Safety Regulations; Description Of Puma - Cormach PUMA Manuel D'utilisation Et D'entretien

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SAFETY REGULATIONS

The equipment is intended for professional use only.
WARNING
Only one operator may work on the equipment at a time.
WARNING
Failure to comply with the instructions and danger warn-
ings may cause serious injury to operators and to others
in the vicinity. Before powering up the machine, read and
ensure you understand all the danger, warning and atten-
tion notices in this manual.
This machine must be used only by qualiied and authorised
personnel. A qualiied operator is construed as a person who
has read and understood the manufacturer s instructions, is
suitably trained, and is conversant with safety and adjustment
procedures to be adhered to during operations. Operators must
not use the machine under the inluence of alcohol or drugs
which may affect their capacity.
The operator must, in all cases:
- Be able to read and understand all the information in this
manual.
- Have a thorough knowledge of the capabilities of this ma-
chine.
- Keep unauthorised persons well clear of the area of opera-
tions.
- Make sure the machine has been installed in compliance
with all relevant regulations and legislation.
- Make sure that all machine operators are suitably trained,
that they are capable of using the equipment correctly and
that they are adequately supervised.
- Never leave nuts, bolts, tools or other equipment on the
equipment; they may become entrapped between moving
parts.
- Not touch power lines or the inside of electric motors or
other electrical equipment until the power supply has been
disconnected.
- Read this manual carefully and learn how to use the machine
correctly and safely.
- Always keep this operator s manual in an easily accessible
place and consult it whenever necessary.
WARNING
Do not remove or deface the Danger, Warning or Instruc-
tion decals. Replace any missing or illegible decals. If
one or more decals have been detached or damaged,
replacements can be obtained from your nearest dealer.
- When using and carrying out maintenance on the machine,
observe the standardised industrial accident prevention
regulations for high voltages.
- Unauthorised alterations or changes to the machine relieve
the constructor of all liability for any consequent damage
or accidents. Speciically, tampering with or removing the
safety devices is a breach of the regulations for safety in
the workplace.
- The user must wear personal protection equipment such
as gloves, safety footwear and goggles.
WARNING
When operating or servicing equipment tie back long hair
and do not wear loose-itting clothes, ties, necklaces,
rings or wristwatches which could become entrapped
by moving parts.

DESCRIPTION OF PUMA

The PUMA is a universal electro-pneumatic tyre changer for
car, off-road vehicle and van wheels.
It is designed to work effectively on:
- Conventional wheels;
- Reverse rim wheels or wheels without central well - (using
optional kit);
- Runlat tyres with reinforced sidewall - runlat tyres with
internal support*.
* WARNING: Special working procedures have been specii-
cally studied for these wheels systems.
N.B. Clamping and/or demounting wheels in the vintage car category (cars
out of production for more than 30 years) and some types of rally wheels and
wheels of cars approved only for off-road use may be difficult and occasionally
even impossible.
The PUMA allows extremely easy bead breaking, demount-
ing and mounting of any type of tyre in the aforesaid catego-
ries having rim diameter from 12" to 30 ".
In all stages, the PUMA works with the wheel horizontal,
clamped and perfectly centred on the turntable.
Wheel loading and unloading operations are simpliied by
an ergonomic wheel lift (optional kit) which reduces the op-
erator effort required.
The key feature of the PUMA is the elimination of the bead
lifter lever.
Its absolutely innovative operating principle comprises:
- An effective system which clamps the wheel by means
of its central well (an optional clamping kit is available for
closed centre rims). This clamping system, manual in
the basic version or pneumatic in the optional versions,
allows the wheel to be centred and clamped using a
simple handle, supporting a cone. Moreover, since the
wheel rests on the contact zone only, breaking the bead
on the underside with the wheel in the horizontal working
position becomes much easier.
- A pneumatic bead breaker unit comprising a single arm
itted with the tilting bead breaker disc. This arm, with
vertical travel, has two-way swing. The disc is placed
on the top edge of the rim by hand, and once it has been
clamped in position the 180° swinging movement also
allows perfect positioning on the bottom edge. Bead
breaking is assured and simpliied by the manually oper-
ated controlled-penetration disc movement.
- A mount/demount head installed on a mobile arm which
swings out to the side. The mount/demount head consists
of one ixed supporting element used for mounting and
another, mobile element, hinged onto the ixed part, which
allows optimal demounting of the tyre without the use of
the bead lifter lever*
* In a very few cases, a manual "help" accessory supplied as standard may
be of use in simplifying demounting where excessive lubricant has been ap-
plied and/or where tyres are combined with unusual rims (see fig. 34).
- A pedal-controlled pneumatically operated wheel lift (op-
tional) which loads and unloads the wheel to and from
the working position
The PUMA also achieves the following:
- Reduced physical effort on the part of the operator
- No risk of damage to rim and tyre
Each machine carries a nameplate 19 ig. 5 with its identiica-
tion data and some technical data.
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