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P/N 116390 rev. C

Banner Engineering Corp.

Minneapolis, U.S.A.

www.bannerengineering.com • Tel: 763.544.3164

MMD-TA-11B / MMD-TA-12B Muting Module

Instruction Manual

Glossary of Terms

ANSI (American National Standards Institute): the American

National Standards Institute, an association of industry

representatives that develops technical standards (including

safety standards). These standards comprise a consensus

from a variety of industries on good practice and design. ANSI

standards relevant to application of safety products include

the ANSI B11 Series, and ANSI/RIA R15.06. See “Safety

Standards” on inside back cover.
Auto Power-Up: a safety light screen system feature which,

when switched ON, enables the system to be powered up

(and recover from a power interruption) without requiring a

manual reset. When Auto Power-Up is ON, the safety light

screen controller automatically begins internal diagnostics upon

power-up, and automatically resets the system if it passes the

diagnostic check. When Auto Power-up is OFF, a manual reset

is required.
Blocked Condition: A safety light screen condition, when an

opaque object of sufficient size blocks/interrupts one or more

light screen beams. When a Blocked condition occurs, OSSD1

and OSSD2 outputs simultaneously turn off within the system

response time.
Brake: a mechanism for stopping or preventing motion..
Clutch: a mechanism that, when engaged, transmits torque to

impart motion from a driving member to a driven member.
Control Reliability: A method of ensuring the performance

integrity of a control system. Control circuits are designed and

constructed so that a single failure or fault within the system

does not prevent the normal stopping action from being applied

to the machine when required, or does not create unintended

machine action, but does prevent initiation of successive

machine action until the failure is corrected.
CSA: Canadian Standards Association, a testing agency similar

to Underwriters Laboratories, Inc. (UL) in the United States. A

CSA-certified product has been type-tested and approved by

the Canadian Standards Association as meeting electrical and

safety codes.
Defined Area: the “screen of light” generated between the

emitter and receiver of a safety light screen system. When the

defined area is interrupted by an opaque object of a specified

cross section, a Trip or Latch condition results.
Designated Person: an individual identified and designated

in writing, by the employer, as being appropriately trained

and qualified to perform a specified checkout procedure. (See

Qualified Person.)

Emitter: the light-emitting component of a safety light screen

system, consisting of a row of synchronized modulated LEDs.

The emitter, together with the receiver (placed opposite),

creates a “screen of light” called the defined area.
External Device Monitoring (EDM): a means by which a

safety device (such as a safety light screen) actively monitors

the state (or status) of external devices that may be controlled

by the safety device. A lockout of the safety device will

result if an unsafe state is detected in the external device.

External device(s) may include, but are not limited to: MPCEs,

mechanically linked relays/contactors, and safety modules.
Failure to Danger: a failure which delays or prevents a machine

safety system from arresting dangerous machine motion.
Final Switching Device (FSD): the component of the machine’s

safety-related control system that interrupts the circuit to the

machine primary control element (MPCE) when the output signal

switching device (OSSD) goes to the OFF-state.
FMEA (Failure Mode and Effect Analysis): a testing

procedure by which potential failure modes in a system are

analyzed to determine their results or effects on the system.

Component failure modes that produce either no effect or a

Lockout condition are permitted; failures which cause an unsafe

condition (a failure to danger) are not. Banner safety products

are extensively FMEA tested.
Forced-Guided Contacts: relay contacts that are mechanically

linked, so that when the relay coil is energized or de-energized,

all of the linked contacts move together. If one set of contacts

in the relay becomes immobilized, no other contact of the

same relay will be able to move. The function of forced-guided

contacts is to enable the safety circuit to check the status of

the relay. Forced-guided contacts are also known as “positive-

guided contacts,” “captive contacts,” “locked contacts,” or “safety

relays.”
Guarded Machine: The machine whose point of operation is

guarded by the safety light screen system.
Hard Guard: screens, bars, or other mechanical barriers

affixed to the frame of the machine intended to prevent entry

by personnel into the hazardous area(s) of a machine, while

allowing the point of operation to be viewed. The maximum

size of openings is determined by the applicable standard, such

as Table O-10 of OSHA 29CFR1910.217, also called a “fixed

barrier guard.”
Hazardous Area: an area that poses an immediate or

impending physical hazard.

Glossary of Terms

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