Omcan Manufacturing and Distributing Company Inc. and Food Machinery Of America, Inc. dba Omcan
are not responsible for any harm or injury caused due to any person’s improper or negligent use of
this equipment. The product shall only be operated by someone over the age of 18, of sound mind, and
not under the inuence of any drugs or alcohol, who has been trained in the correct operation of this
machine, and is wearing authorized, proper safety clothing. Any modication to the machine voids any
warranty, and may cause harm to individuals using the machine or in the vicinity of the machine while
in operation.
MANUAL IMPORTANCE
The present instruction manual for the use is to be considered as an integral part of the machine:
1. Must be kept for the full life of the machine.
2. Must be coupled with the machine in case of its ceasing.
3. To show all useful notices for operators and containing the electric diagrams that will be used for the
possible maintenance reparations.
SCOPE / MANUAL PURPOSE
The instructions manual has the purpose to furnish all necessary information so that the machine supplied will
be used in a proper, efcient and safe manner. Besides supplying indications and warnings, it is to identify its
principles and functioning limits. For possible doubts, call Omcan.
RECEIVERS
The instruction manual, which accompanies the machine, is an integral part of the machine and is intended
both for its operators and for skilled technicians qualied for the installation, use and maintenance of the
machine.
RESPONSIBILITY
• If the manual endures damages or is lost, request a copy from Omcan;
• The manual reects the technical state during the machine’s manufacturing; the manufacturer reserves the
right to update the product and as a consequence other manual issues, without the obligation to update
previous manuals, unless pertaining to the health and safety;
• Pay particular attention to the safety features on the machine and the prescriptions to which the following
instructions for proper use;
• The manufacturer is responsible for the machine to be in its original conguration;
• The manufacturer is not responsible for damages caused from the improper use of the machine and
damages caused by standards violation, negligence, lack of experience, imprudence and not respecting
the regulation standards on behalf of the employer, of the operator or the maintenance person and for
every possible damage caused from an irrational, improper and/or wrong use;
• The manufacturer is not responsible for consequences caused from not using original spare parts or ones
of equal characteristics;
• The manufacturer is responsible only for the information shown in the manual;
• Not fullling the requirements contained in this manual will cause the guarantee to be immediately
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terminated;
• Carry out the foreseen safety measures;
• Inform the operator about the specic risks to which they are exposed to and bring to their attention the
essential prevention standards;
• It is required that operators observe the safety standards and use the protection means put at their
disposal.
SYMBOLOGY MEANING
The following shows the specied symbols and their denitions which will be used in the
manual:
DANGER
This symbol shows the danger for those who work on the machine and those in the vicinity.
The indicated activity must be performed in accordance with the accident prevention standards
and with the indications showed in the manual.
PRECAUTION
The symbol is used to indicate a warning on useful information or recommendations about an
operation.
ATTENTION
The symbol is used to show that an operation should be performed with attention to avoid
damage to the machine.
The grater machine is designed to:
1. Grate tough cheese, bread and biscuits.
The machine is constituted from an electric motor inserted in a
unique fusion (basic machine body). In any versions the fusion can
be recovered from a bonnet (hulled machine body). The product is
loaded manually inside the grater mouth and placed in the top side
of the machine, always done manually. Through pressure on the
handle, the product is pushed against the grater roll. The product
load must be in a moderate quantity to avoid low pressure, due to the
safety micro switch placed in the pressure lock. The grater roll, which
can be stamped or milled, cannot be removed from the machine.
In accordance with the functioning requirements and production,
the machine can be substituted with different optional parts. The
machine is supplied with the identication plate on which the
following data is shown:
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NORMAL USE, IMPROPER USE, OR NOT CORRECT USE
The machine describe in the present instructions manual for the use is foreseen to be drive from an only
operator skilled and prepared on residual risks with competency and in a safe manner.
In its NORMAL USE; the machine can be used only to:
1. Grate tough cheese, bread and biscuits.
The machine must not be used IN AN IMPROPER WAY; IN PARTICULAR:
1. It must not be used for domestic uses,
2. It must not be functioned with parameters different from those shown in the technical characteristics table,
3. When used with modalities different from those shown in the manual, the manufacturer declines every
responsibility,
4. The user is responsible for the damages resulting from the lack of observance of the conditions described
in the manual.
5. Not to tamper or damage intentionally nor remove or hide the labels.
The machine must not be used INCORRECTLY because some damages or injuries could be caused for the
operator, in particular:
1. It is dangerous to move the machine when it is connected to the electric feeding;
2. It is dangerous to pull the power cable or the machine to disconnect the feeding plug;
3. It is dangerous to put weights on the machine or on the power cable;
4. It is dangerous to put the power cable on sharp or ammable objects;
5. It is dangerous to use the machine with a damaged power cable or with the control devices;
6. It is dangerous to leave the machine off with the power cable still connected;
7. It is dangerous to leave the loaded machine unsupervised;
8. It is dangerous to insert any type of object inside the motor ventilation cap;
9. It is dangerous to use ammable substances, corrosive or harmful cleaning agents;
10. It is dangerous to put the machine on top of objects;
11. It is dangerous to insert any type of object under the machine base or place clothes or other things
between the machine feet and the working ground;
12. It is dangerous to plunge the machine in water or in other liquids;
13. It is dangerous that non-authorized personnel use the machine and with clothes different from that showed
for the use;
14. It is dangerous to introduce the grinding neck and the grater mouth with products or objects having
characteristics different from those showed in normal use, such as bones, frozen meat, non-food products
and clothing;
15. It is dangerous to introduce in the grated product exit zone any object such as knives, blades, etc.;
16. It is dangerous to function with the protection shelters and xes not blocked or correctly removed;
17. It is dangerous to partially remove the protection pieces and danger signals;
18. It is dangerous to function without all the precautions about the residual risks adopted on behalf of the user;
19. It is dangerous to smoke or use free ame devices and manipulate incandescent materials, unless some
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suitable safety measures are adopted.
However, the user is responsible for damages resulting from not observing the specied normal
use and conditions. For possible doubts you can enquire at Omcan.
Failure to follow proper safety instructions can be dangerous and can cause damage or injury.
Except where differently specied, the personnel who performs the installation interventions,
connection, maintenance, reassembly and reuse, damages or breakdowns, demolition and
dismantling must be a skilled personnel qualied in safety matter and educated on the residual
risks. The personnel must be competent and perform in a safe matter with all other maintenance
employees.
ENVIRONMENTS, WORKING AND PASSING PLACES
The work environment must answer to the directive 89/654/CEE requirements. In the working area no foreign
objects can be present. The employer, in the directive of 89/391/CEE, must follow the measures promoting the
safety and health of the workers during the work. They must eliminate or reduce the residual risks as foreseen
in the manual.
WARNINGS ON THE RESIDUAL RISKS
RESIDUAL RISK DUE TO THE FIXED PROTECTIONS REMOVAL, INTERVENTIONS ON BROKEN/WORN
PARTS
The operator must not try to open or remove a protection measure or tamper a safety device.
In the phase of maintenance and cleaning, and during all further manual operations that
happens to introduce the hands or other body parts in the machine’s dangerous areas, a
residual risk remains due above all to:
1. Hitting with machine manufacturing parts,
2. Grazing and/or abrasion with machine rough parts,
3. Injury from the sharpened parts,
4. Lacerations from a tool having sharpened parts.
The operator and maintenance personnel must be skilled for the intervention connected to the manual
operations with open protections, must be trained on joined consequent risks and must be authorized from a
responsible person.
PROTECTION DEVICES ON THE MACHINE
The machine protections and safety devices must not be removed. If they must be removed for
extraordinary maintenance requirements, some measures will have to be immediately adopted.
To put in evidence and to reduce amount of danger. The reassembling aspect of the protection or safety
devices must happen as soon as the extraordinary circumstance has completed.
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