11/2015
NT BEA-G6EVO
V3.0
EN
p. 6/58
1. WARNINGS
1.1. Recommendations
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Before installing and commissioning the bollard, carefully read the present manual.
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Improper fitting may result in serious damage. Carefully follow all instruction.
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This manual is exclusively intended for professional installers or authorized personnel.
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It is also a maintenance log that must be kept up to date after each maintenance task performed after
commissioning.
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Keep all of the instructions and documents suplied together with the system.
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Install the bollards in compliance with the Country installation laws and rules. Please, make sure that the
grounding connections have been made in complying with the acknowledged rules-of-the-art.
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To install our bollards, we suggest you to hire skilled technicians that can ensure of safe and proper operation.
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Before starting the job, read paragraph 3.1 for installation site study.
1.2. Health and safety
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All the safety precautions mentioned in present manual are important and are related to both, people and
material.
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The bollards are made of very heavy elements including moving parts that could result in severe injuries unless
the safety provisions are met.
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The technical control units are powered with 230 V. it is definitely forbidden to unauthorized staff to access them.
Before performing any kind of job on the installation, double check that main power supply is shut off.
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The electrical installation must include upstream of power supply line, a protection circuit breaker able to absorb
the current, in compliance with the laws and rules of the country where the system is to be installed with the
country's laws where the system is install. All electrical connections must be performed by skilled electricians.
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Respect the general safety provision for hoisting and handling the bollard (doc.: NT-CGS).
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Make sure that no object obstructs the area of operation of any of devices and that vegetation does not hide the
vertical signage.
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Do not enter into the field of action of the bollard when it is moving.
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Do not work close to bollards in movement.
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Do not touch the moving element while it is in movement.
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Do not obstruct the operator's movements as this could result in hazardous situations.
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Please, prevent unauthorized persons from accessing to the retractable bollards' manoeuvre field, and also
prevent them to activate the fixed control actuators. Keep also any remote control device, such as transmitters,
away from unauthorized persons.
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If the system needs any maintenance, repair or adjustment, close the access and do not use it until safety
conditions have been restored. Always cut off the power supply before any intervention.
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In case of malfunction, first of all turn off power, and then call skilled personnel for technical assistance.
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Users are ABSOLUTELY PROHIBITED from performing any kind of JOB THAT IS NOT EXPRESSLY
REQUESTED TO THEM in present manual. For any repairs, modifications and adjustments, as well as, any
extraordinary maintenance jobs, EXCLUSIVELY CALL SKILLED TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.
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When using a hold-to-run control, constantly check, that no person is inside the operating field of the bollard,
during all duration of the movement.
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In automatic operating mode, the bollard may move at any time, without warning.
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The system must be fitted with warning lights to warn the user about the bollard's position.
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All excavation must be protected by a safety barrier.
1.3 Residual risks
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This equipment has been designed and built in conformity with the current MACHINERY DIRECTIVE. The risk
analysis has resulted in the following residual risks, which are the risks that cannot be eliminated:
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Rick of tripping for pedestrian.
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Danger of collision if visibility is limited, or when the presence of the bollards is not clearly signalled.
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Danger of dragging along the vertical axis when passing over the moving bollard.
1.4 Conditions of use
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To warn users of the presence of the obstacle and tell them about the travel directions, fit a vertical sign that
reads "retractable bollard".
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Adding red and yellow flashing warning-lights increases safety. Installing magnetic loops into the ground that are
associated to an operating logic, protects the perimeter around the bollard.
