Installation guide

1. Safety
4 RC180 Safety and Installation Rev.19
Safety-related Requirements
Specific tolerances and operating conditions for safety are contained in the
manuals for the robot, controller and other devices. Be sure to read those
manuals as well.
For the installation and operation of the robot system, be sure to comply with the
applicable local and national regulations.
Robot systems safety standards and other examples are given in this chapter.
Therefore, to ensure that safety measures are complete, please refer to the other
standards listed as well.
(Note: The following is only a partial list of the necessary safety standards.)
ENISO12100-1
ENISO12100-2
Safety of machinery - Basic concepts, general principles for design
Part 1. Basic terminology, methodology
Part 2. Technical principles and specifications
ENISO14121
Safety of machinery Principles for risk assessment
EN13849-1
Safety of machinery-Safety related parts of control systems
ENISO13850
Safety of machinery – Emergency stop – principles for design
ENISO13855
Safety of machinery - Positioning of safeguards with respect to the
approach speeds of parts of the human body.
ENISO13857
Safety of machinery - Safety distances to prevent hazard zones being
reached by upper and lower limbs.
ENISO 14120
(EN953)
General requirements for design and construction of guards
ISO10218
Robots for industrial environments -- Safety requirements
ANSI
/RIA R15.06
American National Standard; Industrial Robots and Robot Systems -
Safety Requirements
IEC204-1
(EN60204-1)
Safety of machinery - Electrical equipment of machines
Part 1. Specification for general requirements
EN55011
Limits and methods of measurement of radio disturbance characteristic of
industrial scientific and medical (ISM) radio frequency equipment.
EN61000-6-2
Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC)
Part 6-2: Generic standards - Immunity for industrial environments