For your safety
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For your safety
1.1
General safety statements
Before using this product, carefully read these Instructions
for Use and those of the associated components.
Strictly follow the Instructions for Use. The user must fully
understand and strictly observe the instructions. Use the
product only for the purposes specified in the Intended use
section of this document.
Do not dispose of the Instructions for Use. Ensure that they
are retained and appropriately used by the product user.
Only trained and competent users are permitted to use this
product.
Follow the local and national guidelines pertaining to this
product.
Only trained and competent personnel are permitted to in-
spect, repair and service the product.
Use only genuine Dräger spare parts and accessories, or
the proper functioning of the product may be impaired.
Do not use a faulty or incomplete product. Do not modify
the product.
Notify Dräger in the event of any product or component
fault or failure.
1.2
Definitions of alert icons
The following warning symbols are used in this document to
provide and highlight areas of the associated text that require
a greater level of awareness from the user. The meanings of
the symbols are as follows:
WARNING
!
Indicates a potentially hazardous situation
which, if not avoided, could result in death or serious
injury.
CAUTION
!
Indicates a potentially hazardous situation which, if not
avoided, could result in physical injury, or damage to
the product or environment. It may also be used to
warn against unsafe practices.
NOTICE
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Indicates additional information on how to use the
product.
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Description
2.1
System overview
®
The Dräger X-plore
8000
may be composed of different components depending on its
field of application and the required protection class. Observe
particularly the filter operating limits (see Instructions for Use
of the filters).
®
1) X-plore
is a registered trademark of Dräger.
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1)
powered air purifying respirator
Illustration of the system overview on the fold-out page
(Figure A)
A complete device includes:
1 Breathing hose
2 Facepiece (example with helmet)
3 Carrying system
4 Fan unit with filter and rechargeable battery
If applicable, accessory components (without illustration)
NOTICE
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For an overview of the device combinations and the
corresponding protection class, refer to the Configura-
tion Matrix on page 243.
The numbers in the first line of the Configuration Matrix
correspond to the positions in the order list.
The listed components are designated for use with the
X-plore 8500 fan unit (order list pos. 1) and the re-
chargeable batteries (pos. 2 and 3).
Dräger would be happy to answer any questions you
may have regarding device configuration.
2.2
Components
2.2.1
Fan unit
The fan unit is the central device component.
Device characteristics:
Control panel with display of current system status
Electronic monitoring of device functions
Flow rate
Residual particle filter capacity
Rechargeable battery capacity
Detection if hoses or filters are disconnected from the
device
Automatic detection of the employed type of facepiece
(half/full face mask or hood/helmet/protective visor) and
corresponding adjustment of the flow rate range
Three-stage selection of flow rate
Optical detection of filter type by colour coding (coloured
dot on filter)
Illustration of fan unit front on the fold-out page (Figure B)
1 Tube connection
2 Control panel
3 Suction inlet
4 Splash guard cover
5 Filter (not enclosed with fan unit)
6 Filter lock button
Dräger X-plore 8000