Further Information On The Machinery Directive (Md) - Bosch Rexroth VCH 08.1 Manual

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Rexroth IndraControl VCH 08.1 Hand-held Terminal
Presumption of conformity with
harmonised standards
Related Information
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Further Information on the Machinery Directive (MD)

General Information
Which devices have to comply with
the new machinery directive (MD)?
and operating efficiency: namely to achieve a generally high level overall in
relation to the aspects under consideration).
Recognition of Conformity by means of Harmonised Standards
The European Directives mainly contain general requirements for the safety of
products; however they do not contain details of how to carry them out. The
European Standards Institutes are responsible for this. They provide imple‐
mentation proposals for real safety problems or specific product classes. Stand‐
ards that are assumed to meet and correctly interpret the requirements of the
Directives are known as "harmonised standards". However, most of the avail‐
able standards are not harmonised.
By applying and implementing harmonised Standards, a manufacturer can
claim conformity for the respective product. However, the Standards, in contrast
to the Directives, are not legally binding. This means that the manufacturer may
also take into consideration other solutions that are not described in the stand‐
ards. However these solutions must attain at least the same safety level as the
relevant Standards and satisfy the requirements of the appropriate Directives.
Please find further information in
chinery Directive (MD)" on page 37
● Selection of Performance Level and Safety Categories according to EN
ISO 13849-1
● Application of Hand-held Terminal in Special Operation Modes
● Notes on the "Emergency Stop Button"
● Application of Emergency Stop Button and Stop Button on the Hand-held
Terminal
● Notes on the enabling button
The Machinery Directive (MD) 2006/42/EC is valid from 29th December, 2009
(without any transition period). This means that all machines and safety com‐
ponents that will be brought to market after this date have to comply with this
new MD and its harmonised standards. For Bosch Rexroth hand-held this
means that besides the new machine directive also the standard EN ISO
13849-1:2008 will be used instead of the old standard EN 954-1. EN ISO
13849-1 demands for the safety relevant component "enabling switch" the
specification of category and Performance Level (PL) and for emergency stop-
buttons and grey stop-buttons the specification of the B
are specified in this document (see
Stop Button" on page 28).
This rule is valid for Bosch Rexroth and its customers:
Depending on the date the product has been put into circulation the new ma‐
chine directive has to be applied or not. If the IndraControl VCH 08.1 will be
delivered in its end use after 29th December, 2009 , it will be put into circulation
newly - even if it has been sold by Bosch Rexroth at an earlier date.
● Devices complying with the old Machinery Directive and that will be sent
to Bosch Rexroth for repair, can be repaired and delivered in compliance
with the old MD.
● Customer sends old device for repair and will receive the same or another,
equal device.
● Devices complying with the new MD and that will be sent to Bosch Rexroth
for repair, must be repaired and delivered in compliance with the new MD.
Bosch Rexroth AG
chapter 4.13 "Further Information on the Ma‐
on the following topics:
value. These values
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chapter 4.3 "Stop Button and Emergency
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