Elmo Rietschle V-VTE 3/6/8/10 - Manual (Page 14)

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Installation
5 Installation
5.1 Preparing for installation
Check the following points:
• Machine freely accessible from all sides
• Do not close ventilation grids and holes
• Suffi cient room for installing and removing pipes
and for maintenance work, particularly for install-
ing and dismantling the machine
• No external vibration effect
• Do not suck any hot exhaust air from other ma-
chines into the cooling system.
There must be a minimum space of 20 cm in front of the housing cover ( Fig. 1/ b) for servicing.
The cooling air entries ( Fig. 1/ E) and the cooling air exits ( Fig. 1/ F) must have a minimum distance
of 8 cm from any obstruction. The discharged cooling air must not be recirculated.
5.2 Installation
NOTICE
The machine may only be operated when it is
set up horizontally.
Other installation on request.
Material damage resulting from the machine
tipping over and falling.
When installed at more than 1000 m above sea
level a reduction in power is noticeable. In this
case we would ask you to contact us.
Ensure that the foundation complies with the follow-
ing conditions:
• Level and straight
• The bearing surface must be able to bear the
weight of the machine
It must be possible to install the machine on a fi rm foundation without anchoring. When installing
on a substructure we recommend fi xing with fl exible buffers.