BS EN 16486:2014+A1:2020

What is BS EN 16486 about?

BS EN 16486 specifies the safety requirements for the design, manufacture, and information for the safe use of compactors that compact waste material or recyclable fractions (e. g., paper, plastics, textiles, cans, cardboard, mixed waste), hereafter referred to as materials.

BS EN 16486 applies to:

• Compactors using a horizontally moving screw, pendulum, or plate as compacting part and where the materials move horizontally
• Compactors that are mechanically fed and/or fed by hand
• These compactors can be
• Static compactors
• Transportable compactors
• Traversing systems

The scope includes:

• Any integral mechanical feed equipment (e.g., Bin lift)
• Feed hoppers/openings
• Any integral pre-conditioning equipment in the hopper (e.g., Perforators, pre-crushing devices and shredders)
• Any integral material flow control equipment
• The interface between the compactor and any feed equipment (except those excluded from the scope)

All hazards mentioned in Clause 4 are dealt with in this European Standard.

Note-

The scope of BS EN 16486 does not cover:

• Compactors that are covered by EN 1501 (all parts);
• Underground compactors, however, if these compactors can be used above ground this standard applies
• Compactors using thermal technologies for compaction
• Vacuum compactors
• Compactors where materials are compacted vertically
• Containers for static compactors, however the interface between the compaction unit and the container is included
• Bins in which materials are collected for feeding into the compactor
• Any up-stream pre-treatment equipment that is not integral to the machine and is used to treat the materials before they are fed into the feed opening of the compactor
• Vehicles including lifting equipment used to collect and transport the compactor or container
• Cranes, lift trucks or other transportable plant used to load materials into the feed hopper/opening and the hazards arising out of using this equipment to load
• Any suction or dust control equipment.

BS EN 16486 does not cover the lifting and transport of transportable compactors.

BS EN 16486 does not apply to hazards arising from the materials being processed (e.g., asbestos, clinical waste, aerosol containers).

BS EN 16486 is not applicable for compactors which are manufactured before the date of its publication as an EN.

Who is BS EN 16486 for?

BS EN 16486 on machines for compacting waste materials or recyclable fractions — compactors — safety requirements is useful for:

• Recycling plants
• Waste management plants
• Waste compactors manufacturers
• Designers of waste compactors
• Municipal bodies

Why should you use BS EN 16486?

BS EN 16486 lists the significant hazards that are present on compactors that will help you to design and manufacture compactors that will mitigate and minimize those hazards.

BS EN 16486 lays out the mechanical hazards, hazards due to failures in the control system or unexpected start-up, hazards from noise, hydraulic equipment, and electrical hazards. BS EN 16486 provides safety requirements for those hazards.

BS EN 16486 verifies conformity to the safety requirements and/or protective measures.

BS EN 16486 gives a noise test code that specifies all the information necessary to carry out efficiently and under standardized conditions the determination, declaration and verification of the noise emission of compactors. It specifies noise measurement methods and operating and mounting conditions that shall be used for the test.

What’s changed since the last update?

BS EN 16486 supersedes BS EN 16486:2014, which is withdrawn.