Risk Reduction Measures - YASKAWA DX200 Instructions Manual

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5 Risk Assessment
5.2

Risk Reduction Measures

Risk Reduction Measures
Additional safety measures to reduce risk are determined and
implemented based on factors, levels, and frequency of risk.
This chapter describes additional safety measures examples and their
effects.
The effects are described on the conditions that the safety measures are
properly implemented.
Example of additional
safety measure
Robot area limit by the
functional safety function
Robot each axis area limit
by the functional safety
function
Monitoring the robot's
surroundings with a
presence detection sensor
Monitoring the robot's
surroundings with a safety
light curtain
The safety measures described here are only examples.
NOTE
YASKAWA does not guarantee safety.
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Effect
The distance between the environment and the
robot is ensured to prevent a human body from
clamping between the environment and the robot.
The distance between the robot arms is ensured to
prevent a human body from clamping between the
robot arms.
When a worker intrudes to the work area during the
automatic operation, the robot is stopped.
If a worker remains in the work area when
switching to the automatic operation from the hand
guiding operation, the robot is made not to operate.
When a worker intrudes to the work area during the
automatic operation, the robot is stopped.
An intrusion of other workers to the work area
during the hand guiding operation is detected, and
the robot can be stopped.
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