waratah HTH623C - Avoid Chain Shot

Safety:OperationPrecautions
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AvoidChainShot
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SawchainBreakwithoutSawchainshotGuard
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SawchainBreakwithSawchainshotGuard
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SawchainshotHazardZone
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SafetySign
Chainshotisthehighvelocityseparationandejection
ofapieceorpiecesfromtheendofabrokensawchain
duringmechanizedtimberharvesting.
CAUTION:Sawchainshotexposesmachine
operatorsandbystanderstodeathor
seriousinjury
Chainshottypicallyoccursnearthesawdrivesprocket
ofthecuttingsystem;itcanalsocomefromthesawbar
tip.Chainshotpiecestypicallytravelwithin15degrees
oneithersideofthesawbarplane.
Achainshotconsistsoftwobreaksinasawchain.First,
thesawchainloopbreaksandformstwoends.Oneend
movespastthesawchaindrivesprocketorsawbartipand
israpidlyacceleratedduetomotionofthesawchainend.
Thewhipactioncausesasecondbreakinthesawchain,
ejectingpiecesofthecuttingsawchainathighspeed.
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