Explosion Proof Motor Repairs; Warranty Terms - WEG ODP Instrucciones Para La Instalacion Y Mantenimiento

Repair shops and people without WEG's
authorization who will perform any service
on hazardous area motors will be fully
responsible for such service as well as for any
consequential damage.
When performing maintenance, installation or
relubrication, follow these instructions:
 Electric connections must be correctly
locked to avoid resistance-increases, with
consequent contact overheating.
Insulation air-distance

distance between conductors, required by
the Standards, must be respected.
 All screws, used to assemble motor
parts and terminal box, must be completely
screwed.
 Seals and components replacement for
cable entrance would be made using spare
parts, supplied from the manufacturer, in order
to guarantee the original type of protection.
 Explosion Proof motors joint surfaces have
not to be machined and it is not allowed to
insert, between them, any kind of seals, not
foreseen or supplied by the manufacturer.
Joint surfaces have just to be cleaned and, in
order to avoid corrosion or water penetration;
WEG warrants its products against defects in workmanship and materials for eighteen (18)
months from the invoice date issued by the factory, authorized distributor or agent limited to
twenty four (24) months from manufacturing date independent of installation date as long as
the following items are fulfilled accordingly:
- Proper transportation, handling and storage;
- Correct installation based on the specified ambient environmental conditions;
- Operation under motor capacity limits;
- Observation of the periodical maintenance services;
- Repair and/or replacement effected only by personnel duly authorized in writing by WEG;
- The failed product be available to the supplier and/or repair shop for a required period to
detect the cause of the failure and corresponding repair;
- Immediate notice by the purchaser about failures occurred and that these are accepted by
WEG as manufacturing defects.
This warranty does not include disassembly services at the purchaser facilities, transportation
costs with product, tickets, accommodation and meals for technical personnel when
requested by the customer.
The warranty service will be only carried out at WEG Authorized Repair Shops or at WEG's
facilities.
Components whose useful life, under normal use, is shorter than the warranty period are not
covered by these warranty terms.
The repair and/or replacement of parts or components, when affected by WEG and/or any
WEG Authorized Repair Shop, will not give warranty extension.
This constitutes WEG's only warranty in connection with this sale and the company will have
no obligation or liability whatsoever to people, third parties, other equipment or installations,
including without limitation, any claims for consequential damages or labor costs.
they can be oiled by means of a thin coat of
silicon grease.
 Check if all components are free of edges,
knocks or dirt.
 Make sure all parts are in perfect
conditions.
 Lubricate the surfaces of the endshield
fittings with protective oil to make the
assembly easier.
 Use only rubber hammer to fit the parts.
 Check correct bolt fastening.
and surface-
 Use clearance calibrator for correct
connection Terminal box fitting (less than
0.05mm).

8.2.4 Explosion proof motor repairs

Repair of parts, directly involved in the
protection against risk of an explosion, must
be done without any modification to the
original motor design.
After the repair, these parts must be
submitted to a check and test control and
when concluded, the repair shop must issue
a statement about all operations performed
on a specific motor.

9. WARRANTY TERMS

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