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Chapter 2 - Safety
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2.4 Risk Assessment
Without special safeguards in its control system, the Adept robot could inflict serious
injury on an operator working within its work envelope. Safety standards in some
countries require appropriate safety equipment to be installed as part of the system. The
following table lists some of the safety standards that affect industrial robots. It is
not a
complete list. Safeguards must comply with all applicable local and national standards for
the location where the robot is installed.
Adept has performed a Risk Assessment for this product, based on the intended
applications of the robot. The conclusions are summarized below.
DIN, Deutsches Institut für Normung e.V.
German Institute for Standardization
Burggrafenstrasse 6
10787 Berlin
Germany
Phone.: +49 30 2601-0
Fax: +49 30 2601-1231
http://www.din.de
http://www2.beuth.de/ (publishing)
Table 2-3. Partial List of Robot and Machinery Safety Standards
International USA Canada Europe Title of Standard
ISO 10218 EN 775 Manipulating Industrial Robots -
Safety
ANSI/RIA
R15.06 CAN/CSA-
Z434-94 Industrial Robots and Robot
Systems - Safety Requirements
EN 292-2 Safety of Machinery - Basic
Concepts, General Principles for
Design
EN 954-1 Safety Related Parts of Control
Systems - General Principles for
Design
EN 1050 Safety of Machinery - Risk
Assessment
Table 2-2. Sources for International Standards and Directives (Continued)