General Precautions - Zeiss CONTURA Operating Instructions Manual

Home position
After start-up, travel movements may only be carried out to a limited ex-
tent using the joysticks located on the control console. Cause: No end
positions of the axes have been defined yet. Possible consequences:
Danger to personnel and damage to the CMM.
CAUTION
Risk of injury if the travel movement exceeds the end posi-
tions.
Crushing and severing body parts.
Damage to the CMM.
ü Before performing unlimited travel movements, the end positions
must have been defined.
— After start-up, first perform a homing run.
After this, travel movements can be performed without restrictions us-
ing the joysticks.
Suitable clothing
Certain work on the CMM presents a risk of injury caused by unsuitable
clothing. This applies particularly to the loading of the measuring table
and the workpiece set-up on the measuring table.
CAUTION
Risk of injury caused by heavy, sharp-edged workpieces.
Tearing of fingers and crushing of feet.
— Wear safety shoes.
— Wear safety gloves.

General precautions

Delimiting the working area
The working area around the CMM should be delimited with regard to
conduct routes.
The working area may be delimited as follows:
– Floor marking
– Barrier tape, especially in the case of automatic measurement runs.
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Safe operation of the CMM
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