Specific Safety Rules - Mafell ZSX Ec 260 HM Operating/Safety Instructions Manual

3.4 Specific safety rules

Sawing method
- Ensure that you stand in an unobstructed and non-slip area with adequate lighting.
- Always pull out the power plug before you change tools, make adjustments, or eliminate malfunctions (this
also includes removing trapped chips).
- Never work on workpieces that are too small or too large for the machine capacity.
- Whenever possible, secure the workpiece, for example with screw clamps, against swinging away, slipping,
tipping over or bobbing up.
- Use only genuine MAFELL saw chains. Commercially available saw chains are not suitable for this machine.
After each chain change, check to ensure that the chain tension is correct.
- Never remove the riving knife/splitter, including the guard sheet for the lower chain deflection.
- The machine may only be operated by one single person.
- During work, the base plate of the machine must rest on the workpiece.
- Prior to starting work, ensure that there is enough oil for the chain lubrication in the tank and that chain
lubrication is working.
- Hold the machine tight and support it before you switch it on. This requires rail and chain to be unobstructed.
Do not start cutting the workpiece before the saw chain has reached its full rotational speed. Ensure that you
stand securely.
- Never clamp the switch.
- Never reach under the base plate or into the chip ejector while you are sawing.
- Never transport the machine when the saw chain is running.
- Ensure that the running chain only comes into contact with the workpiece, never with other objects.
- Remove the cover on the chain sprocket only to change the tool. Replace it immediately afterward. Never
remove it while the machine is running.
- The machine cannot be connected to an exhaust system. Consequently, it may only be used outdoors or in
adequately ventilated rooms.
- Never change the initial cutting direction forcibly. Guide the saw such that the pressure does not cause the
chain to stop.
- Check the workpiece for foreign bodies. Never saw into metal parts, such as nails.
- While you are sawing, ensure that the connecting cable always runs towards the rear, away from the
machine.
- Pull out the power plug immediately if a connecting cable is damaged or cut.
- Adjust the sawing feed rate to the material thickness. Advancing too quickly will overload the motor, results
in improper saw cuts, and causes the saw chain to be blunt more quickly.
- Do not remove the machine from the workpiece before the saw chain has stopped. This happens very
quickly due to the integrated brake.
- Do not operate the machine with bent or damaged riving knife.
- Ensure that the handles are free from chain oil.
- Keep the area under the workpiece free of obstacles. At the same time, pay attention to the machine's large
pivoting range.
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ZSX Ec
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