Attention
Power-off braking
Use brakes which are closed at power-off state.
AclassicationoftheentirebrakesysteminclusivemechanicalbraketoSIL3andPLemustbe
evaluated depending on the used brake. Brakes are considered as components with relatively high
errorprobability.Atestintervalforthebrakeissetdependingonthemanufacturerspeciederror
probability of the used brake and depending on the application.
Attention
Check the brake
A check of the brake can not be done by the safety module. The exami-
nation must be ensured by the user.
Danger
Floating loads
Because of high failure probability of mechanical brakes it is not permit-
tedtostayunderhangingoroatingloads.Thesameisvalidforinertia
mass, which do not stay in idle position.
3.3.2
PFH 6.3 • 10
-11
1/h
PFD 5.5 • 10
-6
on demand
Proof-Test-Interval T 20 years
ForSILclassicationinconnectionwiththe applicationsconsiderthe failureratesof theexternal
switchdevicesfornalevaluation.
3.3.3
Control category 3
MTTF
D
>1000 years
DC medium
Table 5: Classications of SBC
Fortheclassicationwithinaperformancelevelinconnectionwiththeapplicationsconsiderthefail-
ureratesoftheexternalswitchdevicesfornalevaluation.
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