Machinery

Using machinery and work equipment exposes workers to multiple risks. Ensuring machine operator safety requires application of safety measures as effective as possible. Now a days, technological development allows for designing more and more effective protective devices. The role of control systems as applied to risk reduction becomes more and more significant. Both manufacturers and users of the machine should apply the aforementioned measures. The only way to reduce accident rates in machine operations is through proper application of technical safety means by the machine manufacturer and proper monitoring of them by the user, combined with adequate organisational procedures.

• EN/IEC 60204-1 – Safety of machinery — Electrical equipment of machines — Part 1: General requirements
• EN 60204-32 – Safety of machinery — Electrical equipment of machines — Part 32: Requirements for hoisting machines
• EN 50571 – Household and similar electrical appliances — Safety — Particular requirements for commercial electric washing machines
• EN 50569 – Household and similar electrical appliances — Safety — Particular requirements for commercial electric spin extractors
• EN 50580 – Safety of hand-held electric motor operated tools — Particular requirements for spray guns
• EN 50636-2-91 – Household and similar electrical appliances — Safety — Part 2-91: Particular requirements for walk-behind and hand-held lawn trimmers and lawn edge trimmers
• EN 60745-2-6 – Hand-held motor-operated electric tools — Safety — Part 2-6: Particular requirements for hammers
• EN 60745-2-12 – Hand-held motor-operated electric tools — Safety — Part 2-12: Particular requirements for concrete vibrators
• EN 60745-2-13 – Hand-held motor-operated electric tools — Safety — Part 2-13: Particular requirements for chain saws
• EN 60745-2-15 – Hand-held motor-operated electric tools — Safety — Part 2-15: Particular requirements for hedge trimmers
• EN 62841-1 – Electric motor-operated hand-held tools, trans- portable tools and lawn and garden machinery — Safety — Part 1: General requirements

Our Laboratory is also providing Risk Assessment and Risk Reduction in the machinery as per the relevant available standards. One of most common standard for Safety of machinery is EN ISO 12100 – Safety of machinery — General principles for design — Risk assessment and risk reduction.