EN 12012-1:2007+A1:2008

Plastics and rubber machines - Size reduction machines - Part 1: Safety requirements for blade granulators EN 12012-1:2007+A1:2008

Publication date:   Nov 30, 2009

Scope

This document specifies the essential safety requirements applicable to the design and construction of blade granulators used to reduce objects and materials made from plastics and rubber into granules.
The machine begins with the outer edge of the feed opening, or feeding device if it is an integral part of the machine, and ends with the discharge area.
Only the significant hazards listed in clause 4 and dealt with in clause 5 are subject to this document.
This document does not deal with hazards caused by processing harmful materials.
This document is not applicable to machines which are manufactured before the date of its publication as an EN.

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