page: 8 / 154

PULLER-TENSIONER
Model: AFB506
Manual: MI-AFB506-149-00-GB Date: 05.10.2016 Author: B. Ghezzi Page: 5 of 37
2.9 GENERAL PRESCRIPTIONS FOR THE OPERATOR CHARGED OF THE MACHINE
MAINTENANCE
a. It is absolutely forbidden to carry out any work of maintenance, adjustment or setting on units
while stringing (except for the operations indicated in the present manual).
b. Before carrying out any maintenance operations, stop the energy feeding (except for the cases
indicated in the present manual) and wait till the cooling of the elements subjected to heating.
c. All the maintenance operations of the machine must be carried out with machine on a level surface
and not under load.
d. Authorized and trained personnel must carry out all the maintenance operations, ordinary and not
ordinary. Trained personnel are intended to be the person who has received a qualified training
from the using Company or, as alternative, from the manufacturer.
e. The operator in charge with the maintenance of the machine must use suitable clothes to the
working site and to the situation where he finds himself; in particular, he must avoid the use of very
large clothes, chains, bracelets, rings or whatever can get entangled with moving parts of the
machine.
f. The operator has to use the necessary protecting devices (i.e. gloves, boots, helmet, etc.).
g. All the maintenance operations, ordinary and not ordinary, must be effectuated respecting the
prescriptions indicated in the present manual or following technical indications written by the
manufacturer. The non-respect of the prescribed restrains relieves the manufacturer from any
responsibility causing also the loss of warranty.
2.10 KNOWLEDGE AND CARE OF THE INSTRUCTION MANUAL
a. The information contained in the instruction manual applies to all the operators charged with the
use and/or the maintenance of the machine.
b. The instruction manual is not a training manual.
c. Before using the machine, the chief of the job site and the operator must read the instruction
manual.
d. The chief of the job site is obliged to inform all the operators about the instructions contained in
the manual.
e. The user must carefully follow the instructions listed in the present manual.
f. Before using the machine, the operator must be able to use it and has to exactly know the
positions and the functioning of all the controls.
g. The chief of the job site must verify that the instructions contained in the manual are applied.
h. The instruction manual must be kept, in order to be consulted, for all the life of the machine and
also when it is given to another user.
i. The instruction manual must be kept in a sheltered and dry place.
ATTENTION: present manual belongs exclusively to the manufacturer.
The reproduction, event partial, of the text is forbidden.
2.11 ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS OF USE
a. Temperature: from -12°C to +40°C.
b. Relevant moisture: from 30% to 90%
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5%.
c. Weather conditions: any (in line with working conditions).
d. Natural and/or artificial lighting of the working site.