Safety; Personnel Qualification; Operating Manual - Binder VDL Series Operating Manual

Dear customer,
For the correct operation of the VDL vacuum drying oven, it is important that you read this operating
manual completely and carefully and observe all instructions as indicated. Failure to read, understand
and follow the instructions may result in personal injury. It can also lead to damage to the chamber and/or
poor equipment performance.
1.

Safety

1.1

Personnel Qualification

The chamber must only be installed, tested, and started up by personnel qualified for assembly, startup,
and operation of the chamber with additional skills in explosion protection (ATEX). Qualified personnel
are persons whose professional education, knowledge, experience and knowledge of relevant standards
allow them to assess, carry out, and identify any potential hazards in the work assigned to them. They
must have been trained and instructed, and be authorized, to work on the chamber. This includes a basic
knowledge of explosion protection (ATEX training), instruction based on the risk assessment by the oper-
ator (chap. 2.2) and knowledge of the Operating Instruction by the operator.
The device shall only be operated by laboratory personnel especially trained for this purpose and familiar
with all precautionary measures required for working acc. to ATEX Directive 2014/37/EU. Observe the
national regulations on minimum age of laboratory personnel.
1.2

Operating manual

This operating manual is part of the components of delivery. Always keep it handy for reference in the
vicinity of the chamber. If selling the unit, hand over the operating manual to the purchaser.
To avoid injuries and property damage observe the safety instructions of the operating manual. Failure to
follow instructions and safety precautions can lead to significant risks and to the loss of explosion protec-
tion.
Explosion hazard due to failure to observe the instructions and safety precautions.
Serious injuries and chamber damage. Risk of death.
 Observe the safety instructions in this Operating Manual.
 Follow the operating procedures in this Operating Manual.
 Carefully read the complete operating instructions of the chamber prior to installing and
using the chamber.
 Keep the operating manual for future reference.
Make sure that all persons who use the chamber and its associated work equipment have
read and understood the Operating Manual.
This Operating Manual is supplemented and updated as needed. Always use the most recent version of
the Operating Manual. When in doubt, call the BINDER Service Hotline for information on the up-to-
dateness and validity of this Operating Manual.
VDL (E3.1) 06/2020
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