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GENERAL SAFETY RULES
WARNING: When using pneumatic tools, basic safety precautions
should always be followed to reduce the risk of personal injury. Failure to
follow all instructions listed below, may result in electric shock, fire and/or
serious personal injury.
WARNING: READ AND UNDERSTAND ALL INSTRUCTIONS.
There are certain applications for which this tool was designed. Porter-Cable
strongly recommends that this tool NOT be modified and/or used for any
application other than for which it was designed. If you have any questions
relative to its application DO NOT use the tool until you have written Porter-
Cable and we have advised you.
Technical Service Manager
Porter-Cable Corporation
4825 Highway 45 North
Jackson, TN 38305
1. USE SAFETY GLASSES. To prevent eye
injuries, the tool operator and all persons in
the work area must wear safety glasses with
permanently attached, rigid, plastic side
shields. These safety glasses must conform to
ANSI Z87.1 requirements (approved glasses
have “Z87” printed or stamped on them).
Fig. 1.
2. WEAR EAR PROTECTION to safe-
guard against possible hearing loss. Fig. 1.
3. OPERATOR AND BYSTANDERS WEAR
HARD HAT to safeguard against possible
injuries. Fig. 1.
4. USE CLEAN, DRY, REGULATED com-
pressed air at 70 to 120 PSI, (4.8 to 8.3
BAR). Fig. 2.
5. DO NOT CONNECT TOOL TO pressure
which potentially exceeds 200 PSI (13.7
BAR).
6. ONLY USE AIR HOSE THAT IS RATED
for a maximum working pressure of at least
150 PSI or 150% of the maximum system
pressure, which ever is greater.
7. NEVER USE OXYGEN, CARBON
DIOXIDE, combustible gases or any other
bottled gas as a power source for this tool:
explosion and serious personal injury could
result. Fig. 3.
8. THE TOOL COMES EQUIPPED WITH
TWIN POWER SOURCE TECHNOLOGY
(TPS)
™
. WHEN USING AN EXTERNAL AIR
SOURCE, CONNECT TOOL TO AIR
SUPPLY HOSE with a coupling that
removes all pressure from the tool when the
coupling is disconnected. Fig. 4.
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