Presentation Of Information; Safety Instructions - Bosch Rexroth ROTATRAC eGFT 8000 10 Series Manual

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Bosch Rexroth AG, ROTATRAC eGFT 8000 general operating instructions series 10, RE 79088-01-B/02.2019

1.3 Presentation of information

So that you can work with this documentation fast and with certainty when using
your planetary gearbox, uniform safety instructions, icons, terminology and
abbreviations are being used. For better understanding, these are explained in the
following sections.

1.3.1 Safety instructions

In this documentation, safety notes are located in chapter 2.6 "Product and
technology-dependent safety instructions" and in chapter 3 "General information
concerning damage to property and product damages", as well as before any
sequence of actions, or sequence of instructions, where there is a danger of damage
to persons or property. The measures described for avoiding hazards must be
observed.
The safety instructions are structured as follows:
Type and source of danger
Consequences in the case of non-compliance
 Measures for danger aversion
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• Warning symbol: draws attention to the danger
• Signal word: identifies the degree of the danger
• Type and source of danger: identifies the type and source of danger
• Consequences: describes what occurs if the safety instructions are not complied
with
• Precautions: states how the danger can be avoided.
Table 2 Danger categories according to ANSI Z535.6
Warning symbol, signal word
DANGER
WARNING
CAUTION
NOTE
SIGNAL WORD
Meaning
identifies a dangerous situation where death or serious
personal injury will result if it is not avoided
identifies a dangerous situation where death or serious
personal injury may result if it is not avoided
identifies a dangerous situation where mild to medium
personal injury will result if it is not avoided
identifies damage to property: The product or the
environment can get damaged.