Emerson DA-100 operation manual Saftey Precaustions, － 2 －

SAFTEY PRECAUSTIONS

This manual contains important information that ALL users should know and understand BEFORE using this equipment. This information relates to USER SAFETY and PREVENTING EQUIPMENT PROBLEMS. To help you recognize this information, we use the following terms to draw your attention to certain equipment labels and portions of this manual. Pay special attention to any label or information that is highlighted by one of these terms:

WARNING	Important information to alert you to a situation that might cause serious injury or loss
	of life if instructions are not followed.
CAUTION	Important information that tells how to prevent damage to equipment.
NOTE	Information that you should pay special attention to.
	WARNING

The following hazards may occur during the normal use of this equipment. Please read the following chart.

	HAZARD	CAUSE		SAFEGUARDS
Fire		Solvents and coatings can be	1.	Adequate exhaust must be provided to keep the air
		highly flammable or		free of accumulations of flammable vapors.
		combustible,	2.	Smoking must never be allowed in spray area.
		especially when sprayed.	3.	Fire extinguishing equipment must be present in the
				spray area.
			4.	Static discharges must be prevented. Ground (earth)
				all conductive objects in the spray area, such as a
				cleaning solvent bucket, fire extinguisher, etc.
			5.	When using solvents for cleaning;
				・Those used for equipment flushing must have a flash
				point equal to or greater than that of the coating.
				・Those used for general cleaning must have flash
				points above 100°F(37.8℃).
Inhaling Toxic		Certain materials may be	1.	Follow the requirements of the Material Safety Data
Substances		harmful if inhaled, or if there		Sheet supplied by coating material manufacturer.
		is contact with the skin.	2.	Adequate exhaust must be provided to keep the air
				free of accumulations of toxic materials.
			3.	Use a mask or respirator whenever there is a chance
				of inhaling sprayed materials. The mask must be
				compatible with the material being sprayed and its
				concentration. Equipment must be as prescribed by
				an industrial hygienist or safety expert, and be NIOSH
				approved.
Explosion Hazard-		Halogenated hydrocarbon	The T-AGB spray gun can be used with these
Incompatible		Solvents- for example:	solvents.
Materials.		methylene chloride and 1,1,1,	However, aluminum is widely used in other spray
		-Trichloroethane are not	application equipment – such as material pumps,
		chemically compatible with	cups, regulators, valves, etc.
		the aluminum that might be	Check all other equipment items before use of these
		used in many system	solvents. Read the label or data sheet for the
		components. The chemical	material you intend to spray. If in doubt as to where
		reaction caused by these	or not a coating or cleaning material is compatible,
		solvents reacting with	contact your material supplier.
		aluminum can become violent
		and lead to an equipment
		explosion.

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