SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
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1.4 Regulations in these instructions
WARNING
Failure to observe the instructions
Risk of fatal injuries
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Do not start or use the tube lifter until you have read and understood the
operating and maintenance instructions.
These operating and maintenance instructions are an integral part of the tube lifter. They must
accompany it wherever it is transported.
These operating and maintenance instructions are specific to the items included in delivery from
Schmalz. They do not take into account any modifications to the tube lifter made by the customer,
which are strictly prohibited.
These operating instructions do not include the suspension of the tube lifter (crane systems, column-
mounted jib cranes, etc.).
1.5 General safety instructions
1.5.1 Explosion protection
DANGER
Ignition sources
Risk of explosion
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When used in potentially explosive atmospheres:
Preclude possible ignition sources (e.g. hot surfaces, open flames, hot
gases or liquids, mechanically produced sparks, adiabatic compression,
shock waves, exothermic chemical reactions, thermal reactions, the
spontaneous combustion of dust, electric arcs or the discharge of static
electricity or propagating brush discharges).
Ensure that no explosive media can be picked up.
Never allow the lifting device to be hit with force (spark discharge).
Never strike the lifting device with objects or tools (spark discharge).
DANGER
Creation of an explosive atmosphere
Risk of explosion
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Use only bags with an inner liner made from plastic to prevent the bags from
ripping. If any bag rips, switch off and clean the vacuum generator
immediately.