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1 Safety, service
1.1.1 Safety, service - General
1.1: General information
1.1.1 Safety, service - General
Validity and
The information does not cover how to design, install and operate a complete system, nor
responsibility
does it cover all peripheral equipment, which can influence the safety of the total system. To
protect personnel, the complete system must be designed and installed in accordance with the
safety requirements set forth in the standards and regulations of the country where the robot
is installed.
The users of ABB industrial robots are responsible for ensuring that the applicable safety laws
and regulations in the country concerned are observed and that the safety devices necessary
to protect people working with the robot system have been designed and installed correctly.
Personnel working with robots must be familiar with the operation and handling of the indus-
trial robot, described in the applicable documents, e.g. User's Guide and Product Manual.
Connection of
Apart from the built-in safety functions, the robot is also supplied with an interface for the
external safety
connection of external safety devices. Via this interface, an external safety function can inter-
devices
act with other machines and peripheral equipment. This means that control signals can act on
safety signals received from the peripheral equipment as well as from the robot.
In the Product Manual - Installation and Commissioning, instructions are provided for con-
necting safety devices between the robot and the peripheral equipment.
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