prEN 12463 rev

Food processing machinery - Filling machines and interchangeable equipment - Safety and hygiene requirements

Scope

1.1 General
This document applies to:
- filling machines with cylinder and piston;
- filling machines with feed intake hopper;
- filling machines with vacuum hopper;
hereafter referred to as filling machines which process e.g. meat, cheese and other pasty substances, excluding dry or frozen materials. They pump foodstuff into casings or bring it to a subsequent process.
This document applies also to the interchangeable equipment for filling machines with which a wide range of additional functions can be implemented. For example: portioning, depositing, mincing, co-extruding, dividing and forming.
This document deals with all significant hazards, hazardous situations and events relevant to filling machines and interchangeable equipment, when they are used as intended and under the conditions foreseen by the manufacturer and also the reasonable foreseeable misuse.
These significant hazards, hazardous situations and events can arise during all the life phases including transportation, assembly, dismantling, disabling and scrapping of filling machines and interchangeable equipment.
This document is not applicable to machines which were manufactured before the date of publication of this document by CEN.
The following filling machines and interchangeable equipment are not covered by this document:
— Filling and sealing machines as described in EN 415-3:1999+A1:2009;
— Clipping machines as described in EN 13885:2005+A1:2010.
1.2 Types of filling machines and interchangeable equipment covered by this standard
1.2.1 Filling machines with cylinder and piston
Filling machines with cylinder and piston consist the following parts:
- cylinder;
- piston;
- closing cover;
- filling horn;
- dividing device.
The material being processed will be fed by hand into the cylinder.
Filling machines with cylinder and piston can be fitted with a dividing device.
1.2.2 Filling machines with feed intake hopper
Filling machines with feed intake hopper consist the following main parts:
- feed intake hopper;
- feeder;
- filling horn.
The material being processed will be fed by hand (or optionally a loading device) into the feeding hopper of the filling machine.
Filling machines with feed intake hopper can be equipped with:
- dividing device;
- closing cover or photoelectric guard at the mouth of the feed intake hopper;
- pressure-sensitive protective device at the hopper edge;
- divided hopper;
- infeed auger;
- counter auger;
- step or ladder;
- two-hand control device at the mouth of the feed intake hopper;
(...)
1.2.3 Filling machines with vacuum hopper
Filling machines with vacuum hopper consist of the following main parts:
- vacuum hopper;
- feeder;
- outlet;
- closing cover;
- inlet valve;
- suction pipe;
- storage container;
- pipe connection inlet.
The material being processed will be fed by hand (or optionally a loading device) into the storage container.
Filling machines with vacuum hoppers can be equipped with:
- dividing device;
- infeed auger;
- counter auger;
- step or ladder.
(...)
1.2.4 Interchangeable equipment for filling machines
Interchangeable equipment are devices which can be assembled to filling machinery by the operator in order to attribute one or more new functions such as: portioning, twisting, voiding, forming, mincing. (....)

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