BECKHOFF TwinSAFE - Manual (Page 91)

Circuit examples
Application Guide TwinSAFE 89
Notice
Category
This structure is possible up to category 4 at the most through the use of the type 4
(category 4) light curtain.
MTTF
d
Designation for each channel Range for each channel
low 3 years ≤ MTTF
d
< 10 years
medium 10 years ≤ MTTF
d
< 30 years
high 30 years ≤ MTTF
d
≤ 100 years
DC
avg
Designation Range
none DC < 60 %
low 60 % ≤ DC < 90 %
medium 90 % ≤ DC < 99 %
high 99 % ≤ DC
Category B 1 2 2 3 3 4
DC
MTTF
d
none none low medium low medium high
low a - a b b c -
medium b - b c c d -
high - c c d d d e