2 Safety precautions
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2.3 Requirements on personnel
Risk of immediate danger to life!
Not following the Safety precautions will put your life in danger.
All personnel must regard all electrical equipment as live.
The work is to be carried out in such a way that there will be no risk of
personnel injury.
2.3-1 General
During maintenance or service work, the service technician and the electrician are
responsible not only for the machine, but also for the personnel in the vicinity of the
machine as well!
It is also the responsibility of the service technician and the electrician to assure that
the machine safety devices are fully operational before he/she finishes the
maintenance or service work.
3.3-2 Service technician
Only trained or instructed service technicians are allowed to work on the machine.
Service technicians may be:
• technicians employed by Autopack
The Autopack technicians are Autopack employees who have proper
knowledge and training for the service of the Autopack machines.
• technicians employed by the customer
Technicians employed by the customer must have the following skills:
– capable of reading (English or native) technical information
– understand technical drawings
– basic knowledge of mechanics and electronics
– basic knowledge of mathematics
– capable of handling (special) tools
2.3-3 Electrician
Electricians should:
• be certified according to local regulations
• have experience of similar types of installations
• have proven skills in reading and working from drawings and cable lists
• have knowledge of local safety regulations for power and automation
Work with the electrical equipment in the machine must be performed by skilled
persons only.
The use of a key or tool to carry out work by skilled persons for which it may not be
suitable to disconnect the equipment
The supply disconnecting mains may be operated as needed while the door is
open.
Examples of such operations are:
• resetting of protective devices
• adjustment of device settings
• fault finding and diagnostic testing
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