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2.0 Safety
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2.2 Responsibility of the
owner and processor
The device is designed for commercial applications by its
owner or processor. The processor is the contracting part-
ner of the reseller or the manufacturer. The processor installs
the device in a complete system (application).
The owner or processor of the system is therefore subject to
the requirements of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.
In addition to the safety instructions in this manual, the
owner or processor must also do the following concerning
health and safety prevention guidelines as well as environ-
mental protection regulations applicable to the installation
site:
• Understand appropriate industrial safety regulations, in-
cluding determining additional hazards that may arise due
to specic working conditions on the site where the device
is being installed by using a risk assessment. The risk as-
sessment must be implemented in the form of work in-
structions for device operation.
• Conrm that the work instructions created for the system,
including the device, satises current legal requirements
and alter the instructions accordingly.
• Regulate and specify the responsibilities for installation,
operation, maintenance and cleaning.
• Ensure that all employees who handle the device have read
and understood this manual.
• Provide personnel with the required protective equipment.
• Provide training for personnel at regular intervals and in-
form personnel of any hazards.
Also, the owner or processors must ensure that the device is
in good working condition. They must do the following:
• Ensure that the maintenance intervals described in these
instructions are complied with.
• Have all safety devices inspected regularly for perfor-
mance and completeness.
2.3 Personnel
requirements
WARNING
Improper installation, operation and maintenance can result
in serious injury, death or property damage.
Use only qualied, instructed or trained personnel (as described
below) who have read, understood and followed these
instructions.
2.3.1 Qualications
The following qualications are specied for dierent areas
of activity listed in this manual:
• An instructed person (operator)
Instructed by the customer in an orientation session on the
assigned tasks and possible dangers arising from im-
proper use.
• Qualied personnel
Based on their professional training, know-how and expe-
rience as well as knowledge of the applicable standards
and regulations, can independently perform assigned work
activities and to detect and avoid possible dangers.
• Professional electrician
Based on his/her professional training, know-how and ex-
perience, as well as knowledge of the applicable stand-
ards and regulations, can independently perform work on
electrical systems and to detect and avoid possible dan-
gers.
In addition, the professional electrician has been trained in
the specialist location where he/she works and knows the
relevant standards and regulations.
Only persons who can be expected to perform their tasks
reliably are permitted to do so. Persons whose reaction ca-
pabilities are impaired, e.g. through the use of drugs, alcohol
or medication, are not permitted to carry out the task.
2.4 Specic dangers
The following section lists the residual risks that have been
determined by a risk assessment.
Follow the safety instructions listed here, as well as the
warnings in the following chapters of this manual to reduce
health hazards and to avoid dangerous situations.
WARNING
Crush hazard
Do not let any object or person come in contact with the
lead screw and/or protection tube and/or the front and rear
attachment. Risk of damage to the linear actuator caused by
static and dynamic overloading of the actuator. Do not use the
actuator beyond the permissible operating data.
WARNING
Pinch hazard
When the actuator runs into xed objects, the driving force can
cause personal injury. If the actuator is left unattended, check
that the full stroke length is free of obstacles and that there is
nobody in the stroke area. Alternatively, provide a means of
disconnecting all conductors from the mains power supply.