General Requirements For Operating The Devices - Festo CP Factory Manual

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1.6 General Requirements for Operating the Devices

General requirements for the safe operation of the devices:
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In commercial establishments, the accident prevention regulations of the respective country must be
observed.
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The laboratory or classroom must be supervised by a person in charge of the work.
- A person responsible for work is a qualified electrician or an instructed electrician person with
knowledge of safety requirements and safety regulations with recorded instruction.
The laboratory or classroom must be equipped with the following facilities:
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There must be an EMERGENCY STOP device
- within, and at least one Emergency Stop outside the laboratory or classroom.
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The laboratory or classroom is to be protected against unauthorized switching on of the operating
voltage or compressed air supply:
- for example: key switch
- for example: lockable on-off valves.
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The laboratory or classroom must be protected by residual current devices (RCD).
- RCCB with differential current ≤ 30 mA, type B.
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The laboratory or classroom must be protected by overcurrent protection devices,
- fuses or circuit breakers
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The laboratory or classroom must be supervised by a person in charge of the work.
- A person responsible for work is a qualified electrician or an instructed electrician person with
knowledge of safety requirements and safety regulations with recorded instruction.
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Do not use devices with damage or defects.
- Damaged equipment must be locked and removed from the laboratory or classroom.
- Damaged connecting cables, compressed air hoses and hydraulic hoses are stopped.
Security risks must be removed from the laboratory or classroom.
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