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Instruction Manual Oil-Less Compressors

SAFETY

At Curtis-Toledo, Inc. safety is a primary concern. Beginning with the design stage, safety is built into every "Curtis Compressor". It is
the purpose of this manual to pass along the "safety first" concept to you by providing safety precautions throughout its pages.
“WARNING!”, "CAUTION!", and "DANGER!" are displayed in large bold capital letters to call attention to areas of vital concern. They
represent different degrees of hazard seriousness, as stated below. The safety precaution is spelled out in bold upper and lower case
letters.
DANGER!

Immediate hazards which result in severe
personal injury or death.

WARNING!

Hazards or unsafe practices that could result In
personal injury or death.
CAUTION!

Hazards or unsafe practices which could result
In minor personal injury, product or property
damage.

Each section of the operating instruction manual, as well as any instructions supplied by manufacturers of supporting equipment, should
be read and understood prior to starting the compressor. If there are any questions regarding any part of the instructions, please call
your local Curtis-Toledo Distributor, or the Curtis-Toledo factory before creating a potentially hazardous situation. Life, limb, or
equipment could be saved with a simple phone call, (314) 383-1300.

SAFETY PRECAUTIONS

The owner, lessor or operator of any compressor unit
manufactured by Curtis-Toledo, Inc. is hereby warned that
failure to observe all safety precautions may result in serious
injury to personnel and/or damage to property.
Curtis-Toledo, Inc. neither states as fact, nor in any way implies
that this list of safety precautions is an all inclusive list, the
observance of which will prevent all damage to property or
injury to personnel.
Every reasonable effort has been taken to ensure that
complete and correct instructions have been included in this
manual. However, possible updates and changes may have
occurred since this printing. Curtis-Toledo, Inc. reserves the
right to change specifications, without incurring any obligation
for equipment previously or subsequently sold.
Compressors and/or units are assembled to comply with the
customer's purchase order and in compliance with Curtis-
Toledo, Inc. specifications; alteration must not be made to the
compressor or unit without Curtis-Toledo written approval.
Provisions must be made by the owner, lessor or operator to
have a pressure reducing regulator valve with air gauge in
each service line to supply safe and proper air pressure for the
various use and applications.
When supplying air pressure direct from air compressor to a
tire chuck for public or operator use to inflate tires and so forth,
a safety precaution sign in large bold print must be posted in
plain view at tire chuck location, "DANGER, AIR PRESSURE
FROM THIS CHUCK MAY EXCEED SAFE PRESSURE FOR
TIRES AND RELATED EQUIPMENT". A hand operated
gauge must be used to measure and not exceed safe inflated
pressure.