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8 007 898/O369/05-04-04 Operating instruction • MSL cod. © SICK AG • Industrial Safety Systems • Germany • All rights reserved
1
Installation, commissioning, use and
routine technical checking of the
non-contact safety device is subject
to national and international regula-
tions and standards, in particular:
‡ Regulations derived from the
Machinery Directive 98/37 EC
‡ Regulations derived from the
Use of Equipment Directive
89/665 EEC
‡ Relevant safety regulations
‡ Applicable accident prevention
regulations and safety rules.
The manufacturers and users of the
machinery on which our safety
devices are used are solely
responsible for ascertaining all
applicable safety standards and
regulations from the competent
authorities and for ensuring
compliance with those standards
and regulations.
2 Furthermore,
the instructions laid
down – and
in particular the
test requirements
(see
Testing)
set out in the
Technical Description
and in these
Operating Instructions
(including instructions relating to
use, mounting, installation and
integration into the machine control
system) - must be followed.
3
The tests must be performed
by
qualified experts
or by
authorized and competent
personnel
and must be
documented in such a way as to be
verifiable at any time.
4
These Operating Instructions
must
be made available to
the employee
(operator) of the machine on
which our safety device is used. The
employee must be instructed
by
qualified experts.
5
The test protocol according to the
use of the non-contact safety
device is printed at the end of the
English section of these Operating
Instructions. Acceptance testing is
performed on the basis of that
protocol.
2.3 General safety instructions and
precautions
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