Page 2 - INTRODUCTION; Regulations and Standards; SB series; READ AND UNDERSTAND THIS MANUAL
SB series User’s manual INTRODUCTION This instruction Manual describes the SBx Safety Light Curtain (SLC). General Safety Requirements Always heed the following points when using the SBx SLCs: • Read this manual thoroughly to understand and make good use of the descriptions before installing and ope...
Page 3 - SUITABILITY FOR USE; use; not described in this document.; DEFINITION OF SYMBOLS; WARNING; indicates a potentially hazardous situation, which, if not
SB series User’s manual SUITABILITY FOR USE TECHNO GR shall not be responsible for conformity with any standards, codes, or regulations that apply to the combination of products in the customer's application or use of the product. At the customer's request, TECHNO GR will provide applicable third pa...
Page 4 - INDEX; MUTING, OVERRIDE AND FLOATING BLANKING FUNCTIONS 23
SB series User’s manual 7 INDEX section page 1 OPERATION ...................................................................................... 9 2 PRECAUTIONS AND CRITERIA FOR INSTALLATION ................ 10 2.1 CALCULATION OF THE MINIMUM DISTANCE FOR INSTALLATION ............... 10 2.2 REFLECTING...
Page 5 - OPERATION; muting; PRECAUTIONS; a competent person
SB series User’s manual 9 1 OPERATION The S afety L ight C urtain (SLC) is made up of one bar with transmitting optical elements called Transmitter (TX) and one with receiving optical elements called Receiver (RX). The photosensitive elements are regularly scanned in sequence along all its length. T...
Page 6 - When Floating Blanking is used the system resolution change.; REFLECTING SURFACES; where ‘
SB series User’s manual 11 If the barriers are installed in a horizontal position, the optical bars must be installed so that the distance that exists between the danger zone and the furthest optical ray is equal to the result of the calculation using the formula, with the following parameters: S = ...
Page 7 - SLC
SB series User’s manual 13 This table will help to calculate the distance between SLC and reflecting surfaces Use this table with SB2 and SB2-HR light curtains L distance between SLCs Minimum permitted installation distance D 0.5 to 3 m 0.26m Over 3 m L/2 x tan5° = L/2 x 0.088 (m) Use this table wit...
Page 8 - must; MECHANICAL
SB series User’s manual 15 Insert a non-transparent wall if it is not possible to connect the SLC as shown previously. RX1 TX1 wall RX2 TX2 RX1 wall RX2 TX1 TX2 The two bars must be mounted symmetrically as shown in the picture: Top view SB series User’s manual 16 3 MECHANICAL ASSEMBLY Use the appro...
Page 9 - CONNECTIONS; REFERENCES FOR CABLES:; NOTES ON CONNECTIONS; muting override
SB series User’s manual 17 4 CONNECTIONS 4.1 REFERENCES FOR CABLES: SB series User’s manual 18 4.2 NOTES ON CONNECTIONS • The transformer needed to power the system must comply with standard EN 60742 (dual isolation), or with equivalent isolation, e.g. VDE 0551, protective separation is required. • ...
Page 10 - CODES AND SPECIFICATIONS OF AVAILABLE MODELS; models available in the SBx-K; DEFINITION OF CONTROLLED HEIGHT
SB series User’s manual 19 4.3 CODES AND SPECIFICATIONS OF AVAILABLE MODELS The columns with “Number of modules” and “Number of optical units per module” refer to operating management with muting (see section 9.3). The following table shows the standard models available in the SBx series, based on t...
Page 11 - ALIGNMENT; test; OPERATING; SETTING THE INTERNAL DIP-SWITCHES
SB series User’s manual 21 5 ALIGNMENT PROCEDURE After completing correct mechanical assembly and connections, as described in the previous sections, the SLC should be aligned as follows: • Disconnect the SLC’s power supply. • Open the test/restart contact. • Restore the SLC’s power supply. • Adjust...
Page 12 - MUTING, OVERRIDE AND FLOATING BLANKING
SB series User’s manual 23 7 MUTING, OVERRIDE AND FLOATING BLANKING FUNCTIONS 7.1 GENERAL INFORMATION ON THE THREE FUNCTIONS The muting, override and floating blanking functions enable the barrier (or a part of it) to be bypassed when it is working for operational requirements. As required by curren...
Page 15 - and thus
SB series User’s manual 29 Application with two sensors and single direction for material exit: This muting activation sequence is only available for SLCs with postfix “–MTL” at the ordering code. Dangerous zone SLC B1 A1 D1 D2 D Electrical connection of muting input Muting input B (Yellow – 4) Muti...
Page 17 - LMS muting; BLANKING
SB series User’s manual 33 7.6 OVERRIDE This function makes it possible to override or bypass the system. It is used to start up the machine after the material has interrupted one or more of the SLC beams and to free the protected area from any material that is present in front of the SLC, If a pall...
Page 18 - ±1 floating blanking; fixed blanking; mode, if no blanking is needed it can be set in the “; no blanking
SB series User’s manual 35 The zone that can be masked will have max 7 optical elements. 2) total optical elements = 105 optical elements available for Blanking = 31 The zone that can be masked will have max 20 optical elements, even if 30% of the total would be 31. 7.7.2 Alternative Blanking possib...
Page 19 - cannot be used; DIAGNOSTICS; Description
SB series User’s manual 37 7.7.3 Blanking recording procedure To record the object, proceed as follows: 1. Turn the power of the barrier off, 2. Position the object to determine the Blanking area. 3. Connect Muting input A to the 24Vdc. 4. Make sure that the contact of the Test/Reset button is close...
Page 20 - ROUTINE CONTROLS AND MAINTENANCE; Repeat checks 1 and 2 daily.
SB series User’s manual 39 Faulty conditions LED signal Pattern Description Power supply is too low Micro controller fault Fault on output system Muting lamp connection fault or muting lamp burned Optical defect Floating blanking error SB series User’s manual 40 9 ROUTINE CONTROLS AND MAINTENANCE Th...
Page 21 - 0 FINAL CHECKS AFTER INSTALLATION; 2 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
SB series User’s manual 41 10 FINAL CHECKS AFTER INSTALLATION • Check that the area protected by the SLC is free of obstacles. • Check that the safety outputs open correctly by interrupting the protection beams (BREAK LED lit, machinery under control stops). 11 GENERAL INFORMATION AND USEFUL DATA Ev...
Page 23 - 3 DIMENSIONS; Fixing bracket
SB series User’s manual 45 13 DIMENSIONS All dimensions are shown in millimeters Fixing bracket SB series User’s manual 46 Fixing movable bolt