BUCHI Extraction Unit E-816 HE - Manual (Page 6)

2 Safety
6 E-812/816 Hot Extraction Operation Manual, Version B
2 Safety
This chapter points out the safety concept of the instrument and contains general rules of behavior
and warnings from hazards concerning the use of the product.
The safety of users and personnel can only be ensured if these safety instructions and the safety-
related warnings in the individual chapters are strictly observed and followed. Therefore, the manual
must always be available to all persons performing the tasks described herein.
2 .1 User qualification
The instrument may only be used by laboratory personnel and other persons who on account of
training or professional experience have an overview of the dangers which can develop when
operating the instrument.
Personnel without this training or persons who are currently being trained require careful instruction.
The present Operation Manual serves as the basis for this.
2 .2 Proper use
The instrument has been designed and built for laboratories. It serves for activities associated with fat
extraction.
It is used for:
• Hot extraction with diethyl ether, hexane, petroleum ether and chloroform.
2 .3 Improper use
Applications not mentioned above are improper. Also, applications, which do not comply with the
technical data, are considered improper. The operator bears the sole risk for any damages caused by
such improper use.
The following uses are expressly forbidden:
• Use of the instrument in rooms which require ex-protected instruments.
• Determination of samples, which can explode or inflame (example: explosives, etc.) due to shock,
friction, heat or spark formation.
• Use in overpressure situations.
• Use with other glassware than the original from BUCHI.
• Use with other solvents than diethyl ether, hexane, petroleum ether or chloroform.
• Use with more than the allowed maximum solvent amount (max. 150 ml).
• Use with samples that react with solvent.