Safety; Intended Use; General Safety Instructions; Qualified Personnel - Festo Fluidic Muscle DMSP 5 Instrucciones De Utilizacion

DMSP/MAS
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Safety

2.1

Intended use

The fluidic muscle DMSP/MAS is intended for the following use:
– lifting and lowering of loads
– vibration and shaking applications
– transmission of force (e.g. clamping of two plates)
– use as pneumatic spring
The DMSP/MAS is a pure tensile actuator that has no internal guide. The tensile force is maximum at the
start of the contraction and then declines to zero with the stroke in a degressive manner. The expansion in
the peripheral direction cannot be used for clamping tasks, since the friction can cause damage to the dia­
phragm.
The product is used for rough positioning of payloads in combination with tools or as a drive when ex­
ternal guides are used.
The product is not approved for operating conditions in which vegetable and water-soluble greases or
oils can penetrate.
2.2

General safety instructions

Warning
People can be injured by the sudden release of pneumatic forces or catapulted compon­
ents.
• Take the great potential energy into account with all work on the pressurized
DMSP/MAS. A sudden release of this energy (e.g. through bursting of the contract­
ing diaphragm due to incorrectly stressing it) can fling individual parts of the
DMSP/MAS with very great acceleration.
• Take into consideration the legal regulations for the respective location.
• Only use the product if it is in its original status and in an excellent technical status.
• Use the product only within the defined values (è 13 Technical data and 14 Characteristic curves).
• Do not make any unauthorised modifications to the product.
• Take into consideration the ambient conditions at the location of use.
2.3

Qualified personnel

Only qualified personnel may perform installation, commissioning, maintenance and disassembly of the
product. The qualified personnel must be familiar with installation of pneumatic systems.
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