Ulvac VS1501 User manual

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INSTRUCTION MANUAL
OIL SEALED ROTARY VACUUM PUMP
VS1501
VS2401
Before using this product, be sure to read this operation
manual. Keep this manual with care to use at any time.
ULVAC, Inc.
Components Division
http://www.ulvac.co.jp/

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0. Before Using This Product
We thank you very much for purchasing our product.
You are kindly requested, upon delivery of the product, to check that the delivered product is
exactly what you have ordered and it has no damage caused by transport or the like.
This manual gives description on operation and maintenance procedure appropriate to use the
product in safe and effective way. Please read this manual beforehand to correctly use the Pump.
You are requested to install and operate the product in compliance with the laws and regulations
relating to the safety, e.g. Fire Defense Law, Electric wiring regulation and so on in the country
and region you use the product. Consequently you shall be requested to attend general safety
lectures officially effective in the area, such as electrical safety, Cargo handling safety and so on.
Note that any person not attended such lectures shall be restricted from handling the product.
Operators shall need to attend such kind of training and have special knowledge, skill and title
regarding the electricity, machinery, cargo, vacuum and so on.
This product is designed to conform to regulations valid at the time of issue of this manual and its
conformity is not ensured if any of regulations shall be changed in the future.
The performance and safety of the product might not be ensured if any of the devices put together
did not conform to same regulations or the product itself was modified. ULVAC shall be not liable
to guarantee performance and safety in such cases above. Any modification of the product by the
user is out of the scope of guarantee by us and not be guaranteed in any manner.
Be sure to clear any energy sources, e.g. electricity, coolant and so on of the product before
installing or removing the product.
Please note that any of the parts used in this product shall keep the performance at the time of
the shipment but shall not survive eternally. Any of the parts cannot, under any application
supposed under socially-accepted idea, help but inevitably deteriorate its performance and get
easily result in causing trouble of the product. You are kindly requested consequently to take your
application situation into consideration and help yourself to implement the protective maintenance
so as to avoid troubles.
Through implementation of the protective maintenance, you shall reduce occurrence of the trouble
due to wear and/or failure of the part and bring reducing the occurrence of the downtime caused
by the product trouble and fire as well as a risk of affecting the another process.
We would like to ask you again to establish the protective maintenance plan as well as conduct
the part replacement and overhaul in accordance with such a plan.
Please do not hesitate to contact our sales office or agency closest to you or the Components
Division if you had any question or unclear on the use.

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IMPORTANT
Author's copyright of th
is instruction manual belongs to Components
Division of ULVAC, Inc.
It is prohibited to copy a part and/or this entire manual without
authorization by Components Division of ULVAC, Inc.
It is prohibited to use this instruction manual except for explanatio
n
when using the VS1501, VS2401
and other purpose Components Division
of ULVAC, Inc. agreed.
It is prohibited to hand over and disclose this instruction manual to third parties
without agreement by Components Division of ULVAC, Inc.
0.1 Safety Symbol Marks
We display symbol marks regarding the safety in this manual and on the product to make clear
items to observe. Descriptions attached to the symbol are classified as illustrated below;
0.2 Meanings of Safety Symbol Marks
DANGER
If
the user makes a mistake in handling, it indicates an imminent
possibility that the user is subject to death or heavy injury.
If the user makes a mistake in handling, it indicates a possibility that the
user is subject to death or heavy injury.
IMPORTANT
[IMPORTANT] description shall be given where there
is particular
information to notice for the operation or maintenance work of the
product.
Training for the electrical safety is required as there is a risk of electrical
shock.
Check and ensure that the pump is sufficiently cooled down as this
section keeps high temperature after having stopped the pump.
If the user makes a mistake in handling, it indicates a possibility
that
the user is subject to moderate injury or it leads to significant damage
of the machine. It indicates a possibility that damage of the machine is
caused and the normal operation is impaired.
WARNING
CAUTION

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0.3 Safety Precautions
Descriptions are given as the method to keep away from danger and actions that must be
restricted on the use of the product.
Use of this product and this Instruction Manual.
IMPORTANT
Please read this Instruction Manual before starting installation, operation
check or maintenance of this product to use it in long term. You are
requested to fully understand the safety precautions, specifications and
operation methods of this product.
DANGER
Use of the toxic, combustible or combustion susceptible gas other than
inactive gas is not allowed as there is a risk of leakage of the gas from the
Pump unit if it was exhausted by the vacuum pump.
DANGER
Pump oil as well as the Pump unit becomes toxic should the toxic gas was
sucked in the vacuum pump. Pay attention to execute maintenance work.
DANGER
Use of the toxic, combustible or combustion susceptible gas and
substance other than inactive gas is not allowed as there is a risk of
causing fire or explosion inside the Pump unit if it was exhausted by the
vacuum pump.
We would be
obliged to refrain from handling and/or executing
maintenance of the product if the detail of used hazardous substance was
not disclosed or the product has exhausted such substance that the
detoxification process is hardly conducted.
WARNING