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Safety
SAFETY
Introduction
The unit described has been designed to the latest technical parameters and
complies with all current national and international safety requirements. It
operates on a high level of reliability because of long-term experience in de-
velopment and constant and strict quality control in our company.
In normal operation the unit is safe.
However - especially if daily routine and technichal errors coincide - some po-
tential sources of danger for person, material and optimal operation remain.
This manual therefore contains basic safety instructions that must be obser-
ved during configuration and operation. It is essential that the user reads this
manual before the system is used and that a current version of the manual is
always kept close to the equipment.
General saftey requirements
To keep the technically unavoidable residual risk to a minimum, it is absolu-
tely necessary to observe the following rules:
– Transport, storage and operation of the unit must be under the permissible
conditions only.
– Installation, configuration and disassembly must be carried out only by
trained personal on the basis of the respective manual.
– The unit must be operated by competent and authorised users only.
– The unit must be operated in good working order only.
– Any conversions or alterations to the unit or to parts of the unit (including
software) must be carried out by trained personnel authorised by the ma-
nufacturer. Any conversions or alterations carried out by other persons
lead to a complete exemption of liability.
– Only specially qualified personnel is authorised to remove and override
safety measures, and to carry out the maintenance of the system.
– External software is used at one’s own risk. Use of external softwarecan af-
fect the operation of the system.
– Use only tested and virus-free date carriers.
Text Conventions
In this manual the followin conventions are used as text markers: