Safety Instructions - IKA RET control Betriebsanleitung

Safety instructions

• Read the operation instructions in full before starting up
and follow the safety instructions.
• Keep the operation instructions in a place where they can be
accessed by everyone.
General information
• Ensure that only trained staff work with the appliance.
• Follow the safety instructions, guidelines, occupational health
and safety and accident prevention regulations.
• Socket must be earthed (protective ground contact).
• Attention - Magnetism!
ATTENTION
Effects of the magnetic field have to be ta-
ken into account (e.g. data storage media,
cardiac pacemakers ...)
• Risk of burns!
DANGER
Exercise caution when touching the housing
parts and the heating plate. The heating plate
can reach temperatures in excess of 320 °C. Pay
attention to the residual heat after switching off.
The device may only be transported in cold condition!
Device design:
• Do not operate the appliance in explo-
DANGER
sive atmospheres, with hazardous subs-
tances or under water.
• Set up the appliance in a spacious area on an even, stable, clean,
non-slip, dry and fireproof surface.
• The feet of the appliance must be clean and undamaged.
• Ensure that the mains power supply cable does not touch the
heating plate.
• Check the appliance and accessories beforehand for damage
each time you use them. Do not use damaged components.
Permissible medium / contaminants / side reactions
• Attention!
WARNING
Only process and heat up any media that
has a flash point higher than the adjus-
ted safe temperature limit that has been
set (50 to 380 °C).
The safe temperature limit must always be set to at least 25 °C
lower than the fire point of the media used.
• Beware of hazards due to:
WARNING
- flammable materials
- combustible media with a low boiling temperature
- glass breakage
- incorrect container size
- overfilling of media
- unsafe condition of container.
• Process pathogenic materials only in closed vessels under a suitable
fume hood. Please contact IKA
• Only process media that will not react
DANGER
dangerously to the extra energy produ-
ced through processing. This also ap-
plies to any extra energy produced in
other ways, e.g. through light irradiation.
• The heating plate can heat up due to the action of the drive ma-
gnets at high motor speeds, even if the heater is not operational.
• Please consider any possible contaminations and unwanted che-
mical reactions.
• It may be possible for wear debris from rotating accessory parts
to reach the material being processed.
• When using PTFE-coated magnetic bars, the following has to be
noted: Chemical reactions of PTFE occur in contact with molten
or solute alkali metals and alkaline earth metals, as well as with
fine powders of metals in groups 2 and 3 of the periodic system
® if you have any questions.
at temperatures above 300 °C - 400 °C. Only elementary flu-
orine, chlorotrifluoride and alkali metals attack it; halogenated
hydrocarbons have a reversible swelling effect.
(Source: Römpps Chemie-Lexikon and "Ulmann", Volume 19)
• When using dissolved alkali metals and alkaline earth metals and
at temperatures above 250 ° C are basically glass-coated magne-
tic bar anywhere!
Experimental procedures
• Wear your personal protective equip-
WARNING
ment in accordance with the hazard
category of the media to be processed.
Otherwise there is a risk from:
- splashing and evaporation of liquids
- ejection of parts
- release of toxic or combustable gases.
• Reduce the speed if:
- the medium splashes out of the vessel because the speed is too
high
- the appliance is not running smoothly
- the container moves on the heating plate.
Accessories
• Safe operation is only guaranteed with the accessories descri-
bed in the "Accessories" chapter.
• Always disconnect the plug before fitting accessories.
• Observe the operating instructions of the accessories.
• Ensure that the external temperature sensor (ETS-D...) is inserted
in the media to a depth of at least 20 mm.
• The ETS-D external temperature sensor must always be inserted
in the media when connected.
• Accessories must be securely attached to the device and cannot
come off by themselves. The centre of gravity of the assembly
must lie within the surface on which it is set up.
Power supply / Switching off
•The voltage stated on the type plate must correspond to the
mains voltage.
•The socket for the mains cord must be easily accessible.
•The appliance can only be disconnected from the mains supply
by pulling out the mains plug or the connector plug.
• The device will automatically restart in
WARNING
mode B following any interruption to the
power supply.
For protection of the equipment
• The appliance may only be opened by experts.
• Do not cover the device, even partially e.g. with metallic plates or
film. This results in overheating.
• Protect the appliance and accessories from bumps and impacts.
• Ensure that the heating plate is kept clean.
• Observe the minimum distances between the devices, between
the device and the wall and above the assembly
>100 mm
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min. 800 mm).
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>100 mm
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