• If necessary, wear suitable personal protection equipment.
This could consist of:
- Ear-muffs to reduce the risk of damaging your hearing
- A breathing mask to reduce the risk of inhaling hazardous dust
- Always wear gloves when handling saw blades and rough materials.
Carry saw blades in a container to avoid injuries.
• The following can have an influence on dust development:
- Worn, damaged or cracked saw blades
- Recommended capacity of the vacuum extraction system: 20 m/s
- Proper guidance of the workpiece
• Blades made of high-alloy high-speed steel (HSS) must not be used.
• Keep the push stick or handle for a push block at the machine at all
times, even when you are not using them.
1.2.2. Maintenance and service
• The following conditions can have an influence on noise impact on
the operator:
- Type of saw blade (e.g. saw blades designed to reduce noise deve-
lopment)
- Material of the workpiece
- The force with which the workpiece is pushed against the saw blade
• Faults on the machine or its guards, safety devices and blade must be
reported to the person in charge as soon as they are discovered.
1.2.3. Safe operation
• Use a push stick or the handle with a push block to feed the workpie-
ce safely past the saw blade.
• Use the splitter and set it correctly.
• Use the upper blade guard and set it to the correct position.
• Do not cut rebates or grooves without fitting a suitable guard, e.g. a
tunnel-type guard, over the saw table.
• Circular saws must not be used for slotting jobs (cutting grooves
which end in the workpiece).
• Use only blades where the permissible maximum speed is not lower
than the maximum spindle speed of the bench-type circular saw and
which are suitable for the material to be cut.
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