General Safety Precautions; Personal Protective Equipment - Hilti DX351BT Bedienungsanleitung

● Never point the tool at yourself or any bystander.
● Never press the muzzle of the tool against your hand
or other part of your body.
● Do not drive nails into excessively hard or brittle
materials such as glass, marble, plastic, bronze, brass,
copper, natural rock, insulation material, hollow brick,
glazed tile, thin-gauge sheet metal (< 4 mm), grey cast
iron, spheroidal cast iron and gas concrete.
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1.5 Technology
● This tool is designed with the latest available tech-
nology.
● The tool and its ancillary equipment may present
hazards when used incorrectly by untrained person-
nel or not as directed.
1.6 Making the workplace safe
● Ensure that the workplace is well lit.
● Objects which could cause injury should be removed
from the working area.
● Operate the tool only in well-ventilated working areas.
● The tool is for hand-held use only.
● Avoid unfavorable body positions. Work from a
secure stance and stay in balance at all times
● Keep other persons, children in particular, outside
the working area.
● Before using the tool, make sure that no one
is standing behind or below the point where fasteners
are to be driven.
● Keep the grip dry, clean and free from oil and grease.

1.7 General safety precautions

● Operate the tool only as directed and only when it
is in faultless condition.
● If a cartridge misfires or fails to ignite, proceed as
follows:
1. Keep the tool pressed against the working surface
for 30 seconds.
2. If the cartridge still fails to fire, withdraw the tool
from the working surface, taking care that it is not
pointed towards your body or bystanders.
3. Manually advance the cartridge strip one cartridge.
Use up the remaining cartridges on the strip. Remove
the used cartridge strip and dispose of it in such a
way that it can be neither reused nor misused.
● Never attempt to pry a cartridge from the magazine
strip or the tool.
● Keep the arms flexed when the tool is fired (do not
straighten the arms).
● Never leave the loaded tool unattended.
● Always unload the tool before beginning cleaning,
servicing or changing parts and before storage.
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● Unused cartridges and tools not presently in use
must be stored in a place where they are not exposed
to humidity or excessive heat. The tool should be trans-
ported and stored in a toolbox that can be locked or
secured to prevent use by unauthorized persons.
1.8 Temperature
● Do not disassemble the tool while it is hot.
● Never exceed the recommended maximum fasten-
er driving rate (number of fastenings per hour). The
tool may otherwise overheat.
● Should the plastic cartridge strip begin to melt, stop
using the tool immediately and allow it to cool down.
1.9 Requirements to be met by users
● The tool is intended for professional use.
● The tool may be operated, serviced and repaired
only by authorised, trained personnel. This personnel
must be informed of any special hazards that may be
encountered.
● Proceed carefully and do not use the tool if your full
attention is not on the job.
● Stop working with the tool if you feel any pain or
discomfort.

1.10 Personal protective equipment

● The operator and other persons in the immediate
vicinity must always wear approved eye protection, a
hard hat and suitable ear protection.