Residual Risks; Aluminium Processing; Health Hazard By Dust; Intended Use - Festool HKC 55 EB Notice D'utilisation Originale

ers to charge the battery packs. The use of
accessories not expressly authorised by the
manufacturer can result in electric shocks
and/or serious accidents.
3.3

Residual risks

In spite of compliance with all relevant design
regulations, hazzards while operating the ma­
chine still occur e.g.:
– Touching the saw blade in the area of the
front opening below the saw table,
– Touching the parts of the saw blade that
protrude below the saw table while cutting,
– Touching rotating parts from left and right
sides: saw blade, clamping flange, flange
screw.,
– Kickback of machine due to jamming in the
workpiece,
– Touching live parts when the casing is
opened and the mains plug is in the socket,
– the flying off of parts,
– the flying off of machine parts from a dam­
aged machine,
– noise emission,
– dust emission.
3.4

Aluminium processing

When sawing aluminium, the following
measures must be taken for safety reasons:
– Connect the machine to a suitable dust ex­
tractor.
– Regularly remove dust deposits from the
motor housing.
– Use an aluminium saw blade.
– Close the viewing window/chipguard.
Wear protective goggles.
– When sawing panels, they must be lubri­
cated with paraffin but thin-walled profiles
(up to 3 mm) can be sawed without lubrica­
tion.
3.5

Health hazard by dust

WARNING! various dust created by pow­
er sanding, sawing, grinding, drilling and
other construction activities contains chemicals
known (to the State of California) to cause can­
cer, birth defects or other reproductive harm.
Some examples of these chemicals are:
• lead from lead-based paints,
• crystalline silica from bricks and cement
and other masonry products, and
• arsenic and chromium from chemically
treated lumber.
The risk from these exposures varies, depend­
ing on how often you do this type of work. To re­
duce your exposure to these chemicals: work in
a well ventilated area, and work with approved
safety equipment, such as dust masks that are
specially designed to filter out microscopic par­
ticles. Wash hands after handling.
WARNING
TO REDUCE THE RISK OF INJURY, USER
MUST READ INSTRUCTION MANUAL.
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Intended use

Portable circular saw designed for sawing
– wooden materials and wood-based materi­
als,
– plaster and cement compoud fibres,
– plastic materials,
– aluminium (only with a special saw blade
for aluminium offered by Festool)
Only use saw blades with the following
dimensions:
– Saw blades in accordance with EN 847-1
– Saw blade diameter 6-1/4'' (160 mm)
– Recommended cutting width 5/64''
(1.8 mm), max. 3/32'' (2.2 mm) with re­
stricted function of the guide wedge
– Location hole 25/32'' (20 mm)
– Recommended standard blade thickness
3/64'' - range of 1.1 - 1.25 mm max. possi­
ble
– Suitable for speeds of up to 9500 rpm
Do not use cutting or sanding discs.
Only saw materials for which the saw blade in
question has been designed.
This power tool may only be used by experts or
instructed persons.
The user is liable for improper or non-in­
tended use.
This power tool is suitable for use with
BP Festool battery packs of the same voltage
class.
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