Working In A Safe Manner; For Your Own Safety - ABB IRB 14000 Operating Manual

1.4 Working in a safe manner

1.4.1 For your own safety

General principles
A few simple principles should be followed in order to operate the robot safely:
Disconnected FlexPendant
A disconnected FlexPendant should be stored in such a way that it cannot be
mistaken for being connected to the controller.
Custom connections for FlexPendant
Any means of connecting the FlexPendant with other than the supplied cable and
its standard connector must not render the emergency stop button inoperative.
Always test the emergency stop button to make sure it works if a custom connection
cable is used.
Personal protective equipment
Always use suitable personal protective equipment, based on the risk assessment
for the robot installation.
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• Always operate the robot in manual mode if personnel are inside safeguarded
space.
• Always bring the FlexPendant along when you enter safeguarded space so
that robot control is in your hands.
• Watch out for rotating or moving tools such as milling cutters and saws. Make
sure those are stopped before you approach the robot.
• Watch out for hot surfaces both on work pieces as well as on the robot. The
robot motors and other parts can be hot.
• Watch out for grippers and objects gripped. If the gripper is opened the work
piece could fall and cause injuries or damage equipment. The gripper can
be very powerful and can also cause injuries if not operated in a safe manner.
• Watch out for hydraulic and pneumatic systems and live electric parts. Even
with power off residual energy in such circuits can be very dangerous.
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