BS EN 12041 is an international standard on food processing machinery that discusses the safety and hygiene of moulders to ensure protection against machinery hazards.
BS EN 12041 applies to the design and manufacture of moulders of the types described from 3.2.1 to 3.2.4 and illustrated in Figure 1 to Figure 3.
These moulders are used separately or in a line in the food industry and shops (pastry-making, bakeries, confectionery, etc.) for flattening, rolling and, but not necessarily, elongating pieces of dough. These machines can be fed by hand or mechanically.
BS EN 12041 deals with all significant hazards, hazardous situations, and events relevant to the transport, installation, adjustment, operation, cleaning, maintenance, dismantling, disassembling, and scrapping of moulders, when they are used as intended and under conditions of misuse which are foreseeable by the manufacturer.
Note: BS EN 12041 does not deal with:
BS EN 12041 on the safety and hygiene requirements for moulders is useful for:
Hazards associated with working near or on machinery vary depending on the exact machine used but can include exposure to moving parts (e.g., risk of injuries from entanglement, friction, abrasion, cutting, severing, shearing, stabbing, puncturing, impact, crushing, drawing-in or trapping, etc.)
BS EN 12041 provides you with a list of significant hazards, safety, and hygiene requirements and/or measures, mechanical hazards, electrical hazards, safety requirements related to electromagnetic phenomena, protection against dust emission, noise reduction and much more.
The requirements provided by BS EN 12041 assist you in improving the quality and performance of moulders and ensure protection to workers against the risk of mechanical hazards, electrical hazards, hazards generated by noise, hazards generated by neglecting hygienic design principles, hazards generated by neglecting ergonomic principles.
With obedience and compliance to BS EN 12041, you can enhance the efficacy of the moulders and manufacture a standardized product.
BS EN 12041:2014 supersedes EN 12041:2000+A1:2009, which is withdrawn. BS EN 12041:2014 has made some technical changes compared to the previous editions EN 12041:2000+A1:2009. These include:
EN 12041:2014