Operating instructions
IN3000 Direct
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On safety
8014173/XT35/2013-10-28 © SICK AG • Industrial Safety Systems • Germany • Subject to change without notice
On safety
This chapter deals with your own safety and the safety
of the equipment operators.
Please read this chapter carefully before working
with the IN3000 Direct series inductive safety swit-
ches or with the machine protected by these safety
switches in conjunction with the related guards.
The national/international rules and regulations apply
to the installation, commissioning, use and periodic
technical inspections of the IN3000 Direct series
safety switches, in particular
the Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC,
the EMC directive 2004/108/EC,
Work Equipment Directive 89/655/EEC,
the safety regulations
as well as
the work safety regulations/safety rules.
2.1
Qualified safety personnel
The IN3000 Direct series safety switches are only
allowed to be mounted and placed in operation by
qualified safety personnel. Qualified safety personnel
are defined as persons who
have undergone the appropriate technical training
and
who have been instructed by the responsible
machine operator in the operation of the machine
and the current valid safety guidelines
and
who have access to these operating instructions.
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