3 Introduction
3.1 Appropriate Applications and Limitations
WARNING: Read this Section Carefully Before Installing the System
If all mounting, installation, interfacing, and checkout procedures are not followed properly, the Banner
device cannot provide the protection for which it was designed. The user is responsible for ensuring that
all local, state, and national laws, rules, codes, or regulations relating to the installation and use of this
control system in any particular application are satisfied. Ensure that all legal requirements have been
met and that all technical installation and maintenance instructions contained in this manual are followed.
The user has the sole responsibility to ensure that this Banner device is installed and interfaced to the
guarded machine by
Qualified Persons
1
, in accordance with this manual and applicable safety
regulations. Failure to follow these instructions could result in serious injury or death.
The Banner EZ-SCREEN LPM is intended for point-of-operation machine guarding and other safeguarding applications. It is
the user’s responsibility to verify whether the safeguarding is appropriate for the application and is installed, as instructed
by this manual, by a Qualified Person.
The EZ-SCREEN LPM ability to perform its safeguarding function depends upon the appropriateness of the application and
upon its proper mechanical and electrical installation and interfacing to the guarded machine. If all mounting, installation,
interfacing, and checkout procedures are not followed properly, the EZ-SCREEN LPM cannot provide the protection for
which it was designed.
WARNING:
• Install System Only on Appropriate Applications
•
Failure to follow these instructions could result in serious injury or death.
• Use Banner's EZ-SCREEN LPM only on machinery that can be stopped immediately after a stop
signal is issued at any point in the machine's stroke or cycle, such as part-revolution clutched
machines. Under no circumstances may the EZ-SCREEN LPM be used on full-revolution
clutched machinery or in unsuitable applications.
• If there is any doubt about whether or not your machinery is compatible with the EZ-SCREEN
LPM, contact Banner Engineering.
3.1.1 Examples: Appropriate Applications
EZ-SCREEN LPM is typically used for, but is not limited to, the following applications:
•
Entry/Exit Applications. The muting devices are placed to allow the entry or exit of a pallet or cart of work materials
to enter or exit a workstation without tripping the safety light screen, and without allowing the entrance of personnel
into the hazardous area.
• Home or Station Applications. The muting devices must be placed to mute the safety light screen only when a
hazard does not exist or is in another area — so that personnel are not exposed to any hazard.
• Robot Load/Unload Station Application. The “Station” muting application uses independent safety light screen
circuits, each with its own muting circuit and sensors to protect work locations. When a robot is active in Station A,
for example, Station B safety light screen is muted.
• Turret Table Application. A “Turret Table” application is similar to the Robot Load/Unload Station muting application,
except that any movement of the table ends the mute.
• Power Press Applications. The muting devices are placed so that the mute is initiated only during the non-
hazardous, opening portion of the cycle (typically the machine upstroke).
WARNING:
• Muting is allowed only during the non-hazardous portion of the machine cycle
•
Failure to follow these instructions could result in serious injury or death.
• Design the muting application so that no single component failure can prevent the stop
command or allow subsequent machine cycles until the failure is corrected (per ISO 13849-1 and
ANSI B11.19).
See
Typical Muting Applications
(p. 54) for more information.
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A person who, by possession of a recognized degree or certificate of professional training, or who, by extensive knowledge, training and
experience, has successfully demonstrated the ability to solve problems relating to the subject matter and work.
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