General Safety Practices; Potential Safety Hazard Areas; Guard Door Interlocks - Stratasys FORTUS 360mc Service Manual

Potential Safety Hazard Areas

The following components and areas of the system are highlighted as potential safety
hazards that may cause system failure or reliability problems if proper safety procedures are
not followed.
Oven
XY Gantry
Z Stage

Guard Door Interlocks

Interlock switches are used to communicate the status of the oven door and the top covers to
the system. For safety reasons, the oven door and top covers must be closed before the X, Y,
and Z motors will operate.

General Safety Practices

Use the following safety practices when working with this system.
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Always wear safety gloves and long sleeves when working inside the
oven. Components are hot! The oven temperature is extremely hot. The
oven heater is controlled by a safety thermal breaker that shuts the
system off the temperature reaches 300° C (572° F). Opening the oven
door shuts the oven heaters off.
Never wear a tie, loose clothing or dangling jewelry when working
around moving components of the system. Beneath the top cover of
the system is the XY Gantry. This area houses the mechanical drive
components of the X and Y axes. Use extreme caution whenever
accessing this area of the system. The servo drive system is extremely
powerful so care must be taken. The servo motors are disabled when
the oven door or top covers are opened. The XY pinch hazard
between the timing belts and pulleys is minimized by locking the hood
while building and disabling the motors when the top hood is open.
Never wear a tie, loose clothing or dangling jewelry when working
around moving components of the system. The Z Stage and Z Stage
servo motor can cause severe injury. The Z Stage crushing hazard is
minimized by locking the door during Z Stage movement and disables
the Z-Motor when the door is open.
Warning: High voltage is present in the system when powered off
and unplugged due to the UPS (Uninterruptible Power Supply).
Warning: Only use an OSHA or CE approved step stool when
accessing the gantry area under the top covers (located at the top of
the system).
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