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reduce the risk of kickback injury. Other
chains are designed to obtain higher
cutting efficiency or sharpening ease but
may result in higher kickback tendency.
Please ask your STIHL dealer to
properly match your powerhead with the
appropriate bar/chain combinations to
reduce the risk of kickback injury. Green
labeled bars and chains are
Low kickback chain
Some types of saw chain have specially
designed components to reduce the
force of nose contact kickback. STIHL
has developed low kickback chain for
your powerhead.
STIHL has developed a color
recommended for all powerheads. See
your "STIHL Bar and Chain Information"
leaflet for details.
codesystem to help you identify the
STIHL reduced kickback bars and low
kickback chains. Cutting attachments
with green warning decals or green
labels on the packaging are designed to
reduce the risk of kickback injury. The
matching of green decaled powerheads
under 3.8 cubic inch displacement with
green labeled bars and green labeled
chains gives compliance with the
"Low kickback saw chain" is a chain
which has met the kickback
!Warning!
Use of other, non-listed bar/chain
performance requirements of § 5.12.2.4
of ANSI B 175.1-2000 (Safety
combinations may increase kickback
forces and increase the risk of kickback
injury. New bar/chain combinations may
be developed after publication of this
literature, which will, in combination with
certain powerheads, comply with
Requirements for Gasoline-Powered
ChainSaws) when tested on a selected
representative sample of chainsaws
below 3.8 cubic inch displacement
specified in ANSI B 175.1-2000.
computed kickback angle requirements
of ANSI B 175.1-2000 when the
!
Warning!
§
5.12 of ANSI B 175.1-2000. Check
products are in their original condition.
Products with yellow decals or labels are
for users with extraordinary cutting
needs and experience and specialized
training for dealing with kickback.
with your STIHL dealer for such
combinations.
There are potential powerhead and bar
combinations with which low kickback
saw chains can be used which have not
been specifically certified to comply with
the 45° computer derived kickback
angle of § 5.12 of ANSI
!Warning!
Reduced kickback bars and low
STIHL recommends the use of its
green labeled reduced kickback bars,
green labeled low kickback chains
and a STIHL Quickstop chain brake
for both experienced and
kickback chains do not prevent
kickback, but they are designed to
reduce the risk of kickback injury. They
are available from your STIHL dealer.
B 175.1-2000. Some low kickback
chains have not been tested with all
powerhead and bar combinations.
!
Warning!
!Warning!
A dull or improperly sharpened chain
may reduce or negate the effects of the
design features intended to reduce
inexperienced chainsaw users.
Even if your saw is equipped with a
Quickstop, a reduced kickback bar and/
or low kickback chain, this does not
eliminate the risk of injury by kickback.
Therefore, always observe all safety
precautions to avoid kickback situations.
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