SafeShield Safety Light Curtain Hardware User Manual
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Examples of Range of Use
Figure 2: Hazardous point protection using a SafeShield safety light
curtain
Figure 3: Hazardous area protection using a SafeShield safety light
curtain
Figure 4: Access protection using a SafeShield safety light curtain
The SafeShield safety light curtain operates correctly as a protective
device only if the following conditions are met:
• The control of the machine must be electrical.
• The dangerous state of the machine must be transferable at any
time into a safe state.
• Sender and receiver unit must be so mounted that objects
penetrating the hazardous area are safely identified by the
SafeShield safety light curtain.
• The restart button must be located outside the hazardous area
such that it cannot be operated by a person working inside the
hazardous area. When operating the reset button, the operator
must have full view of the hazardous area.
• The statutory and local rules and regulations must be observed
when installing and using the device.
Status Indicators
The LEDs and the 7-segment displays of the sender and the
receiver signal the operational status of the SafeShield safety light
curtain.
Notes The depiction of numbers on the 7-segment display can be
rotated by 180° with the aid of the SCD software. In this
case the point on the 7-segment display goes out:
• Point visible: The bottom edge of the numbers on the 7-
segment display is pointing towards the configuration
connection.
• Point not visible: The bottom edge of the numbers on
the 7-segment display is pointing towards the LED
display.
Device symbol SafeShield safety light curtain Host
(receiver) or SafeShield safety light curtain Host (sender),
context menu Configuration draft, Edit, option 7-segment
display of the related device.
Status Indicators of the Sender
Figure 5: Status indicators of the sender
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7-segment display
