prEN 12984 rev

Food processing machinery - Portable and/or hand-guided machines and appliances with mechanically driven cutting tools - Safety and hygiene requirements prEN 12984 rev

Scope

This European Standard covers portable and/or hand-guided machines and appliances equipped with
mechanically driven cutting tools.
This European Standard specifies requirements for the design and manufacture of portable and/or handguided machines and appliances equipped with electrically, hydraulically or pneumatically driven cutting tools.
The machines covered by this document are used to process animal carcasses.
They are mainly intended for use in slaughterhouses and rooms, which are used for cutting and preparing.
This European Standard specifies all significant hazards, hazardous situations and events relevant to the
machines in the scope, when they are used as intended and under conditions of misuse which are reasonably foreseeable by the manufacturer.
This European Standard deals with the hazards which can arise during commissioning, operation,
maintenance and de-commissioning of the machine.
This European Standard is not applicable to portable and/or hand-guided machines and appliances equipped with electrically, hydraulically or pneumatically driven cutting tools, which are manufactured before the date of publication of this European Standard by CEN.

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