Goulds Pumps 3311 - IOM - Manual (Page 4)

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1.5 Safety instructions relevant to
operation
- If hot or cold machine components involve hazards, the
customer must ensure these components are guarded
against accidental contact.
- Guards for moving parts (e.g. coupling) must not be
removed from the machine while in operation.
- Any leakage of hazardous (e.g. explosive, toxic, hot)
fluids (e.g. from the shaft seal) must be drained away
so as to prevent any risk to personal safety or the
environment. Statutory regulations must be complied
with.
- Hazards resulting from electricity must be prevented.
Local regulations must be complied with.
1.6 Safety instructions relating to
maintenance, inspection and assembly
work
It shall be the plant operator's responsibility to ensure that
all maintenance, inspection and assembly work is
performed by authorized and qualified personnel who
have adequately familiarized themselves with the subject
matter by studying this manual in detail.
Any work on the machine shall only be performed when it
is not operating and has been properly secured from
starting. Always lock out power to the driver before
performing pump maintenance. The procedure for
stopping the machine described in this manual must be
followed.
Pumps which handle hazardous fluids must be
decontaminated.
On completion of work all safety and protective
equipment must be re-installed and made operative again.
Prior to restarting the machine, the instructions listed
under sub-section 6.4 "Checks before first start-up" must
be observed.
1.7 Unauthorized alterations and
production of spare parts
Any modification to the machine is permissible only after
consultation with Gould’s Pumps.
Using genuine spare parts and accessories authorized by
the manufacturer is in the interest of safety. Use of other
parts may exempt the manufacturer from any liability.
1.8 Unauthorized use
Goulds Pumps, inc. will not be liable for any damages or
delay caused by failure to comply with the provisions of
this instruction manual. The pump is not to be operated at
speeds, working pressures, discharge pressures or
temperatures higher than, nor used with liquids other than,
stated in the original order acknowledgement or the
conditions of service for which it was quoted without
written permission from Goulds Pumps.