Chapter
2
Operating Instructions
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On safety
2
On safety
This chapter deals with your own safety and the safety of the equipment operators.
Please read this chapter carefully before working with the EFI gateway or with the
machine protected by the EFI gateway in combination with other safety components.
2.1
Qualified safety personnel
The EFI gateway and the other components connected to it must be installed, commis-
sioned and serviced only by specialist personnel. Specialist personnel are defined as
persons who
…
have undergone the appropriate technical training,
are familiar with the relevant national industrial safety regulations, work safety regula-
tions, directives and the generally recognised code of practice of the industry (for exam-
ple, DIN standards, VDE specifications, technical codes of other EU member states)
and
have access to and have read these operating instructions.
2.2
Applications of the device
The EFI gateway allows access to SICK sensors via PROFINET IO or PROFIsafe. The EFI
gateway is a module for the integration of safety components in IP 20 connection
technology. It is certified as SIL3 according to IEC 61
508 and category 4 according to
EN ISO 13
849-1 (see also section 9.1
32).
2.3
Correct use
The EFI gateway may be used only as defined in section 2.2
”.
It
may be used only by qualified safety personnel and only on the system where it has been
installed and initialised by qualified safety personnel.
SICK AG accepts no claims for liability if the equipment is used in any other way or if
modifications are made to the device, even in the context of mounting and installation.
