BSENIEC61496-2:2020 BSl Standards Publication Safety of machinery Electro- sensitive protective equipment Part 2: Particular requirements for equipment using active opto-electronicprotective devices (AOPDs) bsi. BSENIEC61496-2:2020 BRITISH STANDARD National foreword ThisBritish Standard is theUK implementationof ENIEC61496-2:2020. Itis identical toIEC61496-2:2020.ItsupersedesBS EN61496-2:2013, which is withdrawn. TheUKparticipationinitspreparationwas entrustedtoTechnical Committee MCE/3, Safeguarding of machinery. Alistof organizationsrepresentedonthis committeecanbe obtained on request to its committee manager. This publication does not purport to include all the necessary provisions ofa contract. Users are responsible for its correct application. @The British Standards Institution 2020 Published by BSI Standards Limited 2020 ISBN9780539010145 ICS13.110;29.260.99 Compliancewith a British Standard cannot confer immunity from legal obligations. This British Standard was published under the authority of the StandardsPolicyandStrategyCommitteeon30September2020 Amendments/corrigendaissuedsincepublication Date Textaffected BSENIEC61496-2:2020 EUROPEANSTANDARD EN IEC 61496-2 NORMEEUROPEENNE EUROPAISCHENORM September2020 ICS 13.110; 29.260.99 Supersedes EN 61496-2:2013 and all of its amendments and corrigenda (if any) English Version Safety of machinery - Electro-sensitive protective equipment Part 2: Particular requirements for equipment using active opto- electronicprotectivedevices (AOPDs) (IEC61496-2:2020) Securite des machines - Equipements de protection electro- Sicherheit von Maschinen - Beruhrungslos wirkende sensibles - Partie 2: Exigences particulieres a un Schutzeinrichtungen - Teil 2: Besondere Anforderungen an Einrichtungen, die aktive optoelektronische equipement utilisant des dispositif protecteurs optoelectroniques actifs (AOPD) Schutzeinrichtungen (AOPD) verwenden (IEC 61496-2:2020) (IEC 61496-2:2020) This European Standard was approved by CENELEC on 2020-08-19. CENELEC members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Intemal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration. Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national standards may be obtained on application to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre or to any CENELEC member. This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other language made by translation under the responsibility of a CENELEC member into its own language and notified to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre has the same status as the official versions. Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom. CENELEC European Committee forElectrotechnical Standardization Comite Europeen de Normalisation Electrotechnique Europaisches Komitee fir Elektrotechnische Normung CEN-CENELEC Management Centre: Rue dela Science 23, B-1040 Brussels @ 2020 CENELEC All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved worldwide for CENELEC Members. Ref. No. EN IEC 61496-2:2020 E