AEC OFC Series - Manual (Page 11)

Extrusion Control & Extruder Monitor Units Chapter 1: Safety 10
Operator Responsibility
The operator’s responsibility does not end with efficient production. The operator usually has
the most daily contact with the equipment and intimately knows its capabilities and
limitations.
Plant and personnel safety is sometimes forgotten in the desire to meet incentive rates, or
through a casual attitude toward machinery formed over a period of months or years. Your
employer probably has established a set of safety rules in your workplace. Those rules, this
manual, or any other safety information will not keep you from being injured while operating
your equipment.
Learn and always use safe operation. Cooperate with co-workers to promote safe practices.
Immediately report any potentially dangerous situation to your supervisor or appropriate
person.
REMEMBER:
• NEVER place your hands or any part of your body in any dangerous location.
• NEVER operate, service, or adjust the extrusion control or extruder monitor unit
without appropriate training and first reading and understanding this manual.
• NEVER try to pull material out of the extrusion control or extruder monitor unit with
your hands while it is running!
• Before you start the extrusion control or extruder monitor unit check the following:
• Remove all tools from the unit;
• Be sure no objects (tools, nuts, bolts, clamps, bars) are laying in the
hopper area;
• If your extrusion control or extruder monitor unit has been inoperative or unattended,
check all settings before starting the unit.
• At the beginning of your shift and after breaks, verify that the controls and other
auxiliary equipment are functioning properly.
• Keep all safety guards in place and in good repair. NEVER attempt to bypass, modify,
or remove safety guards. Such alteration is not only unsafe, but will void the warranty
on your equipment.
• When changing control settings to perform a different mode of operation, be sure
selector switches are correctly positioned. Locking selector switches should only be
adjusted by authorized personnel and the keys removed after setting.
• Report the following occurrences IMMEDIATELY:
• unsafe operation or condition
• unusual extrusion control or extruder monitor unit action
• leakage
• improper maintenance
• NEVER stand or sit where you could slip or stumble into the
extrusion control or extruder monitor unit while working on it.