User guide
Pilz GmbH & Co. KG, Felix-Wankel-Straße 2, 73760 Ostfildern, Germany
Telephone: +49 711 3409-0, Telefax: +49 711 3409-133, E-Mail: pilz.gmbh@pilz.de
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3.1 Intended Use
3 Safety
Tool class 2
 These tools cannot be safeguarded in compliance with the standards: 
The front and rear bending lines are detected by the protected field 
on the PSENvip. The front segments of the protected field are less 
than 15 mm away from the front bending line.
 Upper tools with a width of max. 43 mm or radius of max. 50 mm.
 The following safety guideline applies for press brakes with tools in 
this tool class.
Tool class 3
 These tools cannot be safeguarded in compliance with the standards: 
The front and rear bending lines are not detected by the protected 
field on the PSENvip.
 The following safety guideline applies for press brakes with tools in 
this tool class.
WARNING!
Crushing and trapping of fingers or hands!
There may be additional hazard areas in zones that are not mon-
itored by the PSENvip.
In these zones there is an increased risk of crushing and trap-
ping of fingers or hands.
Secure these zones with appropriate additional measures!
– Carry out a hazard analysis!
– Raise the regular switchover point, which initiates braking at 
low speed! The switchover point must be monitored by the 
safety system.
WARNING!
Crushing and trapping of fingers or hands!
There may be additional hazard areas in zones that are not mon-
itored by the PSENvip.
In these zones there is an increased risk of crushing and trap-
ping of fingers or hands.
Secure these zones with appropriate additional measures!
– Carry out a hazard analysis!
– Raise the switchover point, which initiates braking at low 
speed. It must be placed even higher than the position used 
for tools of tool class 2. The switchover point must be mon-
itored by the safety system.
– Each press stroke must be acknowledged by the operator 
prior to initiation.










