Functional safety with NORD SK 500E frequency inverters
26 BU 0530 GB-3712
2.3.3 Simple restart block
Safety Category 4 as per DIN ISO 13849-1 can be achieved with a direct dual-channel triggering of the "safe
pulse block" with the aid of a safe switching element. The following illustration shows an example with an
emergency stop switch (guided contacts, Safety Category 4).
To achieve safety category 4, fault exclusion as per EN 13849-2 Sec. D.5 must be possible for the upstream
components (hard-wiring and dual-channel buttons with independent, positive-opening contacts). I.e., in this
example, the emergency-stop button and the wiring must be designed in such a way that short-circuiting at the
emergency-stop button and to other live systems can be ruled out.
After triggering the "safe pulse block“, the inverter shows the acknowledgeable fault E018 (18.0
Safety circuit).
In this example, there is no reset circuit as is the case with the protective switching devices. If
the result of risk analysis is that cancellation of the stop command must be acknowledged by
intended manual action then the resetting requirements can be fulfilled organisationally (e.g. by
an emergency-stop button with key releasing device and storage of the key away from the
machine).
We recommend that the "automatic fault clearance“ (P506) and "automatic start-up" (P428)
functions are not used in combination with each other (See BU 0500 GB), as the drive would
otherwise immediately start up after unlocking the emergency-off button.
Shielded cable to eliminate
errors as per
DIN EN ISO 13849-2
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