Kickback Safety Features; Chain Brake And Cka Angle - Poulan Pro P3314 Instruction Manual

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. Front Hand Guard, designed to reduce the
chance of your lefi hand contacting the charn
rf vour hand sllDs off the front handlebar.
. Position of front and rear lmndlebars. de-
sroned with distance between handles and
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with each other. The spread and "in
line position of the hands provided by thrs
design work together to give balance and re
sistance In controlling the pivot of the saw
back toward the operator if kickback occurs.
C H A I N B R A K E A N D C K A A N G L E
. C h a i n B r a k e , d e s i g n e d t o s t o p t h e c h a i n i n
t h e e v e n t o f k i c k b a c k .
Awanlttllc: wE Do Nor REP,
R E S E N T A N D Y O U S H O U L D N O T A S -
SUN4E THAT THE CHAIN BRAKE WILL
P R O T E C T Y O U I N T H E E V E N T O F A K I C K -
BACK
Krckback is a lightning fast aclton
whrch throws the bar and rotatang chain back
and up toward the operator. Kickback can be
caused bv allowrng contact of the bar tip in the
danger zone w(h any hard object. Kickback
can also b€ caused by prnchrng the saw chaln
along the top of the guide bar. This action may
push the gulde bar rapidly back toward the op-
erator. Efiher of these events may cause you
to lose control of the saw whrch could result in
serious inrurv or even death. DO NOT RELY
U P O N A N Y O F T H E D E V I C E S B U I L T I N T O
Y O U R S A W Y O U S H O U L D U S E T H E S A W
PROPERLY AND CAREFULLY TO AVOID
KICKBACK. Reduced-kickback guide bars
and low-kickback saw chains reduce the
chance and magnrtude o{ kickback and are
recommended. Your saw has a low kickback
chain and bar as original equipment. Repairs
on a chain brake should be made by an autho
rized servicing dealer. Take your unit lo the
olace of ourchase if ourchased from a servic
ing dealer, or to the nearest aulhorized master
servrce oearer.
. llp contact in some cases may cause a light
ning fast reverse REACTION, kicking guide
bar uo and back toward ooeralor.
. Pinching the saw chain along the lop of the
guide bar may push the guide bar rapidly
back toward the operator.
. Either of these reactions mav cause vou to
lose control ol lhe saw whicii could result rn
serious injury. Do not rely exclusively upon
devices built into your saw.
A wnnrutruc: compuled kickback
angle (CKA) listed on your saw and lisled in the
CKA table below represenls angle of kickback
your bar and chain combinations will have
when tesled in accordance with CSA (Cana-
dian Standards Association) and ANSI stan-
dards. When purchasing replacement bar and
chain. considerations should be given to the
lower CKA values. Lower CKA values repre
senl safer angles to the user, higher values in
dicate more angle and higher kick energies.
Computed angles represented indicate total
energy and angle associated without activation
o{ the chain brake during kickback. Activated
angle represents chain stopping tame relative to
actvation angle of chain break and resulting
kick angle ol saw. In all cases lower CKA val
ues represent a sa{er operating environment
for the user.
T h e f o l l o w i n g g u i d e b a r a n d c h a i n c o m b i n a
t i o n s m e e l k i c k b a c k r e q u r r e m e n t s o f C S A
S t a n d a r d s 2 6 2 ] , 2 6 2 . 3 , & A N S I 8 1 7 5 . ' 1
w h e n u s e d o n s a w s l i s t e d i n t h i s m a n u a l .
U s e o f b a r a n d c h a i n c o m b i n a t i o n s o t h e r
t h a n t h o s e l i s t e d i s n o t r e c o m m e n d e d a n d
m a y n o t m e e t t h e C K A r e q u i r e m e n t s p e r
s t a n d a r d .
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