Mounting
Leuze electronic MLC 510 21
Calculation of safety distanceS
Ro
acc. to ISO13855 when protective field is accessed from above:
Calculation of safety distanceS
Ro
for point of operation guarding
S
RO
[mm] = Safety distance
K [mm/s] = Approach speed for point of operation guarding with approach reaction and normal approach di-
rection to the protective field (resolution 14to40mm): 2000mm/s or 1600mm/s, when
S
RO
>500mm
T [s] = Total time of the delay, sum from (t
a
+t
i
+t
m
)
t
a
[s] = Response time of the protective device
t
i
[s] = Response time of the safety relay
t
m
[s] = Stopping time of the machine
C
RO
[mm] = Additional distance in which a body part can move towards the protective device before the pro-
tective device triggers: value (see the following table “Reaching over the vertical protective field
of electro-sensitive protective equipment (excerpt from ISO13855)”).
1 Safety sensor
2 Danger zone
3 Floor
a Height of the point of operation
b Height of the upper beam of the safety sensor
Fig.6.1: Additional distance to the safety distance when reaching over and under