Safety
Obligations of the operating company
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The following faults can result in a pack not being airtight:
• A leaky seal seam. Possible reasons:
– The inside of the packaging material is contaminated by product
in the seal seam area.
– The sealing time is too short.
• Damage to the pack caused e.g. by sharp-edged products.
Time of inspection
• After machine start-up.
• When a defined time interval was reached during running opera-
tion.
• When the pack size was changed.
• When other types of films or other film thicknesses are being used.
• When spare parts or wearing parts were built in.
• After faults to the machine were eliminated.
• After changes to the machine settings.
1.7.12 Testing pressure equipment
The operating company is responsible for observing the country-
specific test intervals for pressure equipment. This test is to be per-
formed by qualified persons.
1.8 Danger zones
Be particularly aware of the following danger zones: