FlexLink WL322 (322 мм) Монтаж - Manual (Page 35)

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12 Start-up and testing
12.1 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, oper-
ation and maintenance. Some areas present a higher danger to personal
safety, and because of this various kinds of safety devices need to be in-
stalled.
• 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 safeguarded.
• Cleated conveyor chains are more susceptible of creating pinch
and shear points than plain chain.
• When two or more pieces of equipment are interfaced, special at-
tention must be given to the interfaced area to ensure proper safe-
guarding.
• 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 person-
nel involved.
• Guards – mechanical barriers preventing entry into the hazardous
area or protecting against falling goods.
• Control devices – machine controls preventing or interrupting haz-
ardous conditions.
• Warnings – instructions, warning labels, or sound or light signals,
alerting on hazardous conditions. Warnings shall be used when
other means of safeguarding will impair the function of the instal-
lation.
Caution:
It must be difficult to bypass or inactivate safeguards during operation!
Safety devices should be designed to minimize discomfort or difficulties for operators.