Safety Information And Considerations; Contents Of This Chapter; Meeting The Requirements Of The Machinery Directive - ABB FSO-21 User Manual

Safety information and
considerations

Contents of this chapter

This chapter contains general safety considerations and information to be taken into
account when applying the FSO safety functions.
WARNING! The FSO safety functions module is delivered with the safety
functions bypassed by jumper wires in connectors X:113 and X:114 to allow
initial drive commissioning without the need to configure safety functions first. The
safety system must always be properly commissioned and verified/validated before it
can be considered safe.

Meeting the requirements of the Machinery Directive

In order to fulfill the requirements of the Machine directive, the requirements in the
applicable standards must be met and the FSO module must be used according to all
instructions provided in this manual.
Implementing safety functions requires following a process, which is introduced for
example in Functional safety; Technical guide No. 10 (3AUA0000048753 [English]).
The process includes a risk assessment, and residual risks, as well as any
foreseeable misuse, must be documented in the user instructions of the machinery.

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