Mitutoyo HR-530 Series - Conventions Used in Manuals; Safety Reminder Conventions and Wording Warning Against Potential Hazards; Conventions and Wording Indicating Prohibited and Mandatory Actions; Conventions and Wording Indicating Referential Information or Referential Locations

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CONVENTIONS USED IN MANUALS
Conventions used in Mitutoyo's User's Manual are roughly divided into three types (safety reminders,
prohibited and mandatory actions, and referential information and locations). Moreover, these conven-
tionsincludegeneralwarningsandspecicwarnings.Specicwarningsymbolsareprovidedwithcon-
crete pictograms inside of them.
■Safety reminder conventions and wording warning against potential hazards
DANGER
Indicates a hazard with a high level of risk which, if not avoided, will result in
death or serious injury.
WARNING
Indicates a potentially hazardous situation which, if not avoided, could result
in death or serious injury.
CAUTION
Indicates a potentially hazardous situation which, if not avoided, may result in
minor or moderate injury.
NOTICE
Indicates a potentially hazardous situation which, if not avoided, may result in
property damage.
Alertstheusertoaspecichazardoussituationthatmeans"Caution,riskof
electric shock".
■Conventions and wording indicating prohibited and mandatory actions
Indicates concrete information about prohibited actions.
Indicates concrete information about mandatory actions.
Indicates that grounding needs to be implemented.
■Conventions and wording indicating referential information or referential
locations
Tips
Indicates detailed information and referential information relevant for the operating methods and pro-
cedures that are explained in that section.
Indicates referential locations if there is information that should be referred to in this document or an
extraneous User's Manual.
Example: For details about xxx, see
"1.1 Appellations for Each Part" (page 5) in "1 Overview".