IEC 61496-2:1997
Safety of machinery - Electro-sensitive protective equipment - Part 2: Particular requirements for equipment using active opto-electronic protective devices (AOPDs)

Standard No.

IEC 61496-2:1997

Release Date

1997

Published By

International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC)

Status

Be replaced 2006-04

Replace By

IEC 61496-2:2006

Latest

IEC 61496-2:2020

Scope

This clause of part 1 is replaced by the following: This part of IEC 61496 specifies requirements for the design, construction and testing of electro-sensitive protective equipment (ESPE) for the safeguarding of machinery, employing active opto-electronic protective devices (AOPDs) for the sensing function. Special attention is directed to features that ensure an appropriate safety-related performance is achieved. An ESPE may include optional safety-related functions, the requirements for which are given in annex A of part 1. This part does not specify the dimensions or configurations of the detection zone and its disposition in relation to hazardous parts for any particular application, nor what constitutes a hazardous state of any machine. It is restricted to the functioning of the ESPE and how it interfaces with the machine. Excluded from this part are AOPDs employing radiation at wavelengths outside the range 400 nm to 1 500 nm. This part may be relevant to applications other than those for the protection of persons, for example the protection of machinery or products from mechanical damage. In those applications additional requirements may be necessary, for example when the materials that are to be recognized by the sensing function have different properties from those of persons. This part does not deal with EMC emission requirements.

IEC 61496-2:1997 history

• 2020 IEC 61496-2:2020 Safety of machinery - Electro-sensitive protective equipment - Part 2: Particular requirements for equipment using active opto-electronic protective devices (AOPDs)
• 2013 IEC 61496-2:2013 Safety of machinery - Electro-sensitive protective equipment - Part 2: Particular requirements for equipment using active opto-electronic protective devices (AOPDs)
• 2006 IEC 61496-2:2006 Safety of machinery - Electro-sensitive protective equipment - Part 2: Particular requirements for equipment using active opto-electronic protective devices (AOPDs)
• 1997 IEC 61496-2:1997 Safety of machinery - Electro-sensitive protective equipment - Part 2: Particular requirements for equipment using active opto-electronic protective devices (AOPDs)