PDWS 125 A1
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Special safety instructions for
grinding and abrasive cutting
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Use only the grinding accessories approved for
your compressed air tool and the appropriate
protective cover for these grinding tools. Grind-
ing tools which are not designed for the com-
pressed air tool can not be sufficiently shielded
and are unsafe.
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Cranked grinding discs must be fitted so that
their grinding surfaces do not protrude above
the level of the protective cover edge.
An im-
properly mounted grinding disc which protrudes
beyond the edge of the protective cover cannot
be sufficiently screened.
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The protective cover must be securely fixed
to the compressed air tool and adjusted to
ensure maximum safety so that the smallest
possible amount of the grinding tool is ex-
posed to the operator.
The protective cover is
designed to protect the operator from fragments
and accidental contact with the grinding tool.
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Grinding tools should only be used for the
recommended applications. For example:
Never grind with the side surface of a cut-
ting disc.
Cutting discs are designed to remove
material with the edge of the disc. Any lateral
application of force on these grinding tools can
lead to breakage.
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Always use an undamaged clamping flange
of the correct size and shape for the grind-
ing disc you have selected.
Suitable flanges
support the grinding disc and reduce the risk of
disc breakage. Flanges for cutting discs can be
different to flanges for other grinding discs.
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Do not use worn grinding discs from larger
compressed air tools.
Grinding discs for larger
compressed air tools are not designed for the
higher rotational speeds of smaller compressed
air tools and can break.
Additional special safety instructions
for abrasive cutting
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Avoid cutting disc jams or excessive contact
pressure. Do not make any excessively deep
cuts.
Overloading the cutting disc increases the
stress and likelihood of tilting or jamming and
thus the possibility of kickback or breakage of
the grinding tool.
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Avoid the area in front of and behind the
rotating cutting disc.
When you move the cut-
ting disc away from yourself in the workpiece it
is possible, in the event of a kickback, that the
compressed air tool along with the rotating disc
might be thrown out directly towards you.
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If the cutting disc jams or you stop working,
switch the tool off and hold it steady until the
disc has come to a complete standstill. Never
attempt to pull a rotating cutting disc out of a
cut. This could lead to kickback.
Identify and
remove the cause of the jam.
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Do not switch the compressed air tool back
on while it is in the workpiece. Allow the cut-
ting disc to reach its full speed before you
carefully continue the cut.
Otherwise, the disc
can jam, jump out of the workpiece or cause
kickback.
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Support panels or large workpieces to re-
duce the risk of the cutting disc jamming and
causing a kickback.
Large workpieces can
bend under their own weight. The workpiece
must be supported on both sides of the disc:
both in the vicinity of the cutting disc and also
at the edge.
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Be particularly careful when making "pocket
cuts" into existing walls or other obscured ar-
eas.
The inserted cutting disc may cut into gas
or water pipes, electrical wiring or other objects
that can cause kickback.
Kickback and corresponding safety
instructions
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Kickback is a sudden reaction caused when a
rotating accessory tool catches or jams.
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Catching or jamming causes the rotating acces-
sory tool to stop abruptly.
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