3. Safety Instructions
This information relates to the possible dangers to the life and health of persons, damage to property, malfunctions in the machine or in
the vicinity as well as to the optimum use of the enclosure.
3.1. For the installation, maintenance and cleaning of the equipment, observe the applicable requirements and stipulations relating to
explosion protection as well as the accident prevention regulations and ensure the equipment is only used for its intended purpose.
3.2. Carefully read through the technical documentation prior to initial operation of the equipment.
3.3. The latest version of the technical documentation or of the corresponding technical supplements shall apply.
3.4. If these operationg instructions are required in another language they can be obtained under the specified address.
3.5. Only have specially trained and authorised persons who are familiar with the equipment install, maintain and clean the equipment.
3.6. The enclosure provides no protection when submerged.
3.7. Suitable measures to protect against condensation water should be implemented.
3.8. The seal should be checked in terms of function and damage and replaced if necessary. Only the genuine seal of the manufacturer
should be used.
3.9. Modifications and conversions to the enclosure must be specifically tested and certified. Surface temperature resp. the temperature
class must be approaised and tested by a certified body.
3.10. These operating instructions are an integral part of the overall operating instructions and refer only to the empty enclosure.
3.11. Two type identification plates are to be used. The type identification plates for the empty enclosure are to be displayed on the inside
in a corner of the cover and of the bottom section of the enclosure. When closing the cover, make sure that a similar orientation of the
name plates so that the cover is always mounted in the same position on the housing base.
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