SafeShield Safety Light Curtain Hardware User Manual
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Appendix
Checklist for the Manufacturer
Checklist for the manufacturer/OEM for the installation of electro-sensitive protective equipment (ESPE)
The details on the items listed below must be available at the latest when the system is commissioned for the first time, depending,
however, on the various applications the requirements of which must be reviewed by the manufacturer/OEM.
This checklist should be retained and kept with the machine documentation to serve as reference during recurring tests.
1. Have the safety rules and regulations been observed in compliance with the directives/standards applicable to the
machine?
Yes ❑ No ❑
2. Are the applied directives and standards listed in the declaration of conformity?
Yes ❑ No ❑
3. Does the protective device comply with the required control category?
Yes ❑ No ❑
4. Is the access to the hazardous area/hazardous point only possible through the protective field of the ESPE?
Yes ❑ No ❑
5. Have appropriate measures been taken to prevent (mechanical point-of-operation guarding) or monitor
unprotected presence in the hazardous area when protecting a hazardous area/hazardous point and have these
been secured against removal?
Yes ❑ No ❑
6. Are additional mechanical protective measures fitted and secured against manipulation which prevent reaching
below, above or around the ESPE?
Yes ❑ No ❑
7. Has the maximum shutdown and/or stopping time of the machine been measured, specified and documented (at
the machine and/or in the machine documentation)?
Yes ❑ No ❑
8. Has the ESPE been mounted such that the required safety distance from the nearest hazardous point has been
achieved?
Yes ❑ No ❑
9. Are the ESPE devices properly mounted and secured against manipulation after adjustment?
Yes ❑ No ❑
10. Are the required protective measures against electric shock in effect (protection class)?
Yes ❑ No ❑
11. Is the command device for resetting the protective devices (ESPE) or restarting the machine present and correctly
installed?
Yes ❑ No ❑
12. Are the outputs of the ESPE (OSSDs) integrated in compliance with the required control category and does the
integration comply with the circuit diagrams?
Yes ❑ No ❑
13. Has the protective function been checked in compliance with the test notes of this documentation?
Yes ❑ No ❑
14. Are the given protective functions effective at every setting of the operating mode selector switch?
Yes ❑ No ❑
15. Are the switching elements activated by the ESPE, e.g. contactors, valves, monitored?
Yes ❑ No ❑
16. Is the ESPE effective over the entire period of the dangerous state?
Yes ❑ No ❑
17. Once initiated, will a dangerous state be stopped when switching the ESPE on or off and when changing the
operating mode, or when switching to another protective device?
Yes ❑ No ❑
18. Has the information label “Important Information” for the daily check been attached so that it is well visible for
the operator?
Yes ❑ No ❑
This checklist does not replace the initial commissioning, nor the regular inspection by specialist personnel.
