Presentation Of Information; Safety Instructions - Aventics SERCOS III Instrucciones De Servicio

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About This Documentation
1.3

Presentation of information

To allow you to begin working with the product quickly and
safely, uniform safety instructions, symbols, terms, and
abbreviations are used in this documentation. For better
understanding, these are explained in the following sections.
1.3.1

Safety instructions

This documentation contains safety instructions before any
steps that involve a risk of personal injury or damage to
property. The measures described to avoid these hazards must
be observed.
Safety instructions are set out as follows:
Hazard type and source
Consequences of non-observance
O
Precautions
W
Warning symbol: draws attention to the hazard
W
Signal word: identifies the degree of hazard
W
Hazard type and source: identifies the hazard type and
source
W
Consequences: describes what occurs when the safety
instructions are not complied with
W
Precautions: states how the hazard can be avoided
Table 2: Hazard classes according to ANSI Z 535.6-2006
Safety sign, signal word
DANGER
WARNING
SIGNAL WORD
Meaning
Indicates a hazardous situation
which, if not avoided, will certainly
result in death or serious injury.
Indicates a hazardous situation
which, if not avoided, could result in
death or serious injury.