National foreword

This British Standard is the UK implementation of EN 415‑6:2013. It supersedes BS EN 415‑6:2006+A1:2009, which is withdrawn.

The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical Committee MCE/3/3, Packaging machines.

A list of organizations represented on this committee 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 31 July 2013.

This European Standard was approved by CEN on 28 March 2013.

CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this Europe an 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-CENELEC 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-CENELEC Management Centre has the same status as the official versions.

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

Foreword

This document (EN 415‑6:2013) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 146 “Packaging Machines Safety”, 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of an identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by November 2013, and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at the latest by November 2013.

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

This document supersedes EN 415‑6:2006+A1:2009.

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.

Annex E provides details of significant technical changes between this European Standard and the previous edition: EN 415‑6:2006+A1:2009.

EN 415 "Safety of packaging machines" consists of the following parts:

Part 1: Terminology and classification of packaging machines and associated equipment
Part 2: Pre-formed rigid container packaging machines
Part 3: Form, fill and seal machines
Part 4: Palletisers and depalletisers
Part 5: Wrapping machines
Part 6: Pallet wrapping machines
Part 7: Group and secondary packaging machines
Part 8: Strapping machines
Part 9: Noise measurement methods for packaging machines, packaging lines and associated equipment, grade of accuracy 2 and 3

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, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom.

Introduction

Pallet wrapping machines are used extensively in Europe, in an increasingly wide range of industries. They contain several significant hazards and have the potential to cause serious injury.

Pallet wrapping machines fulfil the following major tasks:

securing of palletised or unpalletised loads to prevent t hem collapsing and displacing during transport, handling, storage;
pooling of loads and parts to form loads suitable for transport;
protection against external influences;
conditional protection against theft.

This document is a type C standard as defined in the Introduction of EN ISO 12100:2010.

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 type C standard are different from those, which are stated in type A or B standards, the provisions of this type C standard take precedence.

1 Scope

This European Standard applies to the following groups of machines:

pallet banding machines;
stretch film pallet wrapping machines;
stretch film hood application machines;
mobile stretch film wrapping machines;
semi automatic self driving stretch film wrapping machines;
shrink film pallet wrapping machines;
shrink film hood application machines;
film removing machines;
shrinking systems;
sleeve wrapping machines for product greater than 400 mm in one direction;
product centralising machines.

The individual machines are described in 3.2.

This standard deals with safety requirements for machine design, construction, installation, commissioning, operation, adjustment, maintenance and cleaning of pallet wrapping machines.

The extents to which hazards, hazardous situations and events are covered are indicated in Clause 4.

Exclusions

This European Standard is not applicable to the following machines:

machines that were manufactured before the date of publication of this document by CEN;
pallet strapping machines and destrapping machines. These machines are within the scope of EN 415‑8;
conveying systems that connect packaging machines with each other, but includes conveying systems that are part of the machines.

This standard does not consider the following hazards:

the use of pallet wrapping machines in potentially explosive atmospheres;
the health, safety or hygiene hazards associated with the products that may be handled by the machines, but does include general advice on this subject;
hazards that may be associated with electromagnetic emissions from pallet wrapping machines;
hazards that may be associated with decommissioning pallet wrapping machines.

2 Normative references

3 Terms and definitions

3.1 Definition of terms

3.2 Description of pallet wrapping machines

4 List of hazards on pallet wrapping machines

4.1 General

4.2 General pallet wrapping machine hazards

4.3 Specific hazards on pallet wrapping machines excluding shrinking systems and auxiliary machines

4.4 Specific hazards on pallet shrinking systems

4.5 Auxiliary machines

5 Safety requirements and measures for pallet wrapping machines

5.1 General

5.2 General requirements for pallet wrapping machines

5.3 Safety requirements for pallet wrapping machines

5.4 Safety requirements for shrinking systems

5.5 Auxiliary machines

6 Verification of safety requirements and measures

6.1 General

6.2 Visual inspections with the machine stopped

6.3 Measurements with the machine stopped

6.4 Visual inspections with the machine running

6.5 Measurements with the machine running

6.6 Verification procedures

7 Information for use

7.1 Marking

7.2 Signals and warning signs

7.3 Instruction handbook

Bibliography

BS EN 415-6:2013

Safety of packaging machines - Pallet wrapping machines

Current, Under Review

Published:

31 Jul 2013