Kuka KR 20-3 - Decommissioning, Storage and Disposal; Applied Norms and Regulations

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KR 20-3
Counterbal-
ancing system
Some robot variants are equipped with a hydropneumatic, spring or gas cylin-
der counterbalancing system.
The hydropneumatic and gas cylinder counterbalancing systems are pressure
equipment and, as such, are subject to obligatory equipment monitoring and
the provisions of the Pressure Equipment Directive.
The user must comply with the applicable national laws, regulations and stan-
dards pertaining to pressure equipment.
Inspection intervals in Germany in accordance with Industrial Safety Order,
Sections 14 and 15. Inspection by the user before commissioning at the instal-
lation site.
The following safety measures must be carried out when working on the coun-
terbalancing system:
 The manipulator assemblies supported by the counterbalancing systems
must be secured.
 Work on the counterbalancing systems must only be carried out by quali-
fied personnel.
Hazardous
substances
The following safety measures must be carried out when handling hazardous
substances:
 Avoid prolonged and repeated intensive contact with the skin.
 Avoid breathing in oil spray or vapors.
 Clean skin and apply skin cream.
5.5.7 Decommissioning, storage and disposal
The industrial robot must be decommissioned, stored and disposed of in ac-
cordance with the applicable national laws, regulations and standards.
5.6 Applied norms and regulations
To ensure safe use of our products, we recommend that our custom-
ers regularly request up-to-date safety data sheets from the manufac-
turers of hazardous substances.
Name Definition Edition
2006/42/EC Machinery Directive:
Directive 2006/42/EC of the European Parliament and of the
Council of 17 May 2006 on machinery, and amending Direc-
tive 95/16/EC (recast)
2006
2014/30/EC EMC Directive:
Directive 2014/30/EC of the European Parliament and of the
Council of 26 February 2014 on the approximation of the laws
of the Member States concerning electromagnetic compatibil-
ity
This directive is valid from the 20/04/2016 on.
2014