A.4.5 Protective devices
Electrosensitive protective equipment
EN 61496-1:2013 Safety of machinery - Electrosensitive protective equipment – Part 1: General
requirements and tests, Type B standard.
This part denes the general requirements for design, production and testing of electrosensitive
protective equipment (ESPE) that is specially designed for detection of persons as part of a
safety-related system.
Pressure-sensitive protective equipment
EN ISO 13856-2:2013 Safety of machinery — Pressure-sensitive protective devices — Part 2:
General principles for the design and testing of pressure-sensitive edges and pressure-sensitive
bars, Type B2 standard
This part of ISO 13856 establishes general principles and species requirements for the design
and testing of pressure-sensitive edges and pressure-sensitive bars used as safeguards and not
as actuating devices for normal operation.
Note
Die EN1760-2:2001+A1:2009 has been withdrawn and replaced with ISO 13856-2:2013.
Two-hand control devices
EN 574:1996+A1:2008 Safety of machinery – Two-hand control devices – Functional aspects –
Design principles.
Chapters 6 describes the requirements for controllers
Table A-51 List of two-hand control device types and the minimum safety requirements
Requirements Section Types
I II III
A B C
Use of both hands (simultaneous actuation) 5.1 x x x x x
Relationship between input signals and output signal 5.2 x x x x x
Termination of the output signal 5.3 x x x x x
Avoidance of unintentional operation 5.4 x x x x x
Preventing bypassing 5.5 x x x x x
Recreating the output signal 5.6 *) x x x x
Synchronous actuation 5.7 x x x
Use of category 1 (EN 574:1996+A1:2008) 6.2 x x
Appendices
A.4 Standards, directives and laws
ATD4xxW for industrial applications
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