Operating Instructions
RE 4000
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On safety
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On safety
This chapter deals with your own safety and the safety of the
equipment users.
Please read this chapter carefully before working with the safety
system RE 4000 or with the machine protected by the RE 4000 in
conjunction with the related protective devices.
The national/international rules and regulations apply to the
installation, commissioning, use and periodic technical inspections of
the safety system, in particular:
Machine Directive 98/37/EC,
Low voltage directive 73/23/EC,
EMC directive 89/336/EEC,
Work Equipment Directive 89/655/EEC,
the safety regulations
as well as
the work safety regulations/safety rules.
1.1
Specialist personnel
The safety system RE 4000 must be installed and commissioned only
by specialist personnel. Specialist personnel are defined as persons
who
have undergone the appropriate technical training
and
who have been instructed by the responsible machine operator in
the operation of the machine and the current valid safety
guidelines
and
who have access to these operating instructions.
1.2
Applications of the safety system
The safety system RE 4000 comprises magnetically operated safety
sensors with evaluation unit.
The system secures moving protective devices with a guard function
so that
the dangerous state of the machine can only be switched on when
the protective devices are closed.
a STOP command is triggered if a protective device is opened with
the machine running.
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