Gima SECA 725 BABY SCALE User guide

seca 725

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Congratulations

Safety

Set up and align scale

In purchasing the seca 725 baby scale,
you have acquired a highly-accurate and
yet sturdy piece of equipment.

seca has been putting its experience at the
service of health for over 150 years, and as
market leader in many countries of the
world, is always setting new standards with
its innovative weighing and measuring
developments.

The seca 725 mechanical baby scale is
designed for use in hospitals and
paediatric practices.

The scale consists of a metal housing and
tray with a white finish.
These are easy to clean and ensure that
the baby can be weighed safely on the
scale.

The seca 725 also has an easy-to-read
sliding weight bar with 5 g / 1/4 oz
graduations.

Before using the new scale, please take a
little time to read the following safety
instructions.

• Follow the instructions for use.

• Never leave an infant on the scale
unsupervised.

• Ensure that the tray is cleaned and
disinfected regularly to avoid infectious
diseases being passed on.

• Do not drop the scale or subject it to
violent shocks.

• Have repairs carried out solely by
authorised persons.

1. Remove packaging

Open the cardboard box and remove the
tray and scale.

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2. Remove transport securing device

Remove the O-ring which secures the
sliding weights.
Retain this for further transport operations.

3. Secure sliding weight bar

Secure the sliding weight bar by tilting the
locking device downwards.

4. Place tray on scale

Place the tray centrally on the scale.
The locking levers must engage under the
housing.

5. Attach tray

Attach the tray to the scale by pressing
down the locking levers.

6. Release lock

7. Approximate taring

For the scale to display the correct weight,
it must first be set to 0 kg/lbs.
To do so, push both sliding weights on the
sliding weight bar to 0. If the hand and
counter-hand do not line up, the 0 value
must be set using the tare weight. To do
so, undo the knurled nut (see Fig. 8) and
push the tare weight onto the rod until the
hand and counter-hand line up.

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8. Fixing the tare weight in position

Fix the tare weight in position using the
knurled nut. Objects on the tray such as
pads etc. weighing up to 3000 g / 6.6 lbs
can be tared using the tare weight.

9. Fine adjustment

The hand and counter-hand can be set
exactly by turning the fine taring screw. To
do so, the fine taring screw is turned to the
right or left until the hand and counter-hand
line up exactly.

Operation

Once the scale has been prepared as
described in the section entitled “Set up
and align scale”, you can start weighing.
Place the infant in the tray and first slide the
large sliding weight to approximately the
right weight.
Now use the small sliding weight to
determine the exact weight. To do so,
slide the small sliding weight along until
hand and counter-hand line up.
Read the weight value off the scale on the
sliding weight bar.

Cleaning

Clean the housing and the tray as required
using a domestic cleaning agent or
commercially-available disinfectant.
Follow the manufacturer’s instructions.

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What do I do if…

… no weight is displayed when a load is

placed on the scale?

• transport locking lever (see Fig. 6)
has not been released

• transport securing device, i.e. the
O-ring, has not been removed.

Technical data

Capacity: 16 kg / 32 lbs
Graduations: 5 g / 1/4 oz
Dimensions
(WxHxD): 550 mm / 21 3/4 inch

190 mm / 7 1/2 inch

305 mm / 12 inch
Weight: approx. 6 kg / 14 lbs
Temperature
range: +10 °C to +40 °C
Accuracy: +/- 0,25 %

Disposal

If the scale can no longer be used, the
responsible waste disposal association will
be glad to provide information about the
measures necessary to dispose of it
properly.

Warranty

A two-year warranty from date of delivery applies to
defects attributable to poor materials or workmanship.
All moveable parts – batteries, cables, mains units,
rechargeable batteries etc. – are excluded. Defects
which come under warranty will be made good for the
customer at no charge on production of the receipt. No
further claims can be entertained. The costs of
transport in both directions will be borne by the
customer should the equipment be located anywhere
other than the customer’s premises. In the event of
transport damage, claims under warranty can be
honoured only if the complete original packaging was
used for any transport and the scale secured and
attached in that packaging just as it was when originally
packed. All the packaging should therefore be
retained.

A claim under warranty will not be honoured if the
equipment is opened by persons not expressly
authorised by seca to do so.

We would ask our customers abroad to contact their
local sales agent in the event of a warranty matter.

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seca
Medizinische Waagen
und Messsysteme
Vogel & Halke GmbH & Co.
Hammer Steindamm 9-25
22089 Hamburg, Germany
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e-mail: [e-mail]
www.seca.com

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seca ltd.
Medical Scales and
Measuring Systems
40 Barn Street
Birmingham B5 5QB
England
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Fax [phone]
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www.seca.com

seca eurl
Appareils de Pesée
et de Mesure
Champs à la Perdrix
21140 Semur-En-Auxois
France
Tél. [phone]
Fax [phone]
e-mail: [e-mail]
www.seca.com

seca ag
Medizinische Waagen
und Messsysteme
Appareils de Pesée
et de Mesure
Schönmattstrasse 4
CH-4153 Reinach BL 1
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e-mail: [e-mail]
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seca corporation
Medical Scales and
Measuring Systems
1352 Charwood Road
Suite E
Hanover, MD 21076, USA
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e-mail: [e-mail]
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