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  • BS 6491-1:1984

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    Electro-sensitive safety systems for industrial machines Specification for general requirements

    Available format(s):  Hardcopy, PDF

    Withdrawn date:  15-10-1999

    Language(s):  English

    Published date:  29-06-1984

    Publisher:  British Standards Institution

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    Foreword
    Committee responsible
    Specification
    0. Introduction
    1. Scope
    2. Definitions
    3. Electro-sensitive safety system (ESSS)
    4. ESSS control unit
    5. Sensing units (SU)
    6. Safety monitoring means (SMM) facilities
    7. Enclosures
    8. Stopping performance monitoring
    9. Testing
    10. Marking
    11. Accompanying documents
    Appendices
    A. Suggested order of inspection and tests
    Tables
    1. Common-mode and differential-mode randomly phased
        transient overvoltages of either polarity
    2. Marking on the outside of equipment
    Figure
    1. Block diagram of an electro-sensitive safety system
        illustrating a typical application to a machine

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    Requirements for guarding a broad range of industrial machines. (Guidance notes published by the Health and Safety Executive will give requirements for the application of systems to individual types of machines.)

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    Committee MCE/3
    Document Type Standard
    Publisher British Standards Institution
    Status Withdrawn
    Superseded By

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