European foreword

This document (EN 12301:2019+AC:2021) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 145 “Plastics and rubber machines”, the secretariat of which is held by UNI.

This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by June 2020 and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at the latest by June 2021.

Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent rights. CEN shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.

This document supersedes EN 12301:2000+A1:2008.

This document has been prepared under a mandate given to CEN by the European Commission and the European Free Trade Association, and supports essential requirements of EU Directive(s).

For relationship with EU Directive(s), see informative Annex ZA, which is an integral part of this document.

This document includes the corrigendum EN 12301:2019/AC:2021 issued by CEN on 6 October 2021, which corrects Figure 4 in 4.3.1.4.

The start and finish of text introduced or altered by corrigendum is indicated in the text by tags .

The main changes with respect to the previous edition EN 12301:2000+A1:2008 are as follows:

— the Scope is extended to cover also two-roll calenders forming an integral unit with an extruder (roller head) and two or three-roll polishing, laminating or embossing units installed downstream of extruders in film processing lines;
— the structure is modified;
— the list of significant hazards is moved to an informative annex;
— technical developments in safeguards are taken into account;
— requirements for braking system and roll separation are updated;
— revised type-A and type-B standards are taken into account;
— the performance levels of safety related parts of control systems are specified in accordance with EN ISO 13849‑1:2015;
— a full noise test code is provided in a normative annex.

According to the CEN-CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organisations of the following countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom.

BS EN 12301:2019

Plastics and rubber machines. Calenders. Safety requirements

Current

Published:

31 Dec 2021