Putting Back Into Service After Winter Layup

8.7PUTTING BACK INTO SERVICE AFTER WINTER LAYUP

Before using the machine again after a long period of inactivity you should perform some general checks, following the instructions in point 4.4 and drain any antifreeze.

Never start the shaft of the pump if you think there may by ice inside. To check this, make sure you can turn the shaft by hand without connecting it to the tractor.

After you have connected the machine to the tractor (see point 4.5) following the instructions in the present user’s handbook and in the enclosures of the pump, pressure regulator and accessories.

8.8DEMOLITION AND DISPOSAL

When the sprayer will be put out of service you should wash it with great care to remove any residues of chemical product, follow the instructions in point 4.13 of the present handbook. ATTENTION: It is necessary to adopt appropriate Individual Protection Devices in manipulating waste.

The disposal of waste deriving from the demolition of the machine must be carried out respecting the environment, avoiding soil, air and water pollution.

Local legislation in force in the matter must be respected in any case.

Remember that waste is understood as any substance or object that enters into the categories shown in attachment A in part IV of Legislative Decree 152/2006, that the holder has destroyed, has decided or is obliged to destroy.

Waste deriving from the demolition of the machine is classifiable as special waste.

8.8.1 MATERIALS FOR DEMOLITION

Non-dangerous special waste is that which can be recovered, according to the February 1998 Ministerial Decree:

·Iron, aluminium, stainless steel and copper materials

·Plastic materials

·Electronic cards

·Hydraulic oil

·Electrical plant

8.8.2INDICATIONS FOR A SUITABLE TREATMENT OF WASTE The Correct management of special waste envisages:

- stocking in suitable places, avoiding mixing dangerous waste with the non-dangerous. - ensuring that authorised carriers and receivers carry out its transport and disposal/ recovery.

Transport of one's waste to authorised collection centres is allowed exclusively if you are enrolled in the Environmental Management Register.

8.8.3ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS WASTE (EEAW)

The Italian government has adopted the European Parliament directives in the matter of the disposal of electrical and electronic waste (EEAW) (2002/95/CE and 2003/108/CE Directives) with Legislative Decree n° 151,July 25 2005).

The measures: in particular, the decree established measures and procedures aimed at:

a)forestalling the production of EEAW;

b)promoting the re-use, recycling and other forms of EEAW recovery, in order to reduce the quantity to send for disposal;

c)improving, in terms of the environment, the actions of the subjects who participate in the life-cycle of these apparatuses (producers, distributors, consumers and operators directly involved in the treatment of EEAW);

d)reducing the use of dangerous substances in electrical and electronic apparatus.

The decree imposes the limitation and elimination of several substances present in EEAW: lead, mercury, cadmium, chrome, hexavalent chrome, polybrominated biphenyl, polybrominated diphenyl and polybrominated diphenyl ethers.

The machine has been designed and created in conformity with this directive. Follow the indications shown below.

The symbol to the side, showing a barred garbage can on wheels, indicates the separate collection of the electrical and electronic apparatuses of the machine.

The user of the present machine can contact the collection centres instituted by the Local Authorities or the UNIGREEN Company directly, or request withdrawal by the dealer, in order to carry out correct disposal of the waste.

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