2. Safety instructions for electric drives and controllers
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Warning
DANGER!
High electric voltage due to incorrect connection.
Danger of bodily injury or death due to electric shock!
Devices, electrical components and cables may only be connected to connections and
terminals from 0 to 50 V, providing they have a protective low voltage (PELV = Protective
Extra Low Voltage).
Connect only voltages and current circuits which have reliable separation of dangerous
voltages. Such separation is achieved e.g. with isolating transformers, reliable opto-
couplers or battery operation separate from the mains network.
2.4.5 Protection from dangerous movements
Dangerous movements can be caused by incorrect control of connected motors. There are
various causes:
- Unsafe or faulty circuitry or cabling
- Faults in operating the components
- Faults in the measured value and signal generators
- Defective or non-EMC valid components
- Faults in the software in the higher-order control system.
These faults can occur immediately after the device is switched on or after a certain period
of operation.
The monitoring functions in the drive components exclude to a large extent the possibility
of incorrect operation of the connected drives. WIth regard to the protection of human
beings, especially the danger of bodily injury and/or material damage, one must not rely
on these circumstances alone. Until the fitted monitoring functions become effective, you
must reckon with at least one incorrect drive movement, the extent of which depends on
the type of control and on the operating state.
Warning
DANGER!
Dangerous movements.
Danger of injury or death, serious bodily injury or material damage.
For the above-mentioned reasons, the protection of human beings must be ensured with
the aid of monitoring systems or by measures which are of higher order than the system.
These measures are foreseen depending on the specific features of a danger and fault
analysis by the system manufacturer. The safety regulations applicable to the system must
be observed here as well. Undesired movements of the machine or other incorrect
functions can occur as a result of switching off, avoiding or failing to activate safety
devices.