MTS Acumen Electrodynamic Test System Load Frame User Guide - Manual (Page 15)

• Facility variables (facility variables include the structure, atmosphere, and utilities)
• Unauthorized customer modifications to the equipment
• Operator experience and specialization
• Test specimens
Because of these variables (and the possibility of others), your system can operate under unforeseen
circumstances that can result in an operating environment with unknown hazards.
Improper installation, operation, or maintenance of your system can result in hazardous conditions that can
cause death, personal injury, or damage to the equipment or to the specimen. Common sense and a thorough
knowledge of the system’s operating capabilities can help to determine an appropriate and safe approach to
its operation.
Safety Practices Before System Operation
Before you apply power to the test system, review and complete all of the safety practices that are applicable
to your system. The goal, by doing this, is to improve the safety awareness of all personnel involved with the
system and to maintain, through visual inspections, the integrity of specific system components.
Read all manuals
Study the contents of this manual and the other manuals provided with your system before attempting to
perform any system function for the first time. Procedures that seem relatively simple or intuitively obvious
can require a complete understanding of system operation to avoid unsafe or dangerous situations.
Locate and read hazard placards/labels
Find, read, and follow the hazard placard instructions located on the equipment. These placards are placed
strategically on the equipment to call attention to areas such as known crush points and electrical voltage
hazards.
Locate lockout/tagout points
Know where the lockout/tagout point is for all of the supply energies associated with your system. This includes
the hydraulic, pneumatic, electric, and water supplies (as appropriate) for your system to ensure that the
system is isolated from these energies when required.
Know facility safe procedures
Most facilities have internal procedures and rules regarding safe practices within the facility. Be aware of
these safe practices and incorporate them into your daily operation of the system.
Locate Emergency Stop buttons
Know the location of all the system Emergency Stop buttons so that you can stop the system quickly in an
emergency. Ensure that an Emergency Stop button is located within 2 meters (6 feet) of the operator at all
times.
Know controls
Before you operate the system for the first time, make a trial run through the operating procedures with the
power off. Locate all hardware and software controls and know what their functions are and what adjustments
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