EN ISO 11111:1995

Safety requirements for textile machinery (ISO 11111:1995)

Publication date:   Mar 19, 2004

Scope

This International Standard is intended for use by any person concerned with the safety of textile machinery, for example, textile machinery designers, manufacturers, users, systems integrators, safety experts. 1.1 This International Standard is applicable to all machinery plant and related equipment intended to be used in the textile industry for the following: - the opening, cleaning, blending, carding, preparation subsequent to carding, spinning and other processing of fibres (staple and filament) and other materials to form yarn or nonwoven material (including felts); - the winding, doubling, twisting, texturing, etc. of yarns and the processing of yarns preparatory to weaving and knitting; - the weaving, knitting, lace-making and similar utilization of yarn, etc. to form fabric; - the formation of braid, cord, strand, rope, twine, net, etc., except take-up reels of stranding and laying machinery; - processes including the preparation, bleaching, dyeing, printing and finishing of fibre, yarn, fabric, braid, cord, etc., and final assembly for despatch; - the piece dyeing of made-up goods; - finishing of warp and weft knitting, including hosiery, other than assembly of the finished product (e.g. sewing); - carpet manufacture, by weaving, tufting and other processes. 1.2 This International Standard is not applicable to machinery, plant and related equipment used for: - the manufacture of continuous filament man-made fibres up to and including the formation of the first textile package (e.g. continuous filament cheese, staple fibre bale); - the formation and making up of garments, household and industrial textile goods, and the die punching and pressing of nonwoven fabric; - the laundering and drycleaning of made-up textile goods; - machines used for servicing of textile machines (e.g. cardwire servicing); - certain cutting devices in 6.11.

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