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  • BS EN 12321 : 2003

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    UNDERGROUND MINING MACHINERY - SPECIFICATION FOR THE SAFETY REQUIREMENTS OF ARMOURED FACE CONVEYORS

    Available format(s):  Hardcopy, PDF

    Language(s):  English

    Published date:  01-01-2003

    Publisher:  British Standards Institution

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    Foreword
    Introduction
    1 Scope
    2 Normative references
    3 Terms and definitions
    4 List of significant hazards
    5 Safety requirements/protective measures
      5.1 General
      5.2 Starting
      5.3 Stopping
      5.4 Thermal hazards
      5.5 Fluid power systems
      5.6 Hydraulic pipes and hoses
      5.7 Other dangerous areas
      5.8 Warning signs
      5.9 Transport, installation, operation and maintenance
      5.10 Guarding
      5.11 Chain locking devices and tensioning devices
    6 Verification of safety requirements
    7 Information for use
      7.1 Instruction handbook
      7.2 Marking
    Annex A (Normative) - Verification data for safety
                          requirements
    Annex ZA (informative) - Relationship between this European
                             Standard and the Essential
                             Requirements of EU Directive
                             98/37/EC
    Annex ZB (informative) - Relationship between this European
                             Standard and the Essential
                             Requirements of EU Directive
                             2006/42/EC
    Bibliography

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    Describes the safety requirements for armoured face conveyors and covers, conveyor drive units, return units, line pans, chain assemblies, devices for tensioning and locking chains.

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    Committee MRE/1
    Development Note Supersedes 96/703014 DC. (05/2003) 2003 Editin Re-Issued in November 2009 & incorporates AMD 1 2009. Supersedes 08/30179728 DC. (11/2009) Reviewed and confirmed by BSI, March 2016. (03/2016)
    Document Type Standard
    Publisher British Standards Institution
    Status Current
    Supersedes

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    EN 894-3:2000+A1:2008 Safety of machinery - Ergonomics requirements for the design of displays and control actuators - Part 3: Control actuators
    EN 982:1996+A1:2008 Safety of machinery - Safety requirements for fluid power systems and their components - Hydraulics
    EN 13202 : 2000 ERGONOMICS OF THE THERMAL ENVIRONMENT - TEMPERATURES OF TOUCHABLE HOT SURFACES - GUIDANCE FOR ESTABLISHING SURFACE TEMPERATURE LIMIT VALUES IN PRODUCT STANDARDS WITH THE AID OF EN 563
    IEC 61310-2:2007 Safety of machinery - Indication, marking and actuation - Part 2: Requirements for marking
    EN 894-2:1997+A1:2008 Safety of machinery - Ergonomics requirements for the design of displays and control actuators - Part 2: Displays
    EN 61310-2:2008 Safety of machinery - Indication, marking and actuation - Part 2: Requirements for marking
    EN 1050 : 1996 SAFETY OF MACHINERY - PRINCIPLES FOR RISK ASSESSMENT
    EN 292-1 : 1991 SAFETY OF MACHINERY - BASIC CONCEPTS, GENERAL PRINCIPLES FOR DESIGN - BASIC TERMINOLOGY, METHODOLOGY
    ISO 7731:2003 Ergonomics Danger signals for public and work areas Auditory danger signals
    EN 563:1994/A1:1999/AC:2000 SAFETY OF MACHINERY - TEMPERATURES OF TOUCHABLE SURFACES - ERGONOMICS DATA TO ESTABLISH TEMPERATURE LIMIT VALUES FOR HOT SURFACES
    EN ISO 8030:2014 Rubber and plastics hoses - Method of test for flammability (ISO 8030:2014)
    EN 953:1997+A1:2009 Safety of machinery - Guards - General requirements for the design and construction of fixed and movable guards
    EN 547-3:1996+A1:2008 Safety of machinery - Human body measurements - Part 3: Anthropometric data
    EN 292-2 : 91 AMD 1 95 SAFETY OF MACHINERY - BASIC CONCEPTS, GENERAL PRINCIPLES FOR DESIGN - TECHNICAL PRINCIPLES AND SPECIFICATION
    1998/37/EC : 1998 DIRECTIVE 98/37/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL OF 22 JUNE 1998 ON THE APPROXIMATION OF THE LAWS OF THE MEMBER STATES RELATING TO MACHINERY
    EN 457 : 1992 SAFETY OF MACHINERY - AUDITORY DANGER SIGNALS - GENERAL REQUIREMENTS, DESIGN AND TESTING
    ISO 3864:1984 Safety colours and safety signs
    ISO 6805:1994 Rubber hoses and hose assemblies for underground mining Wire-reinforced hydraulic types for coal mining Specification
    EN 1070 : 1998 SAFETY OF MACHINERY - TERMINOLOGY
    EN 894-1:1997+A1:2008 Safety of machinery - Ergonomics requirements for the design of displays and control actuators - Part 1: General principles for human interactions with displays and control actuators
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