Recycling And Disposal; General Disposal Information; Dispose Of Turbopumps - Pfeiffer Vacuum HiPace 800 Operating Instructions Manual

9 Recycling and disposal
Health hazard through poisoning from toxic contaminated components or devices
Toxic process media result in contamination of devices or parts of them. During maintenance work,
there is a risk to health from contact with these poisonous substances. Illegal disposal of toxic sub-
stances causes environmental damage.
► Take suitable safety precautions and prevent health hazards or environmental pollution by toxic
► Decontaminate affected parts before carrying out maintenance work.
► Wear protective equipment.
9.1 General disposal information
Pfeiffer Vacuum products contain materials that you must recycle.
► Dispose of our products according to the following:
► Observe the special precautionary measures when disposing of:
9.2 Dispose of turbopumps
Pfeiffer Vacuum turbopumps contain materials that you must recycle.
1. Remove the complete operating fluid reservoir.
2. Remove the electronic drive unit.
3. Decontaminate components that come into contact with process gases.
4. Separate the components into recyclable materials.
5. Recycle the non-contaminated components.
6. Dispose of the product or components in a safe manner according to locally applicable regula-
WARNING
process media.
Environmental protection
You must dispose of the product and its components in accordance with all applicable reg-
ulations for protecting people, the environment and nature.
● Help to reduce the wastage of natural resources.
● Prevent contamination.
– Iron
– Aluminium
– Copper
– Synthetic
– Electronic components
– Oil and fat, solvent-free
– Fluoroelastomers (FKM)
– Potentially contaminated components that come into contact with media
tions.

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