BS 6491-1:1984
Withdrawn
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Electro-sensitive safety systems for industrial machines Specification for general requirements
Hardcopy , PDF
English
06-29-1984
10-15-1999
Foreword
Committee responsible
Specification
0. Introduction
1. Scope
2. Definitions
3. Electro-sensitive safety system (ESSS)
4. ESSS control unit
5. Sensing units (SU)
6. Safety monitoring means (SMM) facilities
7. Enclosures
8. Stopping performance monitoring
9. Testing
10. Marking
11. Accompanying documents
Appendices
A. Suggested order of inspection and tests
Tables
1. Common-mode and differential-mode randomly phased
transient overvoltages of either polarity
2. Marking on the outside of equipment
Figure
1. Block diagram of an electro-sensitive safety system
illustrating a typical application to a machine
Requirements for guarding a broad range of industrial machines. (Guidance notes published by the Health and Safety Executive will give requirements for the application of systems to individual types of machines.)
| Committee |
MCE/3
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| DocumentType |
Standard
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| Pages |
22
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| PublisherName |
British Standards Institution
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| Status |
Withdrawn
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| SupersededBy |
| Standards | Relationship |
| UNE-EN 54-22:2016 | Identical |
| BS 6491-2:1987 | Electro-sensitive safety systems for industrial machines Specification for particular requirements for an electro-sensitive safety system incorporating a photoelectric sensing unit(s) |
| BS 2771-1:1986 | Electrical equipment of industrial machines Specification for general requirements |
| BS 5378-1:1980 | Safety signs and colours Specification for colour and design |