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3.
Warning labels
Warning labels shown below are attached to the robot body and controller to alert the operator to potential
hazards. To ensure correct use, read the warning labels and comply with the instructions.
3.1
Warning labels
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WARNING
If warning labels are removed or difficult to see, then the necessary precautions may not be taken, resulting in an
accident.
• Do not remove, alter or stain the warning labels on the robot body.
• Do not allow warning labels to be hidden by devices installed on the robot by the user.
• Provide proper lighting so that the symbols and instructions on the warning labels can be clearly seen from
outside the safety enclosure.
3.1.1
Warning label messages on robot and controller
Word messages on the danger, warning and caution labels are concise and brief instructions. For more specific
instructions, read and follow the "Instructions on this label" described on the right of each label shown below.
See "7.1 Movement range" in "Safety instructions" for details on the robot's movement range.
Warning label 1 (SCARA robots, Cartesian robots)
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DANGER
Serious injury may result from contact with a moving robot.
• Keep outside of the robot safety enclosure during operation.
• Press the emergency stop button before entering the safety enclosure.
Potential hazard to human body
To avoid hazard
Warning label 2 (SCARA robots, Cartesian robots, single-axis robots*)
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* Warning label 2 is not attached to some small single-axis robots, but is supplied with the robots.
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WARNING
Moving parts can pinch or crush hands.
Keep hands away from the movable parts of the robot.
Potential hazard to human body
To avoid hazard
• Always install a safety enclosure to keep all persons
away from the robot movement range and prevent
injury from contacting the moving part of the robot.
• Install an interlock that triggers emergency stop when
the door or gate of the safety enclosure is opened.
• The safety enclosure should be designed so that no
one can enter inside except from the door or gate
equipped with an interlock device.
• Warning label 1 that comes supplied with a robot
should be affixed to an easy-to-see location on the
door or gate of the safety enclosure.
Serious injury may result from contact with a moving robot.
• Keep outside of the robot safety enclosure during operation.
• Press the emergency stop button before entering the safety enclosure.
Use caution to prevent hands and fingers from being
pinched or crushed by the movable parts of the robot
when transporting or moving the robot or during
teaching.
Moving parts can pinch or crush hands.
Keep hands away from the movable parts of the robot.
Instructions on this label
Instructions on this label
90K41-001470
90K41-001460
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