• I.S. EN 292-1:1993

    Superseded A superseded Standard is one, which is fully replaced by another Standard, which is a new edition of the same Standard.

    SAFETY OF MACHINERY - BASIC CONCEPTS, GENERAL PRINCIPLES FOR DESIGN - BASIC TERMINOLOGY, METHODOLOGY

    Available format(s):  Hardcopy, PDF

    Superseded date:  15-12-2003

    Language(s):  English

    Published date:  01-01-1993

    Publisher:  National Standards Authority of Ireland

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    Foreword
    0. Introduction
    1. Scope
    2. Normative references
    3. Basic concepts
    3.1 Machinery (machine)
    3.2 Reliability of a machine
    3.3 Maintainability of a machine
    3.4 Safety of a machine
    3.5 Hazard
    3.6 Hazardous situation
    3.7 Risk
    3.8 Risk assessment
    3.9 Hazardous machine function
    3.10 Danger zone
    3.11 Design of a machine
    3.12 Intended use of machine
    3.13 Safety functions
    3.14 Automatic monitoring
    3.15 Unexpected (or unintended) start-up
    3.16 Failure to danger
    3.17 Fail-safe condition (minimized failure to danger)
    3.18 Risk reduction by design
    3.19 Safeguarding
    3.20 Information for use
    3.21 Operator
    3.22 Guard
    3.23 Safety device
    3.24 Deterring/impeding device
    4. Description of hazards generated by machinery
    4.1 General
    4.2 Mechanical hazard
    4.3 Electrical hazard
    4.4 Thermal hazard
    4.5 Hazards generated by noise
    4.6 Hazards generated by vibration
    4.7 Hazards generated by radiation
    4.8 Hazards generated by materials and substances
    4.9 Hazards generated by neglecting ergonomic principles
          in machine design
    4.10 Hazard combinations
    5. Strategy for selecting safety measures
    5.1 Specification of the limits of the machine
    5.2 Systematic assessment of hazardous situations
    5.3 Removal of the hazards or limitation of the risk
    5.4 Safeguarding against hazards which could not be
          avoided or sufficiently limited according to 5.3
    5.5 Informing and warning users about residual hazards
    5.6 Additional precautions
    5.7 Remarks
    6. Risk assessment
    6.1 Introduction
    6.2 Factors to be taken into account when assessing
          a risk
    Annex A (informative) General schematic representation
            of a machine
    Annex B (informative) Trilingual alphabetical index

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    Defines basic terminology and specifies general design methods, to help designers and manufacturers in achieving safety in the design of machinery for professional and non-professional purposes.

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    Document Type Standard
    Publisher National Standards Authority of Ireland
    Status Superseded
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