Safety Information; For Your Protection - VWR RV 8 Indicationes De Seguridad

Safety Information

For your protection

• The safety lift operates at power failure and when the device is switched off. It is designed to
raise itself with the glassware attached. Therefore, please note that the lift without glass
assemblies goes up quickly due to the reduced weight.
• Read the operating instructions completely before starting up and follow the safety instructions.
• Keep the operating instructions in a place where they can be accessed by everyone.
• Ensure that only trained staff work with the appliance.
• Follow the safety instructions, guidelines, occupational health and safety and accident prevention
regulations. When working under a vacuum in particular!
• Wear your personal protective equipment in accordance with the hazard category of the medium to be
processed. There may be a risk of:
- splashing liquids,
- body parts, hair, clothing and jewellery getting caught,
- injury as a result of glass breakage.
• Inhalation of or contact with media such as poisonous liquids, gases, spray mist,
vapors, dusts or biological and microbiological materials can be hazardous to user.
• Set up the device in a spacious area on an even, stable, clean, non-slip, dry and fireproof surface.
• Ensure that there is sufficient space above the device as the glass assembly may exceed the height of the
device.
• Prior to each use, always check the device, accessories and especially the glass parts for damage.
Do not use damaged components.
• Ensure that the glass assembly is tension-free! Danger of cracking as a result of:
- stress due to incorrect assembly,
- external mechanical hazards,
- local temperature peaks.
• Ensure that the stand does not start to move due to vibrations respectively unbalance.
• Beware of hazards due to:
- flammable materials,
- combustible media with a low boiling temperature,
- glass breakage.
• Only process and heat media that has a flash point higher than the adjusted safe
• Do not operate the appliance in explosive atmospheres, with hazardous substances or under water.
• Only process media that will not react dangerously to the extra energy produced through processing. This
also applies to any extra energy produced in other ways, e.g. through light irradiation.
temperature limit of the heating bath that has been set. The safe temperature limit of
the heating bath must always be set to at least 25 °C lower than the fire point of the
media used.
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