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Shadow VI User Manual
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Chapter 1
Introduction to Shadow VI
Safety Light Curtain
Because the receiver only accepts
infrared
light pulses of a certain duration in proper
sequence, Shadow cannot be affected or fooled by other light sources. All other continuous
light sources and even pulsed light sources are "tuned out." Therefore, the light curtain is not
affected by normal lighting near the light curtain. Also, changes in area lighting or even
flashing strobe lights will not affect operation.
This pulsed sequence is so fast that, where we mark time in units no smaller than a second,
the effect is a continuous light field across the guarded area. You would have to move the
point of your finger across an LED in the transmitter in less than 5/1000th of a second (5 ms
or milliseconds) to evade the light pulses coming from that LED. Therefore in our world of
seconds and minutes, the light curtain is really always there even though only one light beam
is actually produced at a time. The actual light pulse lasts for only 1/100,000th of a second
(10 microseconds). Consequently it does not take long to create a whole series of pulses one
after the other.
Shadow and Control Reliability
WARNING
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IMPROPER INSTALLATION
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Install Shadow safety light curtains in compliance with applicable safety regulations from the
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the American National
Standards Institute (ANSI). See excerpts in the appendices.
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Refer to the latest revision of all applicable documents.
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Ensure that your installation meets the control reliability requirements of the applicable
regulations.
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Ensure that both Shadow control relays are used in any Shadow installation, including
connection directly to the press control's stop circuit, to a PLC, or to other type of machine
control. Wiring is explained in Chapter 2.
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Read carefully and understand the installation instructions before attempting to install and
wire Shadows to any control
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Ensure that installation is performed by qualified personnel.
Failure to comply with these instructions could result in death or serious injury.
WARNING
!
UNPROTECTED MACHINERY MAY CONTINUE TO OPERATE
Ensure that all operators know which device(s) your Shadow safety light curtain protects and
which it does not. The press Shadow is wired to will stop when the light curtain is
interrupted and sends a stop signal to the press. However, the associated feeds and
conveyors, to which Shadow is not wired, will continue to operate after the press stops.
Failure to comply with these instructions could result in death or serious injury.
Shadow is control reliable. Control reliability is a term used and defined in the same way by
the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the American National
Standards Institute (ANSI).
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