MTS Insight Material Testing Systems - Manual (Page 32)

32 Safety
Stay alert
Avoid long periods of work without adequate rest. In addition, avoid long periods
of repetitious, unvarying, or monotonous work because these conditions can
contribute to accidents and hazardous situations. If you are too familiar with the
work environment, it is easy to overlook potential hazards that exist in that
environment.
Stay clear of moving
equipment/avoid crush
points
Stay clear of mechanical linkages, connecting cables, and hoses that move
because you can get pinched, crushed, tangled, or dragged along with the
equipment. High forces generated by the system can pinch, cut, or crush anything
in the path of the equipment and cause serious injury. Stay clear of any potential
crush points. Most test systems can produce sudden, high-force motion. Never
assume that your reactions are fast enough to allow you to escape injury when a
system fails.
Know the causes of
unexpected crosshead
motions
The high force and velocity capabilities of MTS systems can be destructive and
dangerous (especially if crosshead motion is unexpected). The most likely causes
of unexpected crosshead response are operator error and equipment failure due to
damage or abuse (such as broken, cut, or crushed cables and hoses; shorted wires;
overstressed feedback devices; and damaged components within the control
loop). Eliminate any condition that could cause unexpected crosshead motion.
Do not use RF
transmitters
Keep radio frequency (RF) transmitters away from the workstation computers,
remote terminals, and electronics consoles. Intense RF fields can cause erratic
operation of the more sensitive circuits in the system.
Hazard Labels
The following hazard labels and icons are located on the MTS Insight Test
Frame.
Identification
Moving parts present
Flying objects
Phase:
Frequency: 50/60 Hz
Model Name:
Model Number:
Force Capacity:
Voltage:
Serial Number:
Power:
MTS Part Number:
Assembled
in the
United
Kingdom
Material Testing System
MTS Systems Corporation
14000 Technology Drive
Eden Prairie, MN U.S.A. 55344
PN 700-003-094
Date of Manufacture: