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2.0 Safety
2.1 Limitation of liability
This chapter provides an overview of important safety pre-
cautions and information necessary for safe and trou-
ble-freeinstallation,operationandmaintenance.
DisregardingthisManualandsafetyprecautionsspecied
therein may result in considerable danger and possible seri-
ous injury or death.
2.1.1 Intended use
The actuator has been designed and built exclusively for its
intended purpose as described in these instructions.
WARNING
Risk from misuse!
Any utilization of this actuator beyond its intended purpose may
lead to potentially hazardous situations.
Therefore:
• Strictly adhere to all safety precautions and instructions in this
manual.
• Donotallowthisactuatortobesubjectedtoweatherconditions,
strongUVrays,corrosiveorexplosiveairmediaaswellasother
aggressive media.
• Donotmodify,retoolorchangethestructuraldesignorindividual
components of the actuator.
• Never use the actuator outside of the technical application and
operational limits.
Anyinjury,damageorlosscausedbyviolationofthesein-
structions will be the responsibility of the customer.
2.2 Responsibility of the
owner and processor
The actuator is designed for personal use and is also used
in commercial applications by owner or processors.
The processor is the contracting partner of the reseller or
the manufacturer. The processor installs the actuator in a
complete system (application).
The owner of the system is therefore subject to require-
ments of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.
InadditiontothesafetyinstructionsinthisManual,the
owner or processor must do the following concerning these
safety and acci-dent prevention guidelines and environmen-
tal precautions regulations applicable to the site of the sys-
tem’s installation:
• Inform themselves of applicable industrial safety precau-
tions and determine additional hazards that arise due to
thespecicworkingconditionsprevailingatthesitewhere
the actuator is installed using risk assessment. The risk
assessment must be implemented in the form of work in-
structions for the actuator operation.
• Conrmthattheworkinstructionscreatedforthesystem
including the actuator satisfy current legal requirements
and must alter the instructions if they don’t.
• Clearly regulate and specify the responsibilities for instal-
lation,operation,maintenance,andcleaning.
• Ensure that all employees who deal with the actuator have
read and understood this Manual.
• Provide personnel with the required protective equipment.
Inaddition,ownermusttrainpersonnelatregularintervals
and inform personnel of the hazards.
Inaddition,ownerorprocessorsmustensurethattheactua-
tor is in an adequate 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 function and
completeness.
WARNING
Risk from misuse!
AnImproperinstallation,operationandmaintenancecanresultin
seriousinjury,deathorpropertydamage.
Useonlyqualified,instructed,ortrainedpersonnel(asdescribed
below)whohaveread,understandandfollowtheseinstructions.