Use According To Intended Purpose; Residual Risks; Safety Instructions - Mafell PSS 3100 SE Original Operating Instructions And Spare Parts List

2.7 Use according to intended purpose

The MAFELL board sawing system PSS 3100 SE is
exclusively intended for cutting the following
materials:
- Solid wood
- Uncoated and coated chip boards, solid wood
boards and multiplex boards
- MDF-, HDF- and OSB boards
- HP-laminate
- Gypsum fibre boards
- Cement-bonded boards
- Fibre cement boards in conjunction with a diamond
saw blade
The maximum workpiece thickness may not exceed
45 mm. Use approved saw blades according to EN
847-1.
Any other use than described above is not
permissible. The manufacturer cannot be held liable
for any damage arising from such other use.
So as to use the machine as intended, comply with
the operating, maintenance and repair instructions
specified by Mafell.

2.8 Residual risks

Danger
Even if used in accordance with its
intended purpose and despite
conforming with the safety
instructions, residual risks caused
by the intended use will always
remain.
Residual risks
- Touching the saw blade projecting below the guide
rail in home position at the start of a cut.
- Touching the part of the saw blade projecting
below the workpiece during cutting and at the end
of the cut if the slide bar is not correctly set for
automatically lifting into rest position.
- Tilting of the machine if the projecting guide rail is
not sufficiently supported behind the workpiece to
be cut.
- Touching of turning parts from the side: saw blade
body, clamping flange and flange screw.
- Breakage of the saw blade and risk of the blade or
pieces of the blade being hurled away.
- Touching live parts with the housing open and the
mains plug not removed.
- Injuries caused by the sharp saw blade teeth while
exchanging the saw blade.
- Hearing impairment in case of longer lasting work
without ear protectors. Emission of wood dusts that
are hazardous to health in case of longer lasting
operation without dust extraction.
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Safety instructions

Danger
Always observe the following safety
instructions and the safety
regulations applicable in the
respective country of use!
General instructions:
- Children and adolescents must not operate this
machine. This rule does not apply to young
persons receiving training and being supervised by
an expert.
- Never work without the protection devices
prescribed for the respective operating sequence
and do not make any changes to the machine that
could impair safety.
- When operating the machine outdoors, use of an
earth-leakage circuit-breaker is recommended.
- Damaged cables or plugs must be immediately
replaced.
- Avoid sharp bends in the cable. Especially when
transporting and storing the machine, do not wind
the cable around the machine.
Do not use:
- Cracked and misshapen saw blades.
- Saw blades made of high speed steel (HSS saw
blades).
- Blunt saw blades as they impose an excessive
load on the motor.
- Saw blades with a basic body with a thickness
greater than, or a cutting width (setting) less than,
the thickness of the riving knife / splitter.
- Saw blades which are not suitable for the saw
blade's idling speed.
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