EBARA 3SF Supplementary User Instructions page 6

USE AND MAINTENANCE INSTRUCTIONS
MANUAL
TO BE KEPT BY THE USER
1. MANUFACTURER AND
ELECTRO PUMP
IDENTIFICATION DATA
1.1 MANUFACTURER DATA
EBARA PUMPS EUROPE S.p.A.
Head office and factory
Via Pacinotti, 32
30
36040 BRENDOLA (VI) ITALIA 38023 CLES (TN) ITALIA
Telephone: 0444/706811
Telefax: 0444/706950
Telex: 480536
1.2. PUMP DATA
Description:
3SF-3LSF-3PF-3LPF PUMPS WITH ATEX 94/9/
CE CONFORMITY
Model:
3SF-3LSF-3PF-3LPF
Year of manufacture:
SEE PLATE ON THE PUMPE
2. INTRODUCTION
These safety instructions refer to the installation,
operation and maintenance of 3SF, 3LSF, 3PFand
3LPF pumps (supplied without motor) for use in
areas with potentially explosive atmospheres.
Combined unit (motor+plus) is in accordance
with the ATEX Directive just when the pump and
the relative motor are approved ATEX.
Otherwise the unit can not be used in areas
where it is present the danger of explosions.
NOTE
These instructions must be followed, together with
the warnings given in the pump user manual.
Danger situations can arise if the pump is installed
incorrectly, therefore it can no longer be conside-
red as ideal for use in areas where the danger of
explosion exists.
6 – 3SF-3LSF-3PF-3LPF
Legal office
Via Campo Sportivo,
Telephone: 0463/660411
Telefax: 0463/422782
Our 3SF, 3LSF, 3PF, 3LPF product should only
be assembled by qualified and authorised per-
sonnel. The personnel in charge of assembly and
maintenance must be instructed and have suitable
training regarding potentially explosive areas.
Pump use and maintenance operations must re-
spect the connection indications, norms and regu-
lations that follow.
These regulations must be made known and avai-
lable to those who use the product.
3. INDEX
1. MANUFACTURER AND ELECTRO
-PUMP IDENTIFICATION DATA
2. INTRODUCTION
3. INDEX
4. PUMP INSTALLATION
5. PLATE DATA REGARDING SAFETY page 7
6. EARTH CONNECTIONS
7. INSTALLATION
8. MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS
9. DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY
4. PUMP INSTALLATION
4.1. SUITABILITY OF THE PUMP IN THE
INSTALLATION AREA
If the pump is used in areas where the danger of
explosion exists, make sure it is suitable for area
classification and the characteristics of the flam-
mable substances present in the plant.
The essential safety requisites against the risk of
explosion in classified areas are dictated by the
94/9/CE European directive dated 23 March 1994
(regarding apparatus) and the 1999/92/CE direc-
tive dated 16 December 1999 (regarding plants).
The classification criteria of areas where the risk of
explosion exists are dictated by the EN 60079-10
and EN 1127-1 norms.
4.2. AREAS WHERE GAS, VAPOUR OR FLAM-
MABLE CLOUDS ARE PRESENT
According to technical and legal dispositions, the
following factors must be taken into consideration
when selecting the type of pump to be used:
- Group classification: mines (group I), surface
systems (group II);
- Area classification: 0, 1, 2 (for which apparatuses
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