1. Important safety notes
1.5 Safety features
1.5.1 For all lathes
In order to enable you to work safely with our machines, we have incorporated the following safety
mechanisms. These meet the relevant European safety requirements.
■ Chuck protection hood
The main spindle of the machine operates only with the chuck protection hood closed. For safety
reasons, if the chuck protection hood is open, the machine cannot be switched on.
■ Gear cover hood
Always keep the gear cover hood closed. The gear cover hood may only be opened by a trained
person with a special key and when the grounded plug has been pulled out of the socket.
■ ON/OFF switch with under-voltage trigger
The ON/OFF switch is fitted with an under-voltage trigger, thus, in the event of a power failure, the
machine does not switch itself back on automatically. This prevents risks caused by the
unexpected motion of the spindle.
■ Emergency off switch
The emergency off switch acts to quickly stop the machine.
■ Overload protection
The machine is fitted with an overload protection feature. This overload protection feature switches
the main drive motor off automatically when the machine is overloaded. The machine can only
then be switched on after a waiting period.
1.5.2 For lathes to be mounted to a CNC control and CNC lathes
■ Safety cabin (optional)
In order for the machine to operate in CNC mode, the door to the safety cabin must be closed.
You can only work in CNC mode with the doors closed.
Work carried out in conventional mode is carried out with the door open. The mode switch must be
switched to manual mode.
The main spindle can be switched on when the doors are closed or open.
Working in CNC mode without safety cabin may pose a serious risk to the machine
operator and cause serious accidents.
1.5.3 For CNC lathes
■ Switch for operating modes (only for CNC machines)
The mode switch has 3 settings (CNC mode – Idle position – Manual mode) that can only be
selected with a key. After selecting the mode, the key can be removed in order to prevent a
switching of the mode type by unauthorised persons.
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