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Chapter 7: Maintenance
Operators & Maintenance Manual GENIUS Compact Version UK 0.1 © BESTnv
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VII. Maintenance:
7.1. Warranty Limitations and General Conditions
7.1.1. Warranty Limitations
In order to claim warranty the purchaser should take note of the following limitations:
- To claim warranty the maintenance program, as described hereafter in paragraph 7.2 Essential
maintenance tasks, under Daily, Weekly, Monthly, Yearly and Preventive Maintenance, must be
applied to the GENIUS Compact optical sorter.
- The warranty is limited to the warranty period mentioned in the contract.
- Failures caused by lightning, fl oods, storm or other environmental events are excluded from warranty.
- Failures during warranty have to be reported to the vendor within 24 hours.
- During warranty period the defective parts must be returned to the vendor within 30 days after
reporting the problem in order to claim warranty.
- Warranty does not cover loss of production due to machine failures.
- The warranty does not cover failures resulting from an error made by the purchasers operator(s).
- Mechanical damages caused by the purchaser while moving the machine are not covered by the
warranty.
7.1.2. General conditions
- The purchaser is not allowed to make any changes to the electrical wiring without prior written
permission of BESTnv.
- The purchaser is not allowed to make any mechanical adaptations without prior written permission of
BESTnv.
- The purchaser is not allowed to make any adaptations to the electronics without prior written
permission of BESTnv.
- All cleaning detergents to be used on the GENIUS Compact, that are not specifi cally approved in
this manual, have to be approved in writing by BESTnv.
- The machine cannot be installed in corrosive environments.
- The user is at all times responsible for the quality of water, pressurized air and electricity.
- Components that are damaged by surges in the voltage level of the electricity supply are not covered
by the warranty.
- Environmental temperatures have to be within the limits specifi ed in the technical annex attached to
the contract. Different environmental temperatures have to be specifi ed at the order.
- No welding may be done on or near the machine!
- Only clamps can be used to mount something on the machine and not without written permission
from BESTnv. All systems involving the use of holes drilled in the machine or welding are strictly
forbidden.
- The GENIUS Compact optical sorter can only be used for the purposes it has been sold for, as
described in the contract.
- BESTnv cannot be held responsible for failures caused by the use of other spare parts than those
specifi cally approved by BESTnv.
- BESTnv cannot be held responsible for safety hazards resulting from the adaptation or removal of
the safety circuits and/or components by the purchaser.
- The Laser box (if present) should never be opened without explicit written permission of BESTnv.
BESTnv cannot be held responsible for unsafe situations, accidents, failures or damages which are
caused by disregard for warnings and prescriptions as indicated in this manual.