FlexLink XS (45 мм) Монтаж - Manual (Page 65)

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Start-up and testing
Safety considerations
To eliminate the risk of accidents, it is important to be
aware of certain areas of the conveyor where special
caution is required, during installation, operation and
maintenance. Some areas present a higher danger to
personal safety, and because of this various kinds of
safety devices need to be installed.
• All pinch and shear points as well as other exposed
moving parts that present a hazard to employees at
their workstations or their passageways must be safe-
guarded.
• Cleated conveyor chains are more susceptible of cre-
ating pinch and shear points than plain chain.
• When two or more pieces of equipment are inter-
faced, special attention must be given to the inter-
faced area to ensure proper safeguarding.
• For overhead equipment, guards must be provided if
products may fall off the equipment for some reason.
The same applies to all incline, decline and vertical
conveyors.
Safeguarding can be achieved by:
• Location – locate the hazardous area out of reach of
the personnel involved.
• Guards – mechanical barriers preventing entry into
the hazardous area or protecting against falling
goods.
• Control devices – machine controls preventing or
interrupting hazardous conditions.
• Warnings – instructions, warning labels, or sound or
light signals, alerting on hazardous conditions. Warn-
ings shall be used when other means of safeguarding
will impair the function of the installation.
Caution:
It must be difficult to bypass or inactivate
safeguards during operation!
Safety devices should be designed to min-
imize discomfort or difficulties for opera-
tors.