Tapeswitch CKP/Solo Sensors Technical Manual Download Page 1

IMPORTANT

This manual must accompany the product throughout its working
life. Those persons responsible for the use of the product must
ensure that all persons involved in the installation, commissioning,
operation, maintenance and servicing of the product have access
to all the information supplied by the manufacturers of the
machine and its safety system.

WARNING

Tapeswitch safety mat systems are intended to protect operators
working at or near dangerous machinery. They can only perform
this function if they are correctly fitted and interfaced to a suitable
machine. It is essential that the full contents of this manual and
all the authoritative documents referred to herein are fully
understood before any attempt at installation is made. If in doubt
contact Tapeswitch or your Tapeswitch distributor.

TAPESWITCH

SAFETY MATS

CKP/Solo Sensors

TECHNICAL MANUAL 343184-01

English

Summary of Contents for CKP/Solo Sensors

Page 1: ...safety system WARNING Tapeswitch safety mat systems are intended to protect operators working at or near dangerous machinery They can only perform thisfunctioniftheyarecorrectlyfittedandinterfacedtoas...

Page 2: ...1 GENERAL 4 2 SENSOR INSTALLATION 5 PERIODICCHECKING 5 1 GENERAL 5 2 COMMISSIONING CHECKS 5 3 SIX MONTHLY CHECKS 5 4 DAILY SETTING CHECKS 6 OPERATION MAINTENANCEANDSERVICING 6 1 OPERATION 6 2 MAINTEN...

Page 3: ...is not suitable for detectingchildren The CKP Solo mat is ideal for use with safety bus systems The mats can connect directly to the same kind of standard safety bus I O connection modules that are us...

Page 4: ...he maximum width of a mat is 1200 mm the maximum length of a mat is 2400 mm the maximum total area is 2 88m Figure 1 Dimensions of the inactive area around outer edge of sensor The dimensions of senso...

Page 5: ...lyopenswitch Heavy gauge tin plated copper wire is used for all internal wiring and all connections to the switching elements are direct solder joints The switches are self bottoming and as a resultth...

Page 6: ...mance of the machine Anymachineregardlessoftheefficiencyofits brakingsystem willtakeacertainamountof time to come to rest after a stop signal is generated From the instant that a persons foot touches...

Page 7: ...erall system response time T should be measured several times and the highest value recorded plus a suitable allowance for brake deterioration should be used in the calculationoftheminimumseparationdi...

Page 8: ...fsafetyintegrity determined by the risk assessment d Steps must be taken to prevent access to the dangerous parts of the machine from any direction not covered by the sensor Such stepscouldincludefixe...

Page 9: ...0mm Keepmatsensors flatwheneverpossible Alwaysstoreflat Mat sensors with one edge longer than 1 metre should be handled by two people Figure 5 Ensure operator is always standing on active area of sens...

Page 10: ...sor This specially designed edging comes in two parts a base and a cover The cover provides a 20 degree ramp to prevent a tripping hazard at the outer sensor edges TypeAE 13 edging is illustrated in F...

Page 11: ...cable is fitted with an M12 plug Theconnectionstothematsensor are shown in Figure 9 One cable is used for the d c supply and one cableisusedforthe Volt FreeSafetyOutputs NOTE In order to achieve EN95...

Page 12: ...oissuitablefor thelevelofriskpresentedbythe machine ii Checkthattheenvironmentissuitable for the use of the CKP Solo b Checkthatthedimensionsandpositionof the CKP Soloare correct taking into account t...

Page 13: ...es over thewholeactiveareabywalking heeltotoe over the whole area in two directions as shown in Figure 10 l Examinethestoppingperformancemonitor iffitted toensurethatitisfittedandfunctioning correctly...

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