EN 14070:2003

Safety of machine tools - Transfer and special purpose machines

Publication date:   Jun 11, 2004

Scope

1.1 This standard specifies the technical safety requirements and protective measures to be adopted by persons undertaking the design, construction and supply (including installation and dismantling, with arrangements for transport and maintenance) of transfer and special purpose machines (see 3.1). These machines are designed to process only a prespecified workpiece or limited family of workpieces by means of a predetermined sequence of machining operations and process parameters.
1.2 This standard takes account of intended use, including reasonably foreseeable misuse, maintenance, cleaning, and setting operations. It specifies access arrangements to machining positions and manual load/unload stations (see 3.4). It presumes access to the machine from all directions. It describes means to reduce risks to operators and other exposed persons.
1.3 This standard also applies to transport devices for workpiece load/unload when they form an integral part of the machine.
1.4 This standard deals with significant hazards relevant to transfer and special purpose machines when they are used as intended and under the conditions foreseen by the manufacturer (see clause 4).
1.5 Where machines employ processes which are covered by other standards (e.g. grinding, turning, forming, EDM, laser processing) this standard does not reiterate the requirements of those standards (see annex E - Bibliography).
1.6 This standard applies to machines which are manufactured after (date of approval by CEN).

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