Operating instructions ProMinent
®
von Taine
®
0807 PP/PVDF
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be observed and kept legible.
2.2 Qualification and training of
operating personnel
The personnel responsible for operation,
maintenance, inspection and assembly
must be adequately qualified. Scope of
responsibility and supervision of the
personnel must be exactly defined by the
plant operator. If the staff does not have
the necessary knowledge, they must be
trained and instructed, which may be
performed by the machine manufacturer
or supplier on behalf of the plant operator.
Moreover, the plant operator of the
operating manual are fully understood by
the personnel.
2.3 Hazards in the event of non-
compliance with safety
instructions
Non-compliance with the safety
instructions may produce a risk to the
personnel as well as to the environment
and the machine and results in a loss of
any right to claim damages.
For example, non-compliance may involve
the following hazards:
F
Failure of important functions of the
machine / plant.
F
Failure of specified procedures of
maintenance and repair.
F
Exposure of people to electrical,
mechanical and chemical hazards.
F
Endangering the environment owing to
hazardous substances being released.
2.4 Compliance with regulations
pertaining of safety work
When operating the pump, the safety
instructions contained in this manual, the
relevant national accident prevention
regulations and any other service and
safety instructions issued by the plant
operator are to be observed.
2.5 Safety instructions relevant for
operation
F
If hot or cold machine components
involve hazards, they must be guarded
against accidental contact.
F
Guards for moving parts (e.g. coupling)
must not be removed from the machine
while in operation.
F
Any leakage of hazardous (e.g.
explosive, toxic, hot) fluids must be
drained away so as to prevent any risk
occurring to persons or the
environment. Statutory regulations are
to be complied with.
F
Hazards resulting from electricity are to
be precluded (see, for examgple, the
VDE Specifications and the bye-laws of
the local power supply utilities).
2.6 Safety instructions relevant for
maintenance, inspection and
assembly work
It shall be the plant operator´s
responsibility to ensure that all
maintenance, inspection and assembly
work is performed by authorized and
qualified personnel who have adequately
familiarized themselves with the subject
matter by studying this manual in detail.
Any work on the machine shall only be
performed when it is at a standstill, it being
imperative that the procedure for shutting
down the machine described in this
manual be followed.
Pumps and pump units which convey
hazardous media must be
decontaminated. On completion of work all
safety and protective facilities must be re-
installed and made operative again.
Prior to restarting the machine, the
instructions listed under ´Initial
commissioning´ are to be observed.
