Robots and robotic devices Safety requirements for industrial robots – Part 2: Robot systems and integration This type-C standard has been created in recognition of the particular hazards that are presented by industrial robots when integrated and installed in industrial robot cells and lines and provides guidance for the assurance of a safe working environment. Safety issues that involves equally manufacturers, suppliers, integrators and users. In the matter of perimetral safety fencing, clearly referring to EN ISO 14120, it is specified that such devices are to be intended solely as distance guards; (guard that does not completely enclose a danger zone, but which prevents or reduces access by virtue of its dimensions and its distance from the danger zone). While in cases where the perimeter guard is required to act as a limiting device, the results of the risk assessment shall be used to determine the requirements for its specific

Read more