Correct Use; General Safety Notes And Protective Measures - SICK Stsndart IN4000 Instrucciones De Servicio

Chapter 2
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On safety
2.3

Correct use

The IN4000 Standard series safety switches must be
used only as defined in chapter 2.2 "Applications of
the safety switches". The safety switches are only
allowed to be installed by qualified safety personnel
and are only allowed to be used on the machine on
which they have been installed and commissioned by
qualified safety personnel as per these operating
instructions.
All warranty claims against SICK AG are forfeited in
the case of any other use, or alterations being made
to devices, even as part of their mounting or installa-
tion.
2.4 General safety notes and protective
measures
The safety system, which comprises one or more safe-
ty switches of the IN4000 Standard series and the,
e.g. Flexi Classic or Flexi Soft safety controller, pro-
vides a personnel protection function. As an alterna-
tive to the safety controller, the safety switches can
also be connected to a safe PLC. Incorrect installation
or manipulation can result in serious injuries.
The IN4000 Standard safety switch complies with the
following safety requirements:
• up to category 4/Performance Level e as per
EN ISO 13 849-1 (application-dependent),
• SIL3 as per IEC 61 508,
• SILCL3 as per EN 62 061.
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Operating Instructions
IN4000 Standard