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Motor Starter Compliance.

On an old machine that has two manual motor starters like that illustrated in the link, which modern regulations do they fail to meet please? The machine has two separate cutting disks for cutting double glazed unit frames. The cutting discs are large and dangerous.

The two motors are 2.5kW three phase induction motors.

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The actual motor starter overloads are rated at 4 to 6 Amps approx.

Z.

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  • What do you think about the use of the type of mechanical motor starter illustrated above?

    Is it the lack of a (d.c.) braking system you're worried about? I'm not the best person to ask about machine safety, but my gut reaction would be that if the blade is guarded in pretty much the same way it is in other modern tools, then the fact that it keeps turning for a while probably isn't a worry.

       - Andy.

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  • What do you think about the use of the type of mechanical motor starter illustrated above?

    Is it the lack of a (d.c.) braking system you're worried about? I'm not the best person to ask about machine safety, but my gut reaction would be that if the blade is guarded in pretty much the same way it is in other modern tools, then the fact that it keeps turning for a while probably isn't a worry.

       - Andy.

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