For Your Safety; Staff Qualification - Beckhoff AX2090-BW5 Series Documentation

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For your safety

Read the section on safety and heed the notices to protect yourself against personal injury and material
damages.
Liability limitations
All the components of the external brake resistor AX2090-BW5x-xxxx are supplied in certain hardware and
software configurations appropriate for the conditions of the application. Unauthorized modifications to the
hardware and/or software configurations other than those described in the documentation are not permitted,
and nullify the liability of Beckhoff Automation GmbH & Co. KG.
In addition, the following actions are excluded from the liability of Beckhoff Automation GmbH & Co.
KG:
• Failure to comply with this documentation
• Improper use
• Untrained personnel
• Use of unauthorized spare parts
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Staff qualification

Only technical personnel with knowledge of control and automation technology may carry out any of the
illustrated work steps on the Beckhoff software and hardware, in particular on the external brake resistor
AX2090-BW5x-xxxx.
The technical personnel must have knowledge of drive technology and electrical systems and must also
know how to work safely on electrical equipment and machines.
This also includes:
• production planning and
• securing of the working environment (e.g. securing the control cabinet against being switched on
again).
The technical personnel must be familiar with the current and necessary standards and directives for the
automation and drive environment.
External brake resistor AX2090-BW5x Version: 1.3
For your safety
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