Stihl MSE 250 C Instruction Manual page 15

designed to reduce the risk of kickback
injury. Other saw chains are designed to
achieve higher cutting performance or
sharpening ease, but in turn are more
prone to kickback.
STIHL has developed a color code
system to help you identify the STIHL
reduced kickback bars and low kickback
saw chains. Cutting attachments with
green warning labels on the packaging
are designed to reduce the risk of
kickback injury. The matching of green
marked or labeled chain saws with
green labeled bars and green labeled
saw chains gives compliance with the
computed kickback angle requirements
of the chain saw standards when the
products are in their original condition.
Products with yellow labels are for users
with extraordinary cutting needs, having
experience and specialized training for
dealing with kickback.
STIHL recommends the use of its green
labeled reduced kickback bars, green
labeled low kickback saw chains and a
chain saw equipped with a STIHL
Quickstop chain brake for both
experienced and inexperienced chain
saw users.
Please ask your STIHL dealer to
properly match your chain saw with the
appropriate bar/saw chain combination
to reduce the risk of kickback injury.
Green labeled bars and saw chains are
recommended for all chain saws. See
your "STIHL Bar and Chain Information"
leaflet for details.
WARNING
Use of other, non-listed bar/saw chain
combinations may increase kickback
forces and increase the risk of kickback
MSE 250 C
injury. New bar/saw chain combinations
may be developed after publication of
this literature, which will, in combination
with certain electric chain saws, comply
with the chain saw standards as well.
Check with your STIHL dealer for such
combinations.
WARNING
Reduced kickback bars and low
kickback saw chains do not prevent
kickback, but they are designed to
reduce the risk of kickback injury. They
are available from your STIHL dealer.
WARNING
Even if your saw is equipped with a
Quickstop, a reduced kickback bar
and/or low kickback saw chain, this does
not eliminate the risk of injury by
kickback. Therefore, always observe all
safety precautions to avoid kickback
situations.
Low Kickback Saw Chain
Some types of saw chains have
specially designed components to
reduce the force of nose contact
kickback. STIHL has developed low
kickback saw chains for your chain saw.
A "low kickback saw chain" is a saw
chain that has met the kickback
performance requirements of
ANSI/OPEI B175.1-2012 when tested
according to the provisions specified in
ANSI/OPEI B175.1-2012.
WARNING
There are potential chain saw and bar
combinations with which low kickback
saw chains can be used which have not
been specifically certified to comply with
the 45° computer derived kickback
angle of the chain saw standards. Some
low kickback saw chains have not been
tested with all chain saw and bar
combinations.
WARNING
A blunt or incorrectly sharpened saw
chain may reduce or negate the effects
of the design features intended to
reduce kickback energy. Improper
lowering or sharpening of the depth
gauges as well as changing the shape of
the cutters may increase the risk and the
energy of kickback. Always cut with a
properly sharpened saw chain.
Reduced Kickback Bars
STIHL green labeled reduced kickback
bars are designed to reduce the risk of
kickback injury when used with STIHL
green labeled low kickback saw chains.
WARNING
When used with other, more aggressive
saw chains, these bars may be less
effective in reducing kickback.
WARNING
For a properly balanced saw and in
order to comply with the chain saw
standards, use only bar lengths listed in
the specifications chapter of the
instruction manual for your chain saw.
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