Safety of Machinery

Agenda

Basic concepts of the Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC

• Essential health and safety requirements (Annex I of Directive 2006/42/EC)
• Types of standards (A, B1, B2, C)
• Definition of machinery and partly completed machinery
• Machinery in service: Verification of conformity to Annex V of Legislative Decree 81/08 or CE marking?
• Definition of an assembly of machines: line certification
• Risk analysis and assessment according to UNI EN ISO 12100 and the UNI ISO/TR 14121-2 technical report
• Documents to be provided to the end user: declaration of conformity and/or declaration of incorporation, operating instructions and/or assembly instructions

Technical in-depth study of the main standards for the fulfilment of the H&S Essential Requirements:

• fixed and movable guards UNI EN ISO 14120
• sizing and positioning of guards (standards UNI EN ISO 13857, UNI EN ISO 13855)
• control circuits performing a safety function: PLs, outlines of EN ISO 13849-1 and EN 13849-2
• interlocking of guards (standard UNI EN ISO 14119)
• technical report ISO/TR 24119 on fault masking of interlocking devices connected in series
• spaces to prevent crushing of the body (UNI EN 349 standard)
• sensitive protection devices (UNI EN ISO 13855 standard and technical specification CEI CLC/TS 62046)
• emergency stops (UNI EN ISO 13850 standard)
• surface temperatures (UNI EN ISO 13732-1, UNI EN ISO 13732-3 standards)
• prevention of and protection against fire risk (UNI EN ISO 19353)
• assessment of the risk generated by radiation emitted by machinery (UNI EN 12198 standard series)
• hints on the electrical equipment of machines (CEI EN 60204-1)
• ladders, platforms, footbridges (UNI EN ISO 14122 standard series)