Cedes Safe2+ - Applications of Safety Light Curtains; Common Application Scenarios; Application Limitations

Safe2+ / Safe4 Operation Manual
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3. Applications
3.1. Typical applications
Depending on the risk analysis Safe2+ or Safe4
systems are used for (Figure 3):
! Entry / exit safeguarding
! Point-of-operation safeguarding
! Hazards area safeguarding
! Combination of entry and area safeguarding
! Combination of entry, area and point-of-
operation safeguarding
Typical areas of applications are:
! Robotic assembly line
! Welding robots
! Processing machinery
! Rotation machines
! Conveyor machines
! Automated paint shops
! Entry / exit of automatic storage facilities
Typical markets are:
! Automotive
! Apparatus
! Semi conductor industry
! Metal processing
! Paper processing
! Wood processing
! Glass manufacturing
! Textile industry
and at any place to protect working personnel from
dangerous machinery.
3.2. Applications restrictions
Safe2+ or Safe4 are is not designed and approved
for any application in explosive EX or radioactive
areas.
Safe2+ does not comply with the optical demands of
a type 4 light curtain according the international stan-
dard IEC 61496.
Exit / Entry Safeguarding
Point-of-Operation Safeguarding
Hazardous Zone Safeguarding
Figure 3: Typical applications