EN 15094:2022

Safety of machinery - Safety requirements for cold flat rolling mills

Publication date:   Sep 20, 2022

Scope

This document specifies the general safety requirements for cold rolling mills for flat products as defined in 3.1.
This document is applicable to: Plant (machinery, equipment, devices according Annex D) used for the manufacturing of metal cold rolled flat products from the material supply from entry (1), via the mill stand(s) (2) with roll changing devices (4), to the material removal (3) (see Figure 1).

[Figure 1]

This document does not cover:
— Design and construction of buildings including cellars and their facilities;
— Thermo process equipment, e.g. in accordance with EN 746 series;
— Strip processing lines according to EN 15061, e.g. pickling line;
— Abrasive blasting plants according to EN 1248;
— Coil transporting system before coil take-over-point at the entry section and after coil take-over-point at the exit section, e.g. hook conveyors, overhead cranes, fork lift and railway trucks and other vehicles;
— Roll shop equipment;
— Hook conveyors according to EN 619;
— Non-fixed load lifting attachments, e.g. according to EN 13155;
— Storage equipment (e.g. high-bay warehouses);
— Cranes, fork lifts, trucks and railway trucks and other vehicles;
— Process technology (e.g. systems for rolling lubricant, compressed air, treatment of water, cleaning system for exhaust air);
— Firefighting system.
NOTE 1 Special requirements for protection of persons in case of using asphyxiant gases used in firefighting system is covered by this document, see Annex C.

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