Flowserve WDX R/C - 1.6 Safety; 1.6.1 Summary of Safety Markings; 1.6.3 Safety Action

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1.6 Sa f e t y
1.6.1 S u mmary of sa f e t y marki ng s
T he s e Us e r In s t r u c t i on sc onta i n s pe ci f ic s afet ym a rki ng s
w
he r enon - ob s e rv an c eofan i n s t r u c t i on w ou l d c au s e
ha
z a r d s . T he s pe ci f ic s afet ym a rki ng s a r e:
T h is sym bo li nd ic ate s e l e c t ric a ls afet y
i
n s t r u c t i on sw he r enon -c o m p li an c e wil l i n v o lv eah i gh
risk to pe rs ona ls afet y o r the l o ss of li fe.
T h is sym bo li nd ic ate ss afet yi n s t r u c t i on sw he r e
non
-c o m p li an c e w ou l d affe c tpe rs ona ls afet y and c ou l d
r e s u l t i n l o ss of li fe .
This sym b ol indica tes “hazardous substances and
toxic fluid” sa fety ins
t r u c t i on sw he r enon -c o m p li an c e
w ou l daffe c tpe rs ona ls afet y and c ou l d r e s u l t i n l o ss of
li fe.
T h is sym bo li nd ic ate ss afet yi n s t r u c t i on s
w
he r enon -c o m p li an c e will i n v o lv e s o m e risk to s afe
ope
r at i on and pe rs ona ls afet y and w ou l dda m age the
equ
i p m ent o r p r ope r t y .
T h is sym bo li nd ic ate s e x p l o si v eat m o s phe r e
z one m a rki ng a cc o r d i ng to A T EX. It is u s ed i n s afet y
i
n s t r u c t i on sw he r enon -c o m p li an c e i n the ha z a r dou s
a r ea w ou l d c au s ethe ri sk of an e x p l o si on.
T h is sym bo lis u s ed i n s afet yi n s t r u c t i on s to
r e mi nd not to r ub non -m eta llic s u r fa c e swi th a d ry
cl
oth; en s u r e cl oth is da m p. It is u s ed w he r enon -
c
o m p li an c e i n the ha z a r dou s a r ea w ou l d c au s ethe ri sk
of an e x p l o si on.
T h is si gn is not a s afet ysym bo l but i nd ic ate s
an im po r ta nt i n s t r u c t i on i nthea ss e m b ly p r o c e ss .
1.6.2 Pers onn el qu ali f ica t i on a nd t rai n i ng
A ll pe rs onne li n v o lv ed i ntheope r at i on, i n s ta ll at i on,
i n s pe c t i on and m a i ntenan c eoftheun i t m u s tbe
qua
li f i ed to c a rry out the w o rk i n v o lv ed. If the
pe
rs onne li nque s t i on do not a lr ead y po ss e ss the
ne
c e ss a ry k no wl edge and skill ,app r op ri ate t r a i n i ng
and
i n s t r u c t i on m u s tbep r o vi ded. If r equ ir ed the
ope
r ato rm a yc o mmissi on the m anufa c tu r e r / s upp li e r to
p
r o vi de app lic ab l et r a i n i ng.
A
lw a ys c oo r d i nate r epa ir a c t ivi t ywi th op e r at i on s and
hea
l th an d s afet y pe rs onne l ,and fo ll o w a ll p l ant s afet y
r
equ ir e m ent s and app lic ab l e s afet y and hea l th l a ws
and r egu l at i on s .
1.6.3 Sa f e t yac t i on
Th
is is a s u mma ry of c ond i t i on sa nd ac t i on s to
p
reve nt i n j u ry to p ers onn el a nd d ama g e to th e
e
n vir on me nt a nd to e qu i p me nt . Fo r p r odu c t s u se d
i n pot e nt ially ex p l o sive a t m o s ph eres sec t i on 1.6.4
als
o a pp lies.
N EVE RD O M AI NT E N A NC E W O R K
WH E NTH E UN I T IS C O NN E CT E DT OPO W E R
G U A RD S MU S TN O T BE R E M OVE DWH ILE
TH EP UM PISOPE R A T IO N AL
DR AI NTH EP UM PA ND ISOLA T EPIPE W O R K
BE
F O R E D IS M A NT LI N G TH EP UM P
T he app r op ri ate s afet y p r e c aut i on ss hou l dbeta k en
w he r e the pu m ped li qu i d s a r eha z a r dou s .
F L U O R O - ELAS T O M E R S (W hen f i tted. )
W
hen a pu m pha s e x pe ri en c ed te m pe r atu r e s o v e r 250
º C( 482 º F) ,pa r t i a l de c o m po si t i on of f l uo r o - e l a s to m e rs
(
e x a m p l e: V i ton )will o cc u r .Inth is c ond i t i on the s ea r e
e
x t r e m e ly dang e r ou s and ski n c onta c t m u s tbe
a
v o i ded.
H A ND LI N G C O M PO N E NT S
M an y p r e ci si on pa r t s ha v e s ha r p c o r ne rs and the
w ea ri ng of app r op ri ate s afet y g l o v e s and equ i p m ent is
r
equ ir ed w hen hand li ng the s e c o m pone nt s . T o li ft
hea
vy p i e c e s abo v e25 k g ( 55 l b ) u s ea cr ane
app
r op ri ate fo r th e m a ss and i na cc o r dan c e wi th
c u rr ent l o c a lr egu l at i on s .
TH E RM AL S H O C K
R ap i d c hange si nthete m pe r atu r eofthe li qu i d wi th i n
the pu
m p c an c au s ethe rm a ls ho ck , w h ic h c an r e s u l t i n
da
m age o r b r ea k age of c o m ponent s and s hou l dbe
a
v o i ded.
N EVE R APPLY H EA TT O R E M OVE I M PELLE R
Tr
apped l ub ri c ant o rv apou rc ou l d c au s eane x p l o si on.
H O T( and c o l d ) PA RT S
If hot o
r f r ee zi ng c o m ponent s o r au xil i a ry heat i ng
s upp li e sc an p r e s ent a dange r to o p e r ato rs and
pe
rs on s ente ri ng the imm ed i ate a r ea a c t i on m u s tbe
ta
k en to a v o i da cci denta lc onta c t. If c o m p l ete
p
r ote c t i on is not po ssi b l e, the m a c h i ne a cc e ss m u s tbe
limi te d to m a i ntenan c e s taff on ly , wi th cl ea rvis ua l
w
a r n i ng s and i nd ic ato rs to tho s eente ri ng the
imm ed i ate a r ea. N ote: be a ri ng hou si ng sm u s t not be
i n s u l ated and d ri v e m oto rs and bea ri ng sm a y be hot.
I fth e t em p era tu re is g rea t er th a n 68 °C ( 175 °F) o r
b el o w5 °C ( 20 °F) i n ares t ric t e dzon e, o rexcee d s
l
o cal re gu la t i on s, ac t i on as a bo ve s h all b e t ake n .