On Safety; Qualified Safety Personnel; Applications Of The Safety Switches - SICK T4000 Serie Instrucciones De Servicio

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On safety
This chapter deals with your own safety and the safety of
the equipment operators.
 Please read this chapter carefully before working with
the T4000 Direct series coded electronic safety
switches or with the machine protected by these safety
switches in conjunction with the related guards.
The national/international rules and regulations apply to
the installation, commissioning, use and periodic technical
inspections of the T4000 Direct series safety switches, in
particular
 the machinery directive 2006/42/EC,
 EMC directive 2004/108/EC,
 Work Equipment Directive 89/655 EEC,
 the safety regulations
as well as
 the work safety regulations/safety rules.
2.1

Qualified safety personnel

The T4000 Direct series coded electronic safety switches
are only allowed to be placed in operation by qualified
safety personnel. Qualified safety 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 cur-
rent valid safety guidelines
and
 who have access to these operating instructions.
2.2

Applications of the safety switches

The T4000 Direct series coded electronic safety switches
are safety devices. They monitor movable guards such that
 the dangerous state of the machine or system can only
be switched on when the guards are closed,
and
 a stop command is triggered if a guard is opened with
the machine running.
Operating Instructions
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