Component Life; Durability; Safety; Conditions Of Acceptability - Sony DDS-4 Product Description Manual

2. SPECIFICATION

2. 3. 13 Component Life

The specified life of the SDT-10000/SDT-11000 is 8 years average.
The usage model for this specification is as follows.
3 hours tape pulling time per day
6 days usage per week
The SDT-10000/SDT-11000 is equivalent to 7,500 hours tape-pulling life.

2. 3. 14 Durability

The durability of the components in the SDT-10000/SDT-11000 will exceed the number of operations listed on the
following table:
Start/Stop
Reposition
Thread/Unthread
Load/Eject

2. 4 SAFETY

The SDT-10000/SDT-11000 conforms to the following safety standards:
• Underwriters Laboratories, Inc.
UL 1950 (Third Edition), Safety of Information Technology Equipment, Including Electrical Business Equipment.
• Canadian Standards Association
CSA-C22.2 No. 950 (CUL), Safety of Information Technology Equipment, Including Electrical Business Equip-
ment.
• TUV
EN 60950: 1992 + A1 + A2 + A3 + A4 + A11 Safety of Information Technology Equipment, Including Electrical
Business Equipment.
• CE Mark

2. 4. 1 Conditions of Acceptability

The SDT-10000/SDT-11000 is for use only in equipment where the suitability of the combination has been determined
by an appropriate certification organization (for example, Underwriters Laboratories, Inc. or the Canadian Standards
Association in North America, and the British Standards Institution or Verband Deutscher Elektrotechniker in Europe).
Other considerations include the following:
1. An enclosure must be supplied to limit the operator's access to live parts, to provide system stability, and to
furnish the drive with the necessary grounding integrity.
2. The necessary voltage supplies must be provided. These supplies are Extra Low Voltage SEC for UL and CSA,
or Safety Extra Low Voltage for BSI, VDE, and so on, of +5V and +12V DC.
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