Operating instructions

MULTIPLE HAZARDS—Failure to maintain machine in proper working order can result in
fatal or serious injury to operators and/or damage to property. DO NOT permit operation
under any of the following circumstances:
☞ Malfunctioning door interlock mechanism.
☞ Malfunctioning limit switches.
☞ Malfunctioning two hand inching.
☞ Any evidence of cylinder damage.
☞ Missing or removed guards, covers, or side panels.
☞ Malfunctioning tilting components, including but not limited to safety limit switches,
electrical interlocks, and operator controls.
☞ If any of these conditions occur:
• The machine makes a sound like skidding automobile tires as it comes out of extract.
• The wash or drain clutch does not disengage or it reengages during extract.
• V-belts jump off at the start of, during, or at the end of extract.
• A strange whining sound occurs at any time during extract.
BURN HAZARD — Machines equipped with heat exchangers and their associ-
ated piping may be hot enough to burn body parts on contact.
☞ Provide safety guards, fences, restraints, or covers as required to isolate hot
surfaces.
ÊAdditional Hazards During Tilting Machine Maintenance
CRUSH/SEVER HAZARD—Tilting mechanisms can crush or sever parts of your
body caught in them.
☞ Install the safety stands before performing maintenance under a tilted ma-
chine.
☞ NEVER test or operate (manually or automatically) any machine function
with any portion of a person’s body under the tilted machine—even if the
safety stands are installed.
CRUSH/SEVER HAZARD—Tilting machines with tilt wheels/cradles may lunge for-
ward or rearward and even fall over if the tilt wheels at the non-tilted end are raised
out of their cradles—killing/injuring personnel and/or damaging property.
☞ NEVER manually tilt (lift) both ends of the machine at the same time. One end must
always be seated in its cradle.
☞ ALWAYS visually inspect the tilt wheels to be sure they are all fully seated in their cra-
dles before each manual tilt up.
☞ Hydraulic valve manual operation must be done by trained competent maintenance per-
sonnel who thoroughly understand the system and all the consequences of manual
operations.
☞ ALWAYS understand beforehand all the consequences of manually operating hydraulic
valves.
☞ NEVER permit operation with malfunctioning tilt limit switches.
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