Requirements To Be Met By Operating Personnel; Responsibility Of The Owner; Product Use; Intended Use - Memmert IPPeco Operating Manual

Safety
WARNING
2.3

Requirements to be met by Operating Personnel

2.4

Responsibility of the Owner

2.5

Product Use

2.5.1

Intended Use

2.5.2

Improper Use

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Fire hazard when removing heated chamber loads
When removing the heated chamber load from the appliance, it can fall and cause fire
hazards.
– The appliance must not be placed on a surface made of flammable material.
The appliance may only be operated and maintained by persons who are of legal age and
have been instructed accordingly. It is intended to be operated and maintained by trained
personnel employed by the owner.
Repairs may only be performed by qualified electricians. The guidelines in the separate
service manual must be observed.
The owner of the unit
is responsible for the flawless condition of the unit and for operating it in accordance with
■
its intended use;
is responsible for ensuring that persons who operate or service the unit are qualified to do
■
this, have been instructed accordingly and are familiar with these operating instructions;
■ must know the applicable guidelines, requirements and operational safety regulations, and
train staff accordingly;
■ is responsible for ensuring that unauthorised persons cannot access the unit;
■ is responsible for ensuring that the maintenance plan is adhered to and that maintenance
work is properly carried out;
■ has to ensure that the unit and its surroundings are kept clean and tidy, for example
through corresponding instructions and inspections;
■ is responsible for ensuring that personal protective clothing is worn by operating
personnel, e.g. work clothes, safety shoes and protective gloves.
Peltier-cooled incubators IPPeco are intended for the storage of substances and samples,
determination of shelf life as well as for cultivation and incubation in a temperature range
of 0 to 70 °C
Any other use is improper and may result in danger and damage.
The appliance is not explosion-proof (does not comply with the German occupational
health and safety regulation VBG 24). Only materials and substances which cannot form
any toxic or explosive vapours at the set temperature and which cannot explode, burst or
ignite may be put in the appliance.
The appliance must not be used to dry, vaporise or brand materials whose procurement or
constituents pose a risk of fire and/or explosion, especially if the solvents of these
materials could form an explosive mixture when combined with air. If you are not sure
whether a given material has these characteristics, you must not put it in the appliance.
Potentially explosive gas-air mixtures must not be able to form in the working chamber or
in the direct vicinity of the appliance.
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