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Safety
1.3
Requirements of the operating personnel
The appliance may only be operated and maintained by persons who are of legal age
and have been instructed accordingly. Personnel who are to be trained, instructed or
who are undergoing general training may only work with the appliance under the contin-
uous supervision of an experienced person. Repairs may only be performed by quali
fi
ed
electricians. The regulations in the separate service manual must be observed.
1.4
Responsibility of the owner
The owner of the appliance
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is responsible for the
fl
awless condition of the appliance and for it being operated in
accordance with its intended use
■
is responsible for ensuring that persons who are to operate or service the appliance
are quali
fi
ed to do this, have been instructed accordingly and are familiar with the
operating instructions at hand
■
must know about the applicable guidelines, requirements and operational safety regu-
lations, and train staff accordingly
■
is responsible for ensuring that unauthorised persons have no access to the appli-
ance
■
is responsible for ensuring that the maintenance plan is adhered to and that mainte-
nance work is properly carried out
■
has to ensure that the appliance and its surroundings are kept clean and tidy, for
example through corresponding instructions and inspections
■
is responsible for ensuring that personal protective clothing is worn by operating
personnel, e.g. work clothes, safety shoes and protective gloves.
1.5 Intended
use
Constant climate chambers HPPeco and cooled incubators IPPecoplus may be used
exclusively for temperature and climate testing of materials and substances in the con-
text of the procedures and speci
fi
cations described in this manual. Any other use is
improper and may result in hazards and damage.
The appliance is not explosion-proof (does not comply with the German occupational
health and safety regulation VBG 24). The appliance may only be loaded with materials
and substances which cannot form any toxic or explosive vapours at the set tempera-
ture and which cannot explode, burst or ignite.
The appliance may not be used to dry, vaporise or brand materials for which the pur-
chasing or its components constitutes a risk of
fi
re and/or explosion, especially if the
solvents of these materials could form an explosive mixture when combined with air. If
there is any doubt as to the composition of materials, they must not be loaded into the
appliance. Potentially explosive gas-air mixtures must not form, neither in the chamber
nor in the direct vicinity of the appliance.
