Minimum Safe Distance Calculator

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Online minimum safe distance calculator helps to calculate the the minimum safety distance or height at which a hard guard or protective device should be installed.

The different non-separating guarding device will have some variation of this general formula. ISO 13855’s general formula for the minimum safe distance is: S = (K x T) + C

Minimum Safe Distance Calculation

Formula:

S = (K x T) + C

where,
S is the minimum distance,
K is the human approach speed,
T is the total stopping time,
C is the intrusion distance