Safety of machinery - Electro-sensitive protective equipment - Part 3: Particular requirement for Active Opto-electronic Protective Devices responsive to Diffuse Reflection (AOPDDR)
Safety of machinery - Electro-sensitive protective equipment - Part 3: Particular requirement for Active Opto-electronic Protective Devices responsive to Diffuse Reflection (AOPDDR)
Subscribe on standards with our subscription service. When you use our service you can be assured the latest editions and easy access.
Read more about SIS Subscriptions
This part of IEC 61496 specifies additional requirements for the design, construction and testing of electro-sensitive protective equipment (ESPE) for the safeguarding of machinery, employing active opto-electronic protective devices responsive to diffuse reflection (AOPDDRs) for the sensing function. Special attention is directed to requirements which ensure that an appropriate safety-related performance is achieved. An ESPE may include optional safety-related functions, the requirements for which are given both in annex A of this part and in annex A of IEC 61496-1.
This part does not specify the dimensions or configurations of the detection zone and its disposition in relation to hazardous parts for any particular application, nor what constitutes a hazardous state of any machine. It is restricted to the functioning of the ESPE.
AOPDDRs are devices that have a detection zone specified in two dimensions wherein radiation in the near infrared range is emitted by a transmitter element(s). When the emitted radiation impinges on an object (for example, a person or part of a person), a portion of the emitted radiation is reflected to a receiving element(s) by diffuse reflection whereby the presence of the object can be detected.
Safety of machinery - Electro-sensitive protective equipment - Part 3: Particular requirement for Active Opto-electronic Protective Devices responsive to Diffuse Reflection (AOPDDR)
Subscribe on standards with our subscription service. When you use our service you can be assured the latest editions and easy access.
Read more about SIS Subscriptions