Wadkin BRA 350, BRA 400, BRA 450 Instruction Manual

•

BRA

350/

400/

450

Universal Radial

Arm

Saw

Instruction

Manual

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BE

CAREFUL

THIS

MACHINE

CAN

BE

DANGEROUS

IF

IMPROPERLY

USED

Always

use

guards.

Keep

clear

until rotation

has

ceased.

Always

operate

as

instructed

and

in

accordance

with good

practice.

Read

instruction manual before installing,

operating

or

maintaining machine.

Manufactured

by: A L

Dalton

Ltd
Crossgate Drive
Queens Drive

Ind

Est

Nottingham

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NG21

LW

United

Kingdom

Telephone

Number:

0870 850 9111

Fax

Number:

0870 240 0575

Website:

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MODEL

TYPE:

SERIAL

NO:

VOLTS:

HP:

015

YEAR:

PH:

HZ:

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The followi

ng

machine has undergone 'Conformity Assessmen t" and has undergone Self

Assessment

in

accordance with:-

Schedule IV of the Supply of Machinery (Safety) Regulations 1992
and Amendment No.

2063

COMPANY
Wadkin Ultracare

limited

Frank.s

Road
Hilltop Industrial Park
Bardon
Le

icestershire

LE67

lIT

RESPONSIBLE PERSON
Mr J P Smith (Director)

MACHINE DESCRIPTION

TYPE

MODEL

Cross Cut Saw

BRA

DIRECTIVES COMPLIED WITH
Supply

of Machinery (Safety) Regulations 1992
Amendment No. 2063 1994
Draught Proposal CENfTC 142
ISO 9001 Part 1

SIGNED ON

BEHALf

OF

WADKIN

UL TRACARE LTD .

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PREFACE

IMPORTANT

It is our policy and that of

our

suppliers to cons tanlly

review the design and capacity

of our products. With this

in mind we

would remind our customers that while the
dimensions and pertormance data contained herein are
correct at the ti

me

of

going

to

press, It is possible that d

ue
to the incorporation of the latest developments to enhance
performance, dimensions and suppliers

may vary from

those

illustrated.

This manual is written as a general guide. A typical
machine is shown to illustrate the main features. For
reason

of

clar

ity

certain

guards, safety

devices

and

machine

p~rts

may not

be

shown on particular illustrations

but

MUST

be fixed to the machine,

correctly

set and

working before operating.

Failure

to

comply

With

instrucllons

in

this

manual

may

invalidate

the

guarantee.

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HEALTH AND SAFETY

The

CE

mark on this

maehillC

signifies that

an

EC

dedaration of oonformily

is

d

rawn

up

indicating that the machine

ia

manufactured
in accordance with the Essential Health and
Saf

ety

Requirements

of

the '

Supply

of

Machinery (Safely) Regulations 1992.'

The '

requirements

101 supply of relevent

machinery'

in

the General Requirement

01

the

Reguletions are not

only that the machine
satlslies the relevant assentlal health and
safety

requiremen

ts, Dut

also

that

'the

manulactu re ..... carries out the necessary

research or lests

on

components, fittings or

the

complete machine

10

determine wh(lth\!r

by its desi

gn

or construction Ih\! machi

ne

is

capabts

of

bslng erected and

put Into service

safel

y.'

PGr

sons who install this machine

have

duties

under

Ihe

'Provision

and

Use

01 Work
Equipment Regulations 1992'. An indication
of these

duties

Is

given

In

the following

extracts, but

lt1e

user should be familiar with

the

lull Implications

ollhe

regulations.
REGULATION 5 requires that;
Every

employer

shall

ensure

Ihat

work

equipment is

50

constrocted

Of

adapted as to

be suitable for the purpose lor which it

is

used

or

provided.

In

selecting work equipment, every employer

shall heve

regard to the working conditions

and

to the

risks

to

heallh

end

safety

01

pe

rsons

whleh

exist

in

Iho

promi"o"

or

undertakings

in

which

tha

\ work

equ

ipment

is

to

be

used and any additional

ris

k posed

by

t

he

USII

of

that work

equ

ipment.

Every

employer

shall

ensure

that

work

equipment is used only for the

operations lor

which, and under conditions lor which, it is
suitable.

In

lhls regulation 'suitabte' means suitable in

any

respect

whi(:h

it

is

reasonab

ly

foreseaable will affect

health or safely

of

any

person.

Tho Provision

and

Uso

01

Work Equipment

Regulations

also indude

requirements as

follows:

regulation 6 · malntell3.noo

regulati

on

7 - specific ris

ks

regulaMn a -information and

insttuc~ons

regulation

9 - tr

aining

Note:-

Attention is drawn

10

those requirements

of

the 'Woodwork i

ng

Machi

nes

Regulations

1974'

which are

1"101

replaced by the Supply of

M

achln~ry

(Safety) Re9ulations or

oth~r,

~.g.:

Regulation

13

of

the Wooctworking Machinery

Rsgulation, -

'Training', still

appjies.

Whi

lst

the

prime duly for

Bf1suring

health and

safely

res

ts with emptoyers, employoes too

have

legal duti

es, particularly under sections

7

and

a of

the

Health and Safety

at

Work Act.

They Include:
Tak

ing

reasonabl ~

CSr8

for their own heallh

and safety and that

01

others who may be

affected

by

what they do or don't do;

co-operating with Iheir emp loyer

on

health

and safely:
nol

interfering with

Of

misusing

anyth

ing

provided for

their health, safely and welfare.

Those

dutie6

on

employaes

have

been

supplemented

by

rogula\ion

12

ot

the
Management of Health and Safely at Work
Regu

lalions

'992.

One

01

the

new

raquirements is that employees should use

correctly all work items provided by their
employer in accordance with their training
and Ihe

Instructions they recei

ve

to enabte

them

to

use the items

safely.

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Noise

Noise levels can

vary

widely lrom machine to

machine

depending

0fI

the condil ions

01

use.

Persons

e~po5ed

10

high noise level

s,

even

for a short time, may

e~perience

lemporary

paftial hearing loss and continuous

e~posure

to

high

levels

can resu

lt

in

permanent

hearing damage.

The

Noi~e

at Work Regulat

iOns

19139

piece

legal oolies

on employers to prevent damage

to

hearing.

There

are three action levels

Of

noise delined

in

regulatiOfl

2:

The first action

lowl:

·

a daily personal noise

e~posure

(LEP'd)

of

85dB(A)
The

second action level;·

a daily personal noise exposure (LEP'd)

01

9()(jB(A)

The peak action level:·

A

peak

sound

pressure

of

200

pascals

(14006

re

2Opa)

T

he

exposure level is obviously influenced by

the emission level of all the equipment in use,
Emi

ssions levels

fOl

machines are provided

in

the particular

madl

ine instruction manual.

These levels

are

measured in accordallce

with ISO

7960

under certain speclflea test

conditions, they do not necessarily

represent
the hlghesl noise level, which is influenced by
many

!actors,

e,g.

number

ot e

pindles

in
operalion, type and condition of work piece,
spindle speeds etc.

For

regulations and information

on relevant

personal

protective

equipment

i.e.

ear

defenders,

employers

should

reler

to the

Person

al

Protective

Equipment

al

Work

Regulations 1992.

Du

st

Wood

dust

can

be

harmful to

hea

lth by

i

nhala

tion

and

skin

contact

and

cOrlcentratlons

cf

small particles in the air

can

form

an

explosive mixture.

The

COlltrol

01

Substances

Hal:ardous

to

Heatth Regulations (COSHH) 1989

place

legal duties

on

employers

to

ensure that:-

the exposure of his employees to

SUbSIElnces

hazardous

to

health is either prevented

Of,

where this is

flOt

reasonably

practicable,

adequately controlled.

..

.. ade

quate

control

to

e~posure

of

employees

to a

sub$tance

hazardous

to

health Shall

be

secured by measures other

than

the

provision

of

personal

protective

equipment.

where the measures taken

in

accordance

wi

th

the para9raph above do not prevant

or

provide

adequate

contro

l of,

exposure

to

substances

hal:ardous

to

tile

health

of

emptoyees, then In addition

to

tacking those

mothods, tho employor

shall provide thoso

employees

with

such suitab

le

personal

protective

equipment

as will

adequately

control

their

exposure

to

substances

hazardous

to

health.

In

struclfons

for Use

Machinery manufactures ele required by tile
Supply

of Machinery Safety Regulations

to
provide eomprehensive 'Instructions for Use"
of

equipment,

it

is

important

that

this

Information Is transmitted

to

the person using

the

machine.

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