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Protective field
The protective field (S) must be designed so that it detects a person at a minimum
distance from the hazardous point. This distance is required to prevent a person or
part of their body from reaching the hazardous area before the end of the machine’s
dangerous state.
In hazardous area protection, the minimum distance typically defines the protective
field size required.
If you define a number of analysis cases with different protective fields, you must
calculate the protective field size separately for each protective field used.
In many cases, a resolution of 50mm or 70mm is suitable for hazardous area
protection.
Height of the scan plane
WARNING
Risk of ineffectiveness of the protective device!
It is possible to get around the protective device by crawling beneath.
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Prevent people from being able to crawl beneath the protective field by mounting
the device appropriately.
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If you mount the protective device higher than 300mm, you must use additional
measures to prevent people crawling underneath.
WARNING
Risk of ineffectiveness of the protective device!
Persons and parts of the body to be protected may not recognized in case of non-obser‐
vance.
Body parts to be protected may not be detected under coarse resolution.
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Use a resolution of 70mm or finer for hazardous area protection.
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For hazardous area protection with a resolution of 70mm:make sure that it is
possible to detect a human leg.
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For hazardous area protection with a resolution of 70mm:mount the device at a
height of at least 300mm (height of the scan plane).
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If it is not possible to mount the device at a height of at least 300mm, use a finer
resolution
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