Safety notes for electrical drives and controllers
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For the reasons mentioned above, protection must be ensured by monitoring or by superordinate measures. This must be
implemented by the system manufacturer based on the specific system situation and on a hazard and fault analysis. This also
includes the safety rules and regulations that apply to the system. Random movements of the machine or other malfunctions
may be caused by deactivating, bypassing, or failing to activate the safety devices.
2.4.6
Protection against contact with hot parts
DANGER!
The surfaces of the device housing may be hot!
Risk of injury! Risk of burns!
Do not touch the surfaces of the housing in the vicinity of heat sources! Risk of burns!
Before accessing the devices, let them cool for 10 minutes after they have been switched off.
Touching hot parts of the equipment, such as the housing which contains heat sinks and resistors, may cause
burns!
