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8.2.6 Start/stop Facility With Emergency Stop Device - Category 1 - PL C (Example 6)

This document discusses an example circuit for an emergency stop device that meets Category 1 performance level c requirements. The circuit uses a contactor controlled by an emergency stop switch to safely interrupt power when activated. Calculations are provided to determine the circuit meets the required mean time to dangerous failure of 100 years.

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8.2.6 Start/stop Facility With Emergency Stop Device - Category 1 - PL C (Example 6)

This document discusses an example circuit for an emergency stop device that meets Category 1 performance level c requirements. The circuit uses a contactor controlled by an emergency stop switch to safely interrupt power when activated. Calculations are provided to determine the circuit meets the required mean time to dangerous failure of 100 years.

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8 Circuit examples for SRP/CS

8.2.6 Start/stop facility with emergency stop device – Category 1 – PL c


(Example 6)

Figure 8.13:
Combined start/stop facility with
emergency stop device

Safety function

• Emergency stop function, STO – safe torque off by actuation of the emergency
stop device

Functional description

• Hazardous movements or states are de-energized by interruption of the control


voltage of contactor Q1 when the emergency stop device S1 is actuated.
• The safety function cannot be maintained with all component failures, and is
dependent upon the reliability of the components.
• No measures for fault detection are implemented.

Design features

• Basic and well-tried safety principles are observed and the requirements of
Category B are met. Protective circuits (e.g. contact protection) as described
in the initial paragraphs of Chapter 8 are implemented. The closed-circuit
current principle is employed as a basic safety principle. The control circuit
is also earthed, as a well-tried safety principle.

BGIA Report 2/2008e 156


8 Circuit examples for SRP/CS

S1
S1 Q1
Q1

• The emergency stop device S1 is a switch with direct mode of actuation


in accordance with IEC 60947-5-1, Annex K, and is therefore a well-tried
component in accordance with Table D.4 of EN ISO 13849-2.
• The signal is processed by a contactor (stop category 0 to EN 60204-1).
• Contactor Q1 is a well-tried component provided the additional conditions
in accordance with Table D.4 of EN ISO 13849-2 are observed.

Remark

• The function for stopping in an emergency is a protective measure which


complements the safety functions for the safeguarding of hazardous zones.

Calculation of the probability of failure

• MTTFd: S1 is a standard emergency stop device to EN ISO 13850. Fault


exclusion applies for the direct opening contact and the mechanical elements,
provided the number of operations indicated in Table D.2 of this report is not
exceeded. For contactor Q1, the B10 value corresponds under inductive load
(AC 3) to an electrical lifetime of 1,300,000 switching operations [M]. If 50% of
failures are assumed to be dangerous, the B10d value is produced by doubling of
the B10 value. If the start/stop facility is assumed to be actuated twice a day on
365 working days and the emergency stop device to be actuated three times
a year, then at an nop of 733 cycles per year, Q1 has an MTTFd of 35,470 years.
This is also the MTTFd for the channel, which is capped to 100 years (“high”).
• DCavg and measures against common cause failures are not relevant in
Category 1.
• The electromechanical control system corresponds to Category 1 with a high
MTTFd (100 years). This results in an average probability of dangerous failure
of 1.14 × 10-6 per hour. This corresponds to PL c.

More detailed references

• EN ISO 13850: Safety of machinery – Emergency stop – Principles for design


(11.06)
• EN 60204-1: Safety of machinery – Electrical equipment of machines. Part 1:
General requirements (06.06)

BGIA Report 2/2008e 157

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