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PLASTICS AND RUBBER MACHINES - COMPRESSION MOULDING MACHINES AND TRANSFER MOULDING MACHINES - SAFETY REQUIREMENTS
12-01-2013
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 List of significant hazards
4.1 General
4.2 Danger areas on presses
4.3 General hazards
4.3.1 Mechanical hazards
4.3.2 Electrical hazards
4.3.3 Thermal hazards
4.3.4 Hazards generated by noise
4.3.5 Hazards generated by dusts, gases and vapours
4.3.6 Slip, trip and fall hazards
4.3.7 Hazards due to malfunctioning of the hydraulic system
4.3.8 Hazards due to malfunctioning of the electrical part
of the control system
4.4 Hazards in specific machine areas
4.4.1 Mould area
4.4.2 Clamping unit area outside the mould area
4.5 Additional hazards associated with specific design
4.5.1 Presses where whole body access is possible
between the movable guard or the light curtain
for the mould area and the mould area itself
4.5.2 Presses where whole body access is possible to
the mould area
4.5.3 Shuttle/turntable machines
4.6 Additional hazards when using ancillary equipment
4.6.1 Loss of stability
4.6.2 Other hazards
4.6.3 Power operated mould clamping devices
5 Safety requirements and/or protective measures
5.1 General
5.2 Main safeguards used on presses
5.2.1 General
5.2.2 Safeguard group I
5.2.3 Safeguard group II
5.2.4 Safeguard group III
5.2.5 General requirements for safeguards
5.2.6 Automatic monitoring requirements
5.3 Safety requirements and/or protective measures to prevent
general hazards
5.3.1 Mechanical hazards
5.3.2 Electrical hazards
5.3.3 Thermal hazards
5.3.4 Hazards generated by noise
5.3.5 Hazards generated by dusts, gases and vapours
5.3.6 Slip, trip and fall hazards
5.3.7 Hazards due to malfunctioning of the hydraulic system
5.3.8 Hazards due to malfunctioning of the electrical part
of the control system
5.4 Additional safety requirements and/or protective measures in
specific machine areas
5.4.1 Mould area
5.4.2 Clamping unit area outside the mould area
5.5 Additional safety requirements and/or protective measures
associated with specific design
5.5.1 Presses where whole body access is possible between
the movable guard or the light curtain for the mould
area and the mould area itself
5.5.2 Presses where whole body access is possible to the
mould area
5.5.3 Shuttle/turntable machines
5.6 Additional safety requirements and/or protective measures
when using ancillary equipment
5.6.1 Loss of stability
5.6.2 Other hazards
5.6.3 Power operated mould clamping devices
6 Verification of the safety requirements and/or protective measures
7 Information for use
7.1 Instruction handbook
7.1.1 General
7.1.2 General instructions
7.1.3 Rescue procedure
7.1.4 Light curtains
7.1.5 Stopping distance and stopping time
7.1.6 Flexible hose assemblies
7.1.7 Noise emission
7.1.8 Exhaust ventilation system
7.1.9 Hydraulic system cleaning
7.1.10 Presses equipped with two-hand control devices
7.1.11 Additional mechanical restraint device for downstroking
presses with two hydraulic restraint devices
7.1.12 Movements of cores and ejectors and their drive mechanisms
7.1.13 Personal protective equipment
7.1.14 Presence detecting devices in the mould area
7.1.15 Key lockable switch
7.1.16 Stability of the press when using ancillary equipment
7.1.17 Ancillary equipment
7.1.18 Mould clamping
7.2 Marking
Annex A (normative) Movable interlocking guard type I
A.1 Description
A.2 Interlocking function
A.3 Quality of the components
Annex B (normative) Movable interlocking guard type II
B.1 Description
B.2 Interlocking function
B.3 Quality of the components
Annex C (normative) Movable interlocking guard type III
C.1 Movable interlocking guard with three position detectors
C.1.1 Description
C.1.2 Interlocking function
C.1.3 Quality of the components
C.1.4 Monitoring requirements
C.2 Movable interlocking guard with two position detectors
C.2.1 Description
C.2.2 Interlocking function
C.2.3 Quality of the components
C.2.4 Monitoring requirements
Annex D (normative) Electro-sensitive protective equipment in the
form of a light curtain
D.1 Description
D.2 Mode of operation of the light curtain
D.3 Monitoring requirements
Annex E (normative) Two-hand control device
E.1 Description
E.2 Mode of operation of the two hand control
E.3 Monitoring requirements
Annex F (normative) Noise test code
F.1 Introduction
F.2 Measurement of the A-weighted emission sound pressure level
at the operator's or other specified positions
F.3 Determination of the A-weighted sound power level
F.4 Installation and mounting conditions for noise measurement
F.5 Operating conditions
F.6 Information to be recorded and reported
F.6.1 General
F.6.2 General data
F.6.3 Technical data of the press
F.6.4 Standards
F.6.5 Mounting and operating conditions
F.6.6 Acoustic data
F.7 Declaration and verification of noise emission values
Annex G (normative) Use of proportional valves for the platen movement
G.1 Design
G.2 Mode of operation
Annex H (normative) Additional requirements for the second shutoff
device in Figure C.1
Annex ZA (informative) Relationship between this European Standard
and the Essential Requirements of EU Directives Machinery
Directive 98/37/EC
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