Milnor KURSPK0025, KURSPK0026 manual Press Safety for Installation and Service

MSOP0922AE/9805AV

PRESS SAFETY FOR INSTALLATION AND SERVICE

General Safety Requirements

(specific warnings, next page and throughout manual)

Incorrect installation, neglected preventive maintenance, abuse, and/or improper repairs or changes to the machine can cause unsafe operation and personal injuries, such as multiple fractures, amputations, or death. The owner or his selected representative (owner/user) is responsible for understanding and ensuring the proper operation and maintenance of the machine. The owner/user must familiarize himself with the contents of all machine instruction manuals. The owner/user should direct any questions about these instruc- tions to a Milnor® dealer or the Milnor® Service department. Most regulatory authorities (including OSHA in the USA) hold the owner/user ultimately responsible for maintaining a safe working environment. There- fore, the owner/user must do the following:

∙recognize all foreseeable safety hazards within his facility and take actions to protect his personnel, equipment, and facility

∙require that personnel are familiar with all functional and safety aspects of the machine

∙ensure safety devices installed on the machine are in place and properly maintained

∙ensure all machine parts and assemblies are properly maintained.

Laundry Facility—Provide a supporting floor that is strong and rigid enough to support-- with a rea- sonable safety factor and without undue or objectionable deflection--the weight of the fully loaded machine and the forces transmitted by it during operation. (For washer-extractors, see “ABOUT THE FORCES TRANSMITTED BY MILNOR® WASHER-EXTRACTORS.”) Provide sufficient clearance for machine movement. Provide any safety guards, fences, restraints, devices, and verbal and/or posted restrictions nec- essary to prevent personnel, machines, or other moving machinery from accessing the machine or its path. Provide adequate ventilation to carry away heat and vapors. Ensure service connections to installed ma- chines meet local and national safety standards, especially regarding the electrical disconnect (see the Na- tional Electric Code). Prominently post safety information, including signs showing the source of electrical disconnect.

COLLISION, CRUSHING, AND PINCH HAZARDS—Serious bodily injury or death can result to personnel in proximity to machinery/systems that traverse, elevate, extend, pivot, and/or tilt. The following mandatory mini- mum safety requirements must be installed with the machinery system:

☞Safety fence inclosing machine movement areas,

☞Lockable electric interlocks on all gates, properly interfaced as shown on ma- chine schematics, to disable machine movement when any gate is opened,

☞Signs to alert personnel to these hazards, placed prominently around the fenced area.

☞Local codes may require additional precautions.

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