vacuubrand VACUU-PURE 10C, Instructions For Use Manual

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Cleaning and maintenance
7.3 7.3 Rinse vacuum pump Rinse vacuum pump
To rinse the vacuum pump, distilled water is pumped through it
while it is running.
DANGER DANGER
Risk of explosion due to use of solvents.
The aspiration of solvents with air can lead to
the formation of explosive mixtures. Due to the
temperatures in the pump unit or in the event of an
error, explosive mixtures may be ignited.
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Never use solvents to clean the pump unit, which
can form inflammable and/or explosive mixtures with
air.
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Only use water to clean the pump unit.
WARNING
Risk of scalding by hot water and steam at the
outlet of the vacuum pump.
Hot water and steam can cause scalding.
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Connect an outlet line to the outlet of the vacuum
pump.
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Guide the outlet line into a fixed, sufficiently large
collecting vessel so that air and steam can escape.
The outlet line and collecting vessel must be
resistant to hot water and steam.
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Wear your personal protective equipment.
Rinse the vacuum pump if one of the following points applies:
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there is pumped medium residue in the vacuum pump,
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the pumped media have formed deposits in the vacuum pump,
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the media for the next process may react with the media of the
previous process or form explosive mixtures,
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there could still be residue or deposits of the pumped media in
the vacuum pump and the vacuum pump should be shut down or
stored.