Heiniger ICON - Other Dangers; Essential Operator Skills; 3 Putting into Operation; Controls and Operation Notes

Instruction manual ICON 7
Wear Protective Goggles and Gloves !
For your personal protection we recommend that you wear protective goggles and gloves.
Personal protective equipment is to be provided by the operator.
2.4.4 Other Dangers
Should evidence of dangers or potential dangers, not directly related to the shearing of
animals, occur during operation, we would ask you to inform us. This also applies to dange-
rous technical deficiencies.
2.5 Essential Operator Skills
Operating the machine safely makes only small demands of the operator. However, it is essen-
tial that they are observed and carried out.
• Theoperatormustbeexperiencedinhandlingtheanimalstobeshorn.
• Theoperatormusthavereadandunderstoodtheinstructionsorhavebeeninstructedbyan
expert in the machine’s use and have had the potential dangers explained.
Children are not permitted to operate the machine.
3 Putting into Operation
3.1 Controls and Operation Notes
There are dangers inherent in the improper use of mechanical equipment, especially stock-
breeding equipment! Therefore, before using the machine, you should observe the following
accident-prevention measures:
• Observetheadvisorynoteslistedat2.4.1(driveconnections).
• Avoidallcontactwiththemovingshearingblades(comb&cutter).
• Evenwhentheshearingdrive(shearingplant)isswitchedoff,donothandletheareaof
the shearing blades as long as the machine is connected to the shearing drive. Always
disconnect the machine from the shearing drive first when working on the shearing blades/
machine.
• Nevershearwetanimals.Wetwoolmayenterthemachinebody(barrel)andcauselock
up.
• Generally,neverplungetheclipperandclipperheadintoliquidssuchaswater,soapywater,
diesel, petrol, etc. This may cause serious injury to mechanics and motor.
• Neverputyourhandpieceinavice,itwilldisfigurethebarrelandthebackendwillbecome
tight.
• Neverattempttointerchangepartsfromanothermodel/typeorbrandofhandpiece.
• Onlyuseoriginalshearingblades(combs&cutters;Illustration5).Donotusedamaged
shearing blades with blunt, missing or broken off teeth. Only work using sharp shearing
Illustr. 5