prEN 15165 rev

Food processing machinery - Forming machines - Safety and hygiene requirements prEN 15165 rev

Scope

This European Standard applies to forming machines, used for forming food products with a mould into portions. It applies to both machines standing on the floor and table top machines, and also to machines integrated in a processing line (i.e. interfaces, when the machine is combined with other machines).
This document covers auxiliary devices and interchangeable equipment, such as paper interleavers, croquette attachment, meat ball rollers, stick inserters, specific material/product conveyors, specific lifting and tilting devices.
This document deals with all significant hazards, hazardous situations and events relevant to forming machines, when they are used as intended and under conditions of misuse which are reasonable foreseeable by the manufacturer. It deals with the significant hazards, hazardous situations and events arising during the whole lifetime of the machine, including the phases of transport, assembly and installation, commissioning, maintenance, dismantling, disabling and scrapping and use.
This document is not applicable to forming machines which are manufactured before the date of publication of this document by CEN.

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