Responsibility of the operating company

Wandelbots GmbH delivers the HMI software and the necessary tools to define a process flow. The operating company is responsible for the HMI hardware and the definition of a process flow that can be created with Wandelbots software.

After substantial changes of the machinery, the operating company is responsible of verifying if recertification is necessary. This ensures compliance to the EU Machinery Regulation 2023/1230.

Operating company

The operating company is considered to be the people who operate Wandelbots NOVA themselves for commercial or economic purposes or permit third parties to use it and therefore bear the legal product responsibility for the protextion of users or third parties during operation.

Operational duties

The operating company of Wandelbots NOVA will always be subjected to the legal obligations regarding occupational safety. In addition to the safety instructions in these safety instructions, the safety, occupational health and safety and environmental protection regulations which are applicable to the area of application of Wandelbots NOVA must always be complied with.

The following applies in particular:

• The operating company must obtain knowledge about the applicable occupational health and safety regulations and, in a risk assessment, identify additional hazards which can result from the special working condisition at the location where Wandelbots NOVA will be used. The operating company must implement this as operating instructions for the operation of Wandelbots NOVA.
• The operating company must know the operational environment of Wandelbots NOVA and the associated hazards and how to prevent them.
• The operating company must learn about and implement the safety regulations of the robot manufacturing company and the companies of other parts, machinery, equipment, systems and plant which are used in the robot system.
• The operating company must be aware of the robot manufacturing company's safety devices, e.g. EMERGENCY STOP button, instruct the users and point out possible dangers.
• During the entire period of use of Wandelbots NOVA, the operating company must inspect whether the operating instructions which it has created, always correspond to the current status of the regulations and, if necessary, adapt them.
• The operating company must clearly regulate and define the responsibilities for installation, operation, troubleshooting, servicing, maintenance and cleaning.
• The operating company must ensure that the systems cannot be confused by labelling the robots.
• The operating company must ensure that amendments to the operating mode and alterations to the safety devices are only executed by authorized personnel (key, password protection).
• The operating company must ensure that all personnel that will work with Wandelbots NOVA have read and understood this documentation.
• The operating company must provide the users with the locally required protective equipment and must instruct and monitor the wearing of the protective equipment.
• The operating company must update the software regurarly as described in these operating instructions.
• The operating company must have all of the robot's safety devices inspected and tested regularly for functionality and completeness.
• The operating company must execute the required inspections and tests - before commissioning; after alterations and/ or amendments which require verification; after recurring inspections and tests - according to the Operational Safety Ordinance (issue date: Feb 03, 2015) and DGUV Regulation 3.
• The operating company will execute the electrical safety test and the test and inspection for the safety functions of the robot application.
• The operating company will specify the test conditions separately. The test conditions (type of test, scope of test, test deadlines and the commissioned test executors) depend on the work equipment application.
• Depending on the application-specific hazards in its risk assessment, the operating company can also permit the use of the robot application with Wandelbots NOVA in the set up life phase. In this case, additional conditions must be complied with in order to ensure that, e.g. the used end effector or other components do not pose a hazard to the user.
• The operating company must permanently mark all danger areas of the robot application with suitable safety signs