Specifications

SAFETY PRECAUTIONS FOR ALL TYPES OF WELDING

1. WARNING:

As with all machinery, there are certain hazards involved with their operation

and use. Exercising respect and caution will considerably lessen the risk of

personal injury. However, if normal safety precautions are overlooked, or

ignored, personal injury to the operator may result.

FAILURE TO FOLLOW THESE RULES MAY RESULT IN SERIOUS PERSONAL INJURY

2. GENERAL PRECAUTIONS

A) Burn prevention

Wear protective clothing - gauntlet gloves designed for use in welding, apron, and

protective shoes. Button shirt collar and pocket flaps, and wear cuffless trousers to

avoid entry of sparks and slag. Wear helmet with safety goggles or glasses with side

shields underneath, appropriate filter lenses or plates (protected by clear glass). This

is a MUST for welding (and chipping) to protect the eyes from radiant energy and

spatter. Replace cover glass when broken, pitted, or spattered. Avoid oily greasy

clothing. A spark may ignite them. Hot metal should never be handled without gloves.

First aid facilities and a qualified first aid person should be available unless medical

facilities are close by for immediate treatment of flash burns of the eyes and skin

burns. Ear plugs should be worn when working overhead or in a confined space. A

hard hat should be worn when others work overhead. Flammable hair preparations

should not be used by persons intending to weld or cut.

NOTE: ALL protective wear incl. masks & head shields MUST comply with PPE

Directive 89/686/EEC

B) Toxic fume prevention

Severe discomfort, illness or death can result from fumes, vapours, heat, or oxygen

enrichment or depletion that welding (or cutting) may produce. Prevent them with

adequate ventilation. NEVER ventilate with oxygen. Lead-, cadmium-, zinc-, mercury-

and beryllium-, bearing materials, when welded (or cut) may produce harmful

concentrations of toxic fumes. Adequate local exhaust ventilation must be used, or each

person in the area as well as the operator must wear an air- supplied respirator. For beryllium,

both must be used. Metals coated with or containing materials that emit toxic fumes

should not be heated unless coating is removed from the work surface, the area is well

ventilated, or the operator wears an air-supplied respirator. Work in a confined space

only while it is being forcs ventilated and, if necessary, while wearing an air-supplied

respirator. Vapours from chlorinated solvents can be decomposed by the heat of the

arc (or flame) to form PHOSGENE, a highly toxic gas, and other lung and eye irritating

products. The ultraviolet (radiant) energy of the arc can also decompose trichloroethylene

and perchloroethylene vapours to form phosgene. DO NOT WELD or cut where solvent

vapours can be drawn into the welding or cutting atmosphere or where the radiant

energy can penetrate to atmospheres containing even minute amounts of

trichloroethylene or perchloroethylene.

PARTS DIAGRAM - MIG255TE