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Use the "Move Left" and "Move Right" links below to navigate around the machine.  Featured areas in the image are numbered and described in the "Featured Areas" section located below the image.

Thermoforming Machine Safety Tour - Slide 9
 
Featured Areas
(1) These are the air and electric lines. [Photo description: Highlighted area includes air and electric lines that run along the floor between the nip roller area and the sheet intake area.] View close-up
(2) The two water lines on the left provide process water to the thermoformer. The line on the right (with the yellow handle) is a compressed air line with a lockable/bleed off valve for use during lockout of the line. [Photo description: Highlighted area includes several metal pipes on the side of the main machine body. One of the pipes has a yellow handle.] View close-up
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