Introduction
Thank you very much for your purchasing of the Spring Balancer. To prevent any trouble and obtain the best
performance, please be sure to read this manual and fully understand its content.
Notation in this manual
Hazard levels
This product is designed with ultimate priority on the safety of operators. However, due to the nature of
the system, there are risks that cannot be removed.
In this manual, the level of significance and risk is defined and indicated in three stages: “WARNING”,
“CAUTION”, and “NOTICE”. Thoroughly read and fully understand the indicated items before operating
the product and performing maintenance procedures. The indications for “WARNING”, “CAUTION”, and
“NOTICE” are in order of risk significance (WARNING > CAUTION > NOTICE). Their details are
described below.
WARNING
CAUTION
A situation that, if mishandled, may cause death or serious disability.
A situation that, if mishandled, may cause minor or moderate injury.
Indicates a situation that, if mishandled, may cause property damage.
The extent of the problem described above (disability, injury, and property damage) is defined as
follows.
Serious disability:
Moderate injury:
REMINDER
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Loss of eyesight, wound, burn (high-temperature or low-temperature), electric
shock, bone fracture, poisoning, and other injuries that leave aftereffects and that
require hospitalization or long-term outpatient treatment.
Burn, electric shock, bone fracture, and other injuries that do not require
hospitalization or long-term outpatient treatment.
Scratch, bruise, laceration, and other injuries that have a minor impact on health.
Minor injury:
Property damage:
Extended damage to buildings, household articles, and injury to domestic
animals or pets.
Other than WARNING, CAUTION, and NOTICE described above, matters important to workers are
indicated using the following format.
Describes important details to be remembered for the operation.
Spring Balancer Repair Manual
Symbols
Indicates a PROHIBITED action that
must not be performed.
Illustrations
This Users Manual uses the following symbols to simply provide information in addition to the
indications above.
Indicates potential property damage
or a danger that may inflict bodily
injury.
Indicates a REQUIRED action that
must be performed.
Indicates that it is necessary to
thoroughly read the manual and the
relevant documents.
This manual covers multiple models of the Spring Balancer. If their functions and details of operations
are identical and can be correctly described in the same way, illustrations are provided taking a specific
model as an example. Therefore, please note that the illustrations may be different from the actual
equipment.
