National foreword

This British Standard is the UK implementation of EN 13985:2003+A1:2009. It supersedes BS EN 13985:2003 which is withdrawn.

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The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical Committee MTE/1, Machine tools, to Subcommittee MTE/1/1, Metal forming machine tools.

A list of organizations represented on this subcommittee can be obtained on request to its secretary.

This publication does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of a contract. Users are responsible for its correct application.

Compliance with a British Standard cannot confer immunity from legal obligations.

This British Standard, was published under the authority of the Standards Policy and Strategy Committee on 15 August 2003

This European Standard was approved by CEN on 14 November 2002 and includes Amendment 1 approved by CEN on 29 December 2008.

CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration. Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national standards may be obtained on application to the CEN Management Centre or to any CEN member.

This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other language made by translation under the responsibility of a CEN member into its own language and notified to the CEN Management Centre has the same status as the official versions.

CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom.

Foreword

This document (EN 13985:2003+A1:2009) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 143 ”Machine tools - Safety“, the secretariat of which is held by SNV.

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of an identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by August 2009, and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at the latest by December 2009.

This document includes Amendment 1, approved by CEN on 2008-12-29. This document supersedes EN 13985:2003.

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

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 EC Directive(s).

For relationship with EC directive(s), see informative Annexes ZA and ZB, which are integral parts of this document.

Organisation contributing to the preparation of this European Standard include the European Manufacturer Association CECIMO.

NOTE The safety requirements related to the use of PES or PPS will be dealt with at its next revision.

The European Standards produced by CEN/TC 143 are particular to machine tools and complement the relevant A and B standards on the subject of general safety (see introduction of EN 292‑1:1991 for a description of A, B and C standards).

Annexes A, B and D are normative. Annex C is informative.

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

0 Introduction

This European Standard has been prepared to be a harmonised standard to provide one means of conforming to the essential safety requirements of the “Machinery“ Directive and associated EFTA Regulations. It is a C-type standard as described in EN 1070:1998.

The machinery concerned and the extent to which hazards, hazardous situations and events are covered are indicated in the scope of this standard. When provisions of this C type standard are different from those which are stated in A or B standards, the provision of this C type standard take precedence over the provisions of the other standards for machines that have been designed and built according to the provisions of this C type standard.

Complementary guidance is given in the A and B standards to which reference is made in the text (see clause 2). The figures are intended to be examples only and not to give the only interpretation of the text.

The requirements of this European Standard concern designers, manufacturers, suppliers and importers of machines described in the scope.

This standard also includes information to be provided by the manufacturer to the user.

1 Scope

1.1

This European Standard specifies technical safety requirements and measures to be adopted by persons undertaking the design as defined in 3.11 of EN 292‑1:1991, manufacture and supply of guillotine shears which are intended to work cold metal or material partly of cold metal as defined in 3.1.7 and hereafter referred as machines.

1.2

This standard also covers guillotine shears whose primary intended use is to work cold metal, which are to be used in the same way to work other sheet materials (e.g. cardboard, plastic, rubber, leather).

1.3

The requirements in this standard take account of intended use, as defined in 3.12 of EN 292‑1:1991. This standard presumes access to the guillotine shear from all directions, deals with the hazards described in clause 4, and specifies the safety requirements and/or protective measures for both the operator and other exposed persons.

1.4

This standard also applies to ancillary devices which are an integral part of the guillotine shear. This standard also applies to machines which are integrated into an automatic production line where the hazards and risk arising are comparable to those of machines working separately.

1.5

This standard includes guillotine shears in which energy is imparted to the blade by a number of means. e.g.:

mechanically driven from a motor through a friction clutch;
through a direct drive motor and brake;
through hydraulic pressure;
through pneumatic pressure.

1.6

This standard does not cover machines whose principal designed purpose is:

cutting in other than a straight line (e.g. at nibbling machines);
cutting by continuous action at crocodile shears (see 3.4).

1.7

This standard does not cover the safety requirements related to the use of PES or PPS. They will be dealt with at its next revision.

1.8

This standard is not applicable to machines which are manufactured before the date of publication of this document by CEN.

2 Normative references

3 Terms, definitions and abbreviations

3.1 Terms and definitions

3.2 Abbreviations

4 List of significant hazards

4.1

4.2

4.3

5 Safety requirements and/or protective measures

5.1 General

5.2 Basic design considerations

5.3 Mechanical hazards in the blade and associated area

5.4 The control and monitoring system

5.5 Tool-setting, trial strokes, maintenance and lubrication

5.6 Mechanical hazards - Other

5.7 Slips, trips and falls

5.8 Protection against other hazards

6 Verification of the safety requirements and/or protective measures

7 Information for use

7.1 Marking

7.2 Instruction handbook

Bibliography

BS EN 13985:2003+A1:2009

Machine tools. Safety. Guillotine shears

Current, Under Review

Published:

15 Aug 2003