EN IEC 62046:2018

Safety of machinery - Application of protective equipment to detect the presence of persons

IEC 62046:2018 specifies requirements for the selection, positioning, configuration and commissioning of protective equipment to detect the momentary or continued presence of persons in order to protect those persons from dangerous part(s) of machinery in industrial applications. This standard covers the application of electro-sensitive protective equipment (ESPE) specified in IEC 61496 (all parts) and pressure sensitive mats and floors specified in ISO 13856-1. It takes into account the characteristics of the machinery, the protective equipment, the environment and human interaction by persons of 14 years and older. This document includes informative annexes to provide guidance on the application of protective equipment to detect the presence of persons. These annexes contain examples to illustrate the principles of this standard. These examples are not intended to be the only solutions to a given application and are not intended to restrict innovation or advancement of technology. The examples are provided only as representative solutions to illustrate some of the concepts of integration of protective equipment, and have been simplified for clarity, so they may be incomplete. This first edition cancels and replaces IEC TS 62046, published in 2008. This edition constitutes a technical revision. This edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to IEC TS 62046:2008: a) additional annexes relating to muting and vision systems, b) muting requirements have been updated, c) blanking requirements have been updated, d) addition of IEC 61496 series Types and capping the Safety Integrity level according to IEC 62061 and performance levels according to ISO 13849-1, e) alignment to changes in IEC 61496 series

Sicherheit von Maschinen - Anwendung von Schutzeinrichtungen zur Anwesenheitserkennung von Personen

Sécurité des machines - Application des équipements de protection à la détection de la présence de personnes

IEC 62046:2018 spécifie les exigences pour le choix, le positionnement, la configuration et la mise en service des équipements de protection prévus pour détecter la présence momentanée ou permanente de personnes afin de protéger celles-ci contre les parties dangereuses des machines dans des applications industrielles. Cette norme couvre l'application des équipements de protection électro-sensibles (ESPE) spécifiés dans l'IEC 61496 (toutes les parties) et les tapis et planchers sensibles à la pression spécifiés dans l'ISO 13856-1. IEC 62046:2018 tient compte des caractéristiques des machines, des équipements de protection, de l'environnement et de l'interaction humaine par des personnes de 14 ans et plus. IEC 62046:2018 inclut des annexes informatives qui fournissent des recommandations sur l'application de l'équipement de protection pour détecter la présence de personnes. Ces annexes contiennent des exemples présentant les principes de cette norme. Ces exemples ne sont pas réputés représenter des solutions uniques à une application donnée ni constituer une limitation à l'innovation ou aux avancées technologiques. Ces exemples sont donnés uniquement comme des solutions représentatives destinées à illustrer certaines des notions d'intégration d'équipements de protection et ont été simplifiés dans un but de clarification. De ce fait, ils peuvent être incomplets. IEC 62046:2018 annule et remplace l'IEC TS 62046 parue en 2008. Cette édition constitue une révision technique. Cette édition inclut les modifications techniques majeures suivantes par rapport à l'IEC TS 62046:2008: a) annexes supplémentaires relatives aux systèmes d'inhibition et de vision; b) les exigences d'inhibition ont été mises à jour; c) les exigences de blanking ont été mises à jour; d) ajout des types de la série IEC 61496 et plafonnement du niveau d'intégrité de sécurité conformément à l'IEC 62061 et des niveaux de performance conformément à l'ISO 13849-1; e) alignement sur les modifications apportées à la série IEC 61496.

Varnost strojev - Uporaba zaščitne opreme za zaznavanje prisotnosti oseb (IEC 62046:2018)

Ta mednarodni standard določa zahteve za izbiro, postavitev, konfiguracijo in usposabljanje za zagon zaščitne opreme za zaznavanje začasne ali neprekinjene prisotnosti oseb z namenom zaščite teh oseb pred nevarnimi deli strojev v industrijski uporabi. Ta standard obravnava uporabo električno občutljive varovalne opreme (ESPE) iz standarda IEC 61496 (vsi deli) ter preprog in podov, občutljivih na tlak, iz standarda ISO 13856-1.
Upošteva lastnosti strojev, varovalne opreme, okolja in človeške komunikacije oseb, starejših od 14 let. Ta dokument vključuje informativne dodatke, ki podajajo navodila o uporabi zaščitne opreme za zaznavanje prisotnosti oseb. Ti dodatki vsebujejo primere, na podlagi katerih so predstavljena načela tega standarda. Namen teh primerov ni podati edino rešitev za določeno uporabo ter omejevati inovativnost ali tehnološki napredek. Primeri predstavljajo le rešitve, ki prikazujejo določene koncepte vgradnje zaščitne opreme, in so bili poenostavljeni za boljše razumevanje, zato so morda nepopolni.

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 05-Jul-2018
• Withdrawal Date: 01-May-2021
• ICS: 13.110 - Safety of machinery
• Technical Committee: CLC/TC 44X - Safety of machinery: electrotchnical aspects
• Drafting Committee: IEC/TC 44 - IEC_TC_44
• Current Stage: 6060 - Document made available - Publishing
• Start Date: 06-Jul-2018
• Completion Date: 06-Jul-2018
• Ref Project: SIST EN IEC 62046:2018 - Safety of machinery - Application of protective equipment to detect the presence of persons (IEC 62046:2018)

Relations

• Replaces: CLC/TS 62046:2008 - Safety of machinery - Application of protective equipment to detect the presence of persons
• Effective Date: 28-Jan-2023

Standards Content (Sample)

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Safety of machinery - Application of protective equipment to detect the presence of
persons (IEC 62046:2018)
Sicherheit von Maschinen - Anwendung von Schutzausrüstungen zur
Anwesenheitserkennung von Personen (IEC 62046:2018)
Sécurité des machines - Application des équipements de protection à la détection de la
présence de personnes (IEC 62046:2018)
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN IEC 62046:2018
ICS:
13.110 Varnost strojev Safety of machinery
SIST EN 62046:2018 en,fr,de
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

SIST EN 62046:2018
SIST EN 62046:2018
EUROPEAN STANDARD EN IEC 62046

NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
July 2018
ICS 13.110 Supersedes CLC/TS 62046:2008
English Version
Safety of machinery - Application of protective equipment to
detect the presence of persons
(IEC 62046:2018)
Sécurité des machines - Application des équipements de Sicherheit von Maschinen - Anwendung von
protection à la détection de la présence de personnes Schutzausrüstungen zur Anwesenheitserkennung von
(IEC 62046:2018) Personen
(IEC 62046:2018)
This European Standard was approved by CENELEC on 2018-05-02. CENELEC members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC
Internal 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.
CENELEC members are the national electrotechnical committees of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic,
Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia,
Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden,
Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom.

European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization
Comité Européen de Normalisation Electrotechnique
Europäisches Komitee für Elektrotechnische Normung
CEN-CENELEC Management Centre: Rue de la Science 23, B-1040 Brussels
© 2018 CENELEC All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved worldwide for CENELEC Members.
Ref. No. EN IEC 62046:2018 E
SIST EN 62046:2018
European foreword
The text of document 44/803/FDIS, future edition 1 of IEC 62046, prepared by IEC/TC 44 "Safety of
machinery - Electrotechnical aspects" was submitted to the IEC-CENELEC parallel vote and approved
by CENELEC as EN IEC 62046:2018.
The following dates are fixed:
(dop) 2019-02-02
• latest date by which the document has to be
implemented at national level by
publication of an identical national
standard or by endorsement
(dow) 2021-05-02
• latest date by which the national
standards conflicting with the
document have to be withdrawn
This document supersedes CLC/TS 62046:2008.

Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of
patent rights. CENELEC shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.

Endorsement notice
The text of the International Standard IEC 62046:2018 was approved by CENELEC as a European
Standard without any modification.
In the official version, for Bibliography, the following notes have to be added for the standards indicated:

IEC 60947-4-1 NOTE Harmonized as EN 60947-4-1.
IEC 61496-1 NOTE Harmonized as EN 61496-1.
IEC 61496-2 NOTE Harmonized as EN 61496-2.
IEC 61496-3 NOTE Harmonized as EN 61496-3.
ISO 13854 NOTE Harmonized as EN ISO 13854.
ISO 13856 Series NOTE Harmonized as EN ISO 13856 Series.
ISO 13856-1:2013 NOTE Harmonized as EN ISO 13856-1:2013 (not modified).
ISO 13856-2:2013 NOTE Harmonized as EN ISO 13856-2:2013 (not modified).
ISO 13856-3:2013 NOTE Harmonized as EN ISO 13856-3:2013 (not modified).
ISO 13857 NOTE Harmonized as EN ISO 13857.
ISO 14118:2017 NOTE Harmonized as EN ISO 14118:2018 (not modified).
ISO 14119:2013 NOTE Harmonized as EN SO 14119:2013 (not modified).
ISO 14120:2015 NOTE Harmonized as EN ISO 14120:2015 (not modified).
SIST EN 62046:2018
Annex ZA
(normative)
Normative references to international publications
with their corresponding European publications

The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content
constitutes requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For
undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments)
applies.
NOTE 1  Where an International Publication has been modified by common modifications, indicated by (mod), the relevant
EN/HD applies.
NOTE 2  Up-to-date information on the latest versions of the European Standards listed in this annex is available here:
www.cenelec.eu.
Publication Year Title EN/HD Year

IEC 62061 -  Safety of machinery - Functional safety of EN 62061 -
safety-related electrical, electronic and
programmable electronic control systems
ISO 12100 2010 Safety of machinery - General principles EN ISO 12100 2010
for design - Risk assessment and risk
reduction
ISO 13849 Series Safety of machinery - Safety-related parts EN ISO 13849 Series
of control systems
ISO 13855 2010 Safety of machinery - Positioning of EN ISO 13855 2010
safeguards with respect to the approach
speeds of parts of the human body

EN ISO 12100:2010 constitutes a consolidation without technical changes of EN ISO 12100-1:2003,
EN ISO 12100-2:2003 and related amendments and EN ISO 14121-1:2007. Documentation (e.g. risk
assessment, type-C standards) based on these replaced documents need not be updated or revised.
SIST EN 62046:2018
SIST EN 62046:2018
IEC 62046 ®
Edition 1.0 2018-03
INTERNATIONAL
STANDARD
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inside
Safety of machinery – Application of protective equipment to detect the

presence of persons
INTERNATIONAL
ELECTROTECHNICAL
COMMISSION
ICS 13.110 ISBN 978-2-8322-5519-3

SIST EN 62046:2018
– 2 – IEC 62046:2018 © IEC 2018

CONTENTS
FOREWORD . 6
INTRODUCTION . 8
1 Scope . 10
2 Normative references . 10
3 Terms, definitions and abbreviated terms . 10
3.1 Terms and definitions . 10
3.2 Abbreviated terms . 19
4 Selection of protective measures . 19
4.1 Procedure (relationship with ISO 12100) . 19
4.2 Machine characteristics . 21
4.2.1 Suitability of protective equipment . 21
4.2.2 Suitability of protective equipment as a trip device . 21
4.3 Environmental characteristics . 21
4.4 Uses of protective equipment . 22
4.4.1 General . 22
4.4.2 Trip function . 23
4.4.3 Presence sensing function . 24
4.4.4 Combination trip and presence sensing function . 25
4.5 Human characteristics. 25
4.5.1 General . 25
4.5.2 Approach speed (K) . 25
4.5.3 Intrusion/encroachment factor (C) . 25
4.5.4 Ability to circumvent protective equipment . 26
4.6 Protective equipment characteristics . 26
4.6.1 ESPEs . 26
4.6.2 Pressure sensitive mats and floors . 29
4.7 Optional machine control system functions associated with the application of
protective equipment . 29
4.7.1 General . 29
4.7.2 Stopping performance monitoring (SPM). 30
4.7.3 Muting . 30
4.7.4 Reinitiation of machine operation by the protective equipment . 30
4.7.5 Start interlock . 30
4.7.6 Restart interlock . 30
4.7.7 External device monitoring (EDM) . 30
4.7.8 Provision of machine control functions . 31
5 General application requirements . 31
5.1 Positioning and configuration of the protective equipment detection zone . 31
5.2 Integration with the safety-related control system. 31
5.3 Performance of protective equipment . 32
5.3.1 General . 32
5.3.2 Classification of protective equipment . 32
5.4 Stopping performance monitoring (SPM) . 34
5.5 Start interlock . 34
5.6 Restart interlock . 34
5.7 Muting. 35

SIST EN 62046:2018
IEC 62046:2018 © IEC 2018 – 3 –
5.7.1 General . 35
5.7.2 Muting to allow access by persons . 36
5.7.3 Muting to allow access by materials . 37
5.7.4 Mute dependent override . 37
5.8 Reinitiation of machine operation by the protective equipment . 38
6 Particular application requirements for specific protective equipment . 40
6.1 AOPDs . 40
6.1.1 General . 40
6.1.2 Light beam device(s) . 40
6.1.3 Light curtains . 42
6.2 AOPDDRs . 45
6.3 Vision based protective devices VBPD . 46
6.4 Pressure-sensitive mats and floors . 47
6.4.1 Pressure sensitive floors. 47
6.4.2 Pressure sensitive mats . 47
7 Inspection and test . 48
7.1 General .
...

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-oktober-2018
Nadomešča:
SIST-TS CLC/TS 62046:2009
Varnost strojev - Uporaba zaščitne opreme za zaznavanje prisotnosti oseb (IEC
62046:2018)
Safety of machinery - Application of protective equipment to detect the presence of
persons (IEC 62046:2018)
Sicherheit von Maschinen - Anwendung von Schutzausrüstungen zur
Anwesenheitserkennung von Personen (IEC 62046:2018)
Sécurité des machines - Application des équipements de protection à la détection de la
présence de personnes (IEC 62046:2018)
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN IEC 62046:2018
ICS:
13.110 Varnost strojev Safety of machinery
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EUROPEAN STANDARD EN IEC 62046

NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
July 2018
ICS 13.110 Supersedes CLC/TS 62046:2008
English Version
Safety of machinery - Application of protective equipment to
detect the presence of persons
(IEC 62046:2018)
Sécurité des machines - Application des équipements de Sicherheit von Maschinen - Anwendung von
protection à la détection de la présence de personnes Schutzausrüstungen zur Anwesenheitserkennung von
(IEC 62046:2018) Personen
(IEC 62046:2018)
This European Standard was approved by CENELEC on 2018-05-02. CENELEC members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC
Internal 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.
CENELEC members are the national electrotechnical committees of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic,
Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia,
Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden,
Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom.

European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization
Comité Européen de Normalisation Electrotechnique
Europäisches Komitee für Elektrotechnische Normung
CEN-CENELEC Management Centre: Rue de la Science 23, B-1040 Brussels
© 2018 CENELEC All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved worldwide for CENELEC Members.
Ref. No. EN IEC 62046:2018 E
European foreword
The text of document 44/803/FDIS, future edition 1 of IEC 62046, prepared by IEC/TC 44 "Safety of
machinery - Electrotechnical aspects" was submitted to the IEC-CENELEC parallel vote and approved
by CENELEC as EN IEC 62046:2018.
The following dates are fixed:
(dop) 2019-02-02
• latest date by which the document has to be
implemented at national level by
publication of an identical national
standard or by endorsement
(dow) 2021-05-02
• latest date by which the national
standards conflicting with the
document have to be withdrawn
This document supersedes CLC/TS 62046:2008.

Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of
patent rights. CENELEC shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.

Endorsement notice
The text of the International Standard IEC 62046:2018 was approved by CENELEC as a European
Standard without any modification.
In the official version, for Bibliography, the following notes have to be added for the standards indicated:

IEC 60947-4-1 NOTE Harmonized as EN 60947-4-1.
IEC 61496-1 NOTE Harmonized as EN 61496-1.
IEC 61496-2 NOTE Harmonized as EN 61496-2.
IEC 61496-3 NOTE Harmonized as EN 61496-3.
ISO 13854 NOTE Harmonized as EN ISO 13854.
ISO 13856 Series NOTE Harmonized as EN ISO 13856 Series.
ISO 13856-1:2013 NOTE Harmonized as EN ISO 13856-1:2013 (not modified).
ISO 13856-2:2013 NOTE Harmonized as EN ISO 13856-2:2013 (not modified).
ISO 13856-3:2013 NOTE Harmonized as EN ISO 13856-3:2013 (not modified).
ISO 13857 NOTE Harmonized as EN ISO 13857.
ISO 14118:2017 NOTE Harmonized as EN ISO 14118:2018 (not modified).
ISO 14119:2013 NOTE Harmonized as EN SO 14119:2013 (not modified).
ISO 14120:2015 NOTE Harmonized as EN ISO 14120:2015 (not modified).
Annex ZA
(normative)
Normative references to international publications
with their corresponding European publications

The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content
constitutes requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For
undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments)
applies.
NOTE 1  Where an International Publication has been modified by common modifications, indicated by (mod), the relevant
EN/HD applies.
NOTE 2  Up-to-date information on the latest versions of the European Standards listed in this annex is available here:
www.cenelec.eu.
Publication Year Title EN/HD Year

IEC 62061 -  Safety of machinery - Functional safety of EN 62061 -
safety-related electrical, electronic and
programmable electronic control systems
ISO 12100 2010 Safety of machinery - General principles EN ISO 12100 2010
for design - Risk assessment and risk
reduction
ISO 13849 Series Safety of machinery - Safety-related parts EN ISO 13849 Series
of control systems
ISO 13855 2010 Safety of machinery - Positioning of EN ISO 13855 2010
safeguards with respect to the approach
speeds of parts of the human body

EN ISO 12100:2010 constitutes a consolidation without technical changes of EN ISO 12100-1:2003,
EN ISO 12100-2:2003 and related amendments and EN ISO 14121-1:2007. Documentation (e.g. risk
assessment, type-C standards) based on these replaced documents need not be updated or revised.
IEC 62046 ®
Edition 1.0 2018-03
INTERNATIONAL
STANDARD
colour
inside
Safety of machinery – Application of protective equipment to detect the

presence of persons
INTERNATIONAL
ELECTROTECHNICAL
COMMISSION
ICS 13.110 ISBN 978-2-8322-5519-3

– 2 – IEC 62046:2018 © IEC 2018

CONTENTS
FOREWORD . 6
INTRODUCTION . 8
1 Scope . 10
2 Normative references . 10
3 Terms, definitions and abbreviated terms . 10
3.1 Terms and definitions . 10
3.2 Abbreviated terms . 19
4 Selection of protective measures . 19
4.1 Procedure (relationship with ISO 12100) . 19
4.2 Machine characteristics . 21
4.2.1 Suitability of protective equipment . 21
4.2.2 Suitability of protective equipment as a trip device . 21
4.3 Environmental characteristics . 21
4.4 Uses of protective equipment . 22
4.4.1 General . 22
4.4.2 Trip function . 23
4.4.3 Presence sensing function . 24
4.4.4 Combination trip and presence sensing function . 25
4.5 Human characteristics. 25
4.5.1 General . 25
4.5.2 Approach speed (K) . 25
4.5.3 Intrusion/encroachment factor (C) . 25
4.5.4 Ability to circumvent protective equipment . 26
4.6 Protective equipment characteristics . 26
4.6.1 ESPEs . 26
4.6.2 Pressure sensitive mats and floors . 29
4.7 Optional machine control system functions associated with the application of
protective equipment . 29
4.7.1 General . 29
4.7.2 Stopping performance monitoring (SPM). 30
4.7.3 Muting . 30
4.7.4 Reinitiation of machine operation by the protective equipment . 30
4.7.5 Start interlock . 30
4.7.6 Restart interlock . 30
4.7.7 External device monitoring (EDM) . 30
4.7.8 Provision of machine control functions . 31
5 General application requirements . 31
5.1 Positioning and configuration of the protective equipment detection zone . 31
5.2 Integration with the safety-related control system. 31
5.3 Performance of protective equipment . 32
5.3.1 General . 32
5.3.2 Classification of protective equipment . 32
5.4 Stopping performance monitoring (SPM) . 34
5.5 Start interlock . 34
5.6 Restart interlock . 34
5.7 Muting. 35

IEC 62046:2018 © IEC 2018 – 3 –
5.7.1 General . 35
5.7.2 Muting to allow access by persons . 36
5.7.3 Muting to allow access by materials . 37
5.7.4 Mute dependent override . 37
5.8 Reinitiation of machine operation by the protective equipment . 38
6 Particular application requirements for specific protective equipment . 40
6.1 AOPDs . 40
6.1.1 General . 40
6.1.2 Light beam device(s) . 40
6.1.3 Light curtains . 42
6.2 AOPDDRs . 45
6.3 Vision based protective devices VBPD . 46
6.4 Pressure-sensitive mats and floors . 47
6.4.1 Pressure sensitive floors. 47
6.4.2 Pressure sensitive mats . 47
7 Inspection and test . 48
7.1 General .
...