Labconco Protector 50600 User Manual page 34

Chapter 4: Performance Features and Safety Precautions
Safety Precautions
1. It is the responsibility of the user to determine the suitability of this product
for the intended applications. Consult your Safety Officer for application
review.
2. Although the glove box has been engineered to maintain optimum operator
safety, caution should always be used while working. Prior to using the
glove box, check to make sure that the main chamber pressure is set for
comfortable glove manipulation. Changes in glove position will affect
pressure in the glove box.
3. Use good housekeeping in the glove box at all times. Clean up spills
immediately. Periodically clean interior per your standard operating
procedures for the specific chemicals in use.
4. This product is NOT designed or intended to be explosion proof. It is
the responsibility of the user to determine and avoid the lower explosive
limits and flammability of the enclosed gases used within the controlled
atmosphere glove box. The user is responsible for taking proper
precautions to prevent equipment damage or injury due to an explosion or
combustion of chemicals.
5. The use of flammable gases or solvents in the glove box should be limited.
Care must be taken to ensure against the concentration buildup of flammable
or explosive gases. DANGER: The addition of oxygen inside the glove
box must be avoided to prevent explosion, death, or serious injury.
6. Perchloric acid use in this glove box is prohibited.
7. Radioisotope material usage in the glove box should be approved by your
Safety Officer.
8. A qualified certification technician should test the glove box before it is
initially used.
9. The glove box should be recertified at least annually after installation.
10. The use of safety goggles, protective clothing, and any other personal
protective equipment recommended by your Safety Officer should be
observed.
11. The pressure relief bubbler provides protection from over or under
pressurization and should be filtered and/or ducted to the outside if
working with hazardous materials. Consult your Safety Officer. When
operating the transfer chamber gas inlet and vacuum outlet valves, insure
the inner transfer door is closed. Failure to do so can result in the pressure
relief valve opening, thereby, introducing laboratory air into the glove box
main chamber or glove box air into the laboratory. All filters and ducting
are NOT included with the glove box.
12. All powders, gases, and particulates removed by the operation of the
vacuum pumps connected to this glove box are to be filtered and/or
ducted to the outside.
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