Foreword
Introduction
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 Effective date
5 Equipment subject to requirements
5.1 General
5.2 Prepress equipment
5.3 Printing presses and coating/varnishing machines
5.4 Other equipment covered by this part of ISO 12643
6 Guarding of significant hazards
6.1 General
6.2 Guard openings
6.3 Guarding in-running nips
6.4 Interlocks
6.5 Hold-to-run controls
6.6 Automatic format setting operations
6.7 Additional safeguarding methods for machine devices
and components
7 Changing of printing plates
7.1 General
7.2 Automatic printing plate changes
7.3 Semi-automatic printing plate changes
8 Requirements for protection against other hazards
8.1 General
8.2 Protection against fire and explosion in continuous flow
devices
8.3 Explosion protection exceptions
8.4 Spillage from washing devices
8.5 Working platforms, access stairs, passageways and raised
workplaces
8.6 Electrostatic toner dust
8.7 Washing equipment for printing plates, rollers and doctor
blades
8.8 Alcohol dosing devices
8.9 Refrigerating devices in ink and dampening units
8.10 Powder spraying devices
8.11 Hazardous emissions of sheet-fed presses
9 Additional requirements for functions, operations, colours and
mechanical specifications of manual control devices
9.1 General
9.2 Emergency stop and ink, dampening, metering, coating
or fountain rollers
9.3 Emergency stop on auxiliary draw nips
9.4 Ready control
9.5 Speed limit control
9.6 Plate position control
9.7 Colours for manual control devices
10 Control systems for screen printing presses
11 Safety requirements for prepress equipment
11.1 Electrical equipment of prepress machinery
11.2 Electric/electronic control system of prepress
machinery
11.3 Exposing equipment
11.4 Safeguarding discharging of liquids
11.5 Safeguarding in-running nips on engraving machines
11.6 Safeguarding against copper swarf hazard
11.7 Safeguarding bending unit on printing plate bending
machines
11.8 Safeguarding printing plate punching devices
12 Control zones for web presses having multiple folders
13 Contents of instruction handbook
13.1 General
13.2 Sheet-fed printing press systems
13.3 Web-fed printing press systems
13.4 Screen printing presses
13.5 Automatic cylinder and roller washing device
13.6 Continuous flow drying devices
13.7 Oxidizers, incinerators and thermal cleaning plants
13.8 Alcohol dosing devices
13.9 Washing equipment for printing plates
13.10 Prepress machinery
Annex A (informative) - Hazards associated with printing press
systems
Annex B (informative) - Explosion-protection zones
Annex C (informative) - Emission levels of sheet-fed presses
resulting from tests conducted in Europe
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