Flex RE 16-5 115 Instrucciones De Funcionamiento Originales página 18

 Never leave the power tool running while
carrying it. Your clothing could be caught
through accidental contact with the rotating
tool/attachment and the tool/attachment
could cut into your skin.
 Clean the ventilation slots of the power tool
regularly. The motor fan draws dust into the
housing and a heavy build-up of metal dust
could pose an electrical hazard.
 Do not use the power tool in the vicinity of
combustible materials. Sparks could set
these materials alight.
 Do not use tools/attachments that require
liquid coolant. The use of water or other
liquid coolants could cause electric shock.
Special safety notices for sanding:
 Only use abrasives approved for your
power tool and the protective hood
designed for these abrasives. Abrasives
that are not designed for the power tool
cannot be adequately shielded and are
unsafe.
 The protective hood must be attached
securely to the power tool and adjusted in
such a way that the highest level of safety
is achieved, i.e. the smallest amount of
abrasive is exposed to the person
operating the tool. The protective hood
should protect the user from fragments and
accidental contact with the abrasive.
 Abrasives may only be used for the
recommended applications.
For example: Never sand with the side of a
diamond sanding plate. Diamond sanding
plates are designed to abrade material with
the underside of the sanding plate. Force
imparted on the side could cause
disintegration of the abrasive plate.
 Only ever use undamaged clamping
flanges of the correct size and shape for the
selected tool/attachment. Suitable flanges
support the tool/attachment and in doing so
reduce the risk of breakage.
 Do not use worn tools/attachments from
larger power tools. Tools/attachments from
larger power tools are not designed for the
higher speeds of smaller power tools and
could break.
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Kickback and related safety notices
Kickback is the sudden reaction to a trapped
or seized rotating tool/attachment, such as a
grinding disc, grinding plate, wire brush and
such like. If these items seize up or become
trapped, the rotating attachment will stop
abruptly. This results in an uncontrolled power
tool accelerating against the direction of
rotation of the tool/attachment in the seized
area.
If e.g. a grinding disc becomes trapped or
seized in the workpiece, the edge of the
grinding disc will get caught from cutting into
the workpiece and cause the grinding disc to
disintegrate or the power tool to kick back. The
grinding disc would then move towards or
away from the user depending on the direction
of rotation of the disc in the seized area. This
can cause grinding discs to break as well.
A kickback occurs from incorrect or faulty use
of the power tool. It can be mitigated through
suitable precautions, which are described as
follows.
 Maintain a firm grip with both hands on the
power tool and position your arms in such a
way that kickback forces can be resisted.
Always use the auxiliary handle, if present,
for the highest level of control over kickback
forces or starting torque. The person
operating the tool can master forces from
kickback and starting torque provided
suitable measures are taken.
 Always keep hands away from rotating
tools/attachments. The tool/attachment
could move over your hand during a
kickback.
 Keep your body away from the area in
which the power tool will move in the event
of a kickback. Kickback propels the power
tool in the direction opposite the movement
of the grinding/sanding disc in the seized
area.
 Exercise greater caution when working in
corners, at sharp edges and such like.
Prevent tools/attachments recoiling from
the workpiece and becoming jammed.
The tool/attachment has a tendency to jam
in corners, at sharp edges or when it recoils.
As a result, control could be lost or kickback
caused.
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