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SAFETY
IMPORTANT SAFETY PRECAUTIONS
1. Examination of your desktop’s suitability to support your monitor array. The EMMA’s base clamp is “super-sized” to provide ample support for the
weight and leverage of all the devices mounted to it. However, it is important to examine your desktop to ensure that it has suicient strength and rigidity
to support the planned equipment array under maximum stress conditions. For example, if the desk is bumped forcefully while the EMMA is raised to its
maximum height, and the outer monitors are fully extended to wrap around the user. In particular…
• Avoid using the EMMA on desktops that may be too thin or may be constructed of a lower-density grade of MDF, plywood, reclaimed wood, or other
brittle surface materials that may break under excessive load. Low-quality desktops constructed from narrow planks that are glued together, such as
some bamboo, rubberwood, or other “engineered” materials, may lack the necessary structural integrity.
• iMovR does oer a steel under-desk reinforcement plate for mounting heavy-lifting, edge-clamped monitor arms of all kinds, which you might
consider using if you have any concerns about the strength of your existing desktop being able to support the EMMA array.
• Note that all iMovR desktops of 1-1/8” thickness or greater are generally safe to use with the EMMA. The “slim style” iMovR ¾-inch-thick desktops
can support up to 75 lbs and three monitors in a single row installation. Note that it is the customer’s sole responsibility to ensure that the desktop’s
strength and integrity are suicient for the installed equipment and environment (iMovR’s warranty is expressly limited to the use of the product with
safe loads and on desk equipment that is suiciently strong to support those loads prior to EMMA’s installation and use).
2. Cable path clearance. Route all of your monitor cables to your computer and other components while the EMMA is raised to its programmed maximum
height limit, to prevent any accidental equipment damage from insuicient cable slack. Ensure that there is nothing that any of the cables can accidentally
snag on while the EMMA is being raised or lowered.
3. Load distribution. The EMMA is a precision-controlled device that will perform best when loads are equally distributed along the span of aluminum
beams. This is particularly important when using laptop holders or other accessories in place of one or more of the monitors, or when mixing monitors of
dierent sizes and weights. Significantly imbalanced loading may increase wear on the precision lifting column componentry; excessively imbalanced
loading will void the warranty.
• If the lifting column ever produces excessive noise or squeaks when in motion, this may be an indication of excessively-imbalanced loading
or excessively-heavy loading, or both, and the drive motor should not be activated again until the condition is remedied. This can be done by
repositioning the devices along the aluminum beams so that their moments are precisely equalized on both sides of the column (moment = distance
from the center column to the VESA mount times the weight of the object).
• It is critical that the overall lifted-weight capacity of the EMMA — 120 lbs in standard configuration or up to 150 lbs if using the Heavy Duty Support
Collars — has not been exceeded.
4. Avoiding accidental collisions. EMMA’s advanced design features a PIEZO™ anti-collision detector for added safety. However, it is still important to set
upper and lower height limits in the controller to prevent accidental damage to your monitors, ceiling, desktop, and the EMMA itself, in the event that
an unauthorized user (or a child, e.g.) raises or lowers the monitor array without due care, or controls the EMMA in such a manner as to evade collision
detection. Note that anytime a Factory Reset is performed on the EMMA you will need to reprogram your upper and lower height limits.
5. Safety during installation. Although the EMMA can be installed by a single person, due to the nature of mounting heavy or bulky objects it is a good idea
to have an assistant during the process.
• We highly recommended watching our installation videos from beginning to end before starting the process yourself. We’ve created a specific video
for each possible configuration of the EMMA to make it as easy as possible for the user.
• Note that the machined ends of the aluminum beams may have sharp edges or burs that are exposed before the protective plastic end caps are
installed, or if they are ever removed. Please be careful when handling these beams during installation to avoid scrapes or cuts.
6. Tipping risk. The EMMA can lift a large amount of weight to a great height, with all of that weight connected to the back edge of your desk (which
may itself be an adjustable-height platform). Therefore it is extremely important to ensure that the desk will not easily tip over if accidentally bumped.
Backward tipping safety can be of lesser concern if there is a wall directly behind your desk. It is the customer’s sole responsibility to ensure that the way
they have loaded their devices on their desk will not pose a significant tipping risk when the EMMA is raised to its maximum programmed height limit.
