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1 DEFINITION
! HAZARD
Hazard
: it adverts to an imminent hazardous situation, which will inflict
death or serious injury, if the operation personnel will not avoid it.
! WARNING
Warning
: it adverts to a possible hazardous situation, which could inflict
death or serious injury, if the operation personnel will not avoid it.
! NOTICE
Notice:
it adverts to a possible hazardous situation, which could inflict
any minor or slight injury, if the operation personnel will not avoid it. The
notice can warn against hazardous practices as well.
Load capacity (Q):
is the maximum permitted weight (working load limit) of a load on the
jack head, by which the jack is possible to be loaded when handling on conditions
specified in this Operation Manual.
Load capacity (Q1):
is the maximum permitted weight (working load limit) of a load on the
rest, by which the jack is possible to be loaded when handling on conditions specified in
this Operation Manual.
2 DEVICE PURPOSE
2.1 The 15-00, 15-00-VK, 15-00-RK, 15-00-VK-RK, 15-01,15-01-VK, 15-01-RK, 15-01-VK-
RK and Z 23 rack jack types with load capacities 2,5t, 5t, 10t, 16t and 20t and type HZ
lifting capacity 5t (hereinafter referred to as jack) is designed entirely for manual raising,
lowering and pushing of free loads in the workplace. The load weight when raising does
not have to exceed specified permitted load capacity.
2.2
The jack by its design meets requirements provided by Directive 98/37/EC of the
European Parliament and of the Council as amended by the Czech technical regulation –
ministerial order No. 24/2003 of the Collection of Laws as amended as well as
requirements of the ČSN EN ISO 12100-1, ČSN EN ISO 12100-2, ČSN EN 1050 and ČSN
EN 1494 harmonized technical standards.
2.3
The jack by its design meets requirements specified for the group I of devices
(mine) category M2 according to the Directive 94/9/EC of the European Parliament and of
the Council as amended by the Czech technical regulation – ministerial order No. 23/2003
of the Collection of Laws as amended as well as requirements of the ČSN EN 13463-1
harmonized technical standard and complies with the conditions for use in „hazardous
atmospheric conditions 2“ environment according to the ČSN EN 1127-2 standard with
the limitation according to the national regulation – CBM (Czech Bureau of Mine)
regulation No.22/89 of Collection of Law § 232 section (1) c) up to 1,5% of mine gas
accumulation.
2.4
The jack by its design meets requirements specified for the group II of devices (non-
mine) category 2 and 3 according to the Directive
94
/9/EC of the European Parliament and
of the Council as amended by the Czech technical regulation – ministerial order No.
23/2003 of the Collection of Laws as amended as well as requirements of the ČSN EN
13463-1 harmonized technical standard and complies with the conditions for use in „zone
1 and zone 21“, „zone 2 and zone 22“ environments according to the ČSN EN 1127-1
standard.
Note: 2.3 and 2.4 articles apply for jack designed for use in the environment with explosion
hazard.
