Laser Safety Precautions
F6 SMART™ Echo – Volumetric Handheld Camera – User Guide
Chapter 2 Laser Safety Precautions
General
The Mantis Vision’s F6 SMART™ Camera is designed and built to comply with the
American standard for laser products Title 21 CFR, 1040.10 and the International
standard for laser products IEC60825-1:2014 (Third Edition) as a Class 1 laser product
based on Class 4 lasers.
A Class 1 laser is safe under all conditions of normal use. This means the maximum
permissible exposure (MPE) cannot be exceeded when viewing a laser with the naked eye
or with the aid of typical magnifying optics, such as a telescope or microscope.
Class 4 laser beam is the highest and most dangerous class of laser, including all lasers
that exceed the Class 3B AEL. A class 4 laser can burn the skin, or cause devastating and
permanent eye damage because of direct, diffuse or indirect beam viewing.
These lasers may ignite combustible materials, and thus may represent a fire risk. These
hazards may also apply to indirect or non-specular reflections of the beam, even from
apparently matte surfaces – meaning that great care must be taken to control the beam
path.
Class 4 lasers must be equipped with a key switch and a safety interlock.
Most industrial, scientific, military, and medical lasers are in this category.
Medical lasers can have divergent emissions and require awareness of nominal ocular
hazard distance (NOHD) and nominal ocular hazard area (NOHA).
Engineering
The F6 SMART™ Camera is designed and built to follow the International standards for
laser products, including:
● Protective Housing – The internal Class 4 laser beam path is enclosed to prevent any
hazardous laser radiation leak.
In addition, the external protective housing prevents human access, during
operation, to laser radiation more than the AEL of Class 1.
● Controls – The controls are located so that operation does not require exposure to
radiation more than the AEL of Class 1.
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