M/379 - Revision of EN ISO 14122-4

This European Standard specifies safety and hygiene requirements to minimise the hazards which can arise during the commissioning, the use and the maintenance of clipping machines for portioning and closing of casings filled with foodstuffs, and intended to be used in butcheries, meat processing factories, main kitchens and other food processing factories. This European Standard deals with all significant hazards, hazardous situations and events relevant to clipping machines, when they are used !as intended and under conditions of misuse which are reasonably foreseeable by the manufacturer". This European Standard is not applicable to clipping machines which are manufactured before the date of publication of this European Standard by CEN.

1.1   This European Standard applies to clipping machines
This European Standard specifies safety and hygiene requirements to minimise the hazards which can arise during the commissioning, the use and the maintenance of clipping machines for portioning and closing of casings filled with foodstuffs, and intended to be used in butcheries, meat processing factories, main kitchens and other food processing factories.
This European Standard deals with all significant hazards, hazardous situations and events relevant to clipping machines, when they are used as intended and under conditions of misuse which are reasonably foreseeable by the manufacturer (see Clause 4).
This European Standard is not applicable to clipping machines which are manufactured before the date of publication of this European Standard by CEN.
1.2   This European Standard covers the following types of machines:
Concerning the sort of actuation:
-   machine for gathering up by hand, power motioned locking-stroke;
-   machine for automatic-motioned gathering and automatic-motioned locking-stroke.
Concerning the removal-system:
-   machine with removal by fixed or movable clip-guide (see Figures 1 and 2);
-   machine with spread-removal (see Figures 3 and 4).
Key
1   Fixed clip guide   Key
1   Movable clip guide
Figure 1 - Machine with removal by
fixed clip guide   Figure 2- Machine with removal by
movable clip guide
Key
1   Spread-removal
2   Filling-tube
3   Casing brake
4   Tube (casing)   
Figure 3 - Machine with spread-removal
Figure 4 - Spread-removal - detail
Concerning construction:
-   table-top-machine;
-   movable floor machines;
-   floor-mounted-machine.
1.3   Description
Clipping machines will be used for closing of tubes with a single-clip (one side) or a double-clip (endlocking and startlocking).
The machines are equipped with closing tools (punch/die), which make the locking by deforming the locking-element (clip).
A removal/gathering is used to form a free space and to gather

This standard applies to all machinery (stationary and mobile) where fixed means of access are necessary. The purpose of this standard is to define the general requirements for safe access to machines mentioned in EN ISO 12100-2. EN ISO 14122-1 gives advice about the correct choice of access means when the necessary access to the machine is not possible directly from the ground level or from a floor. This standard applies to fixed ladders, which are a part of a machine. This standard may also be applied to fixed ladders to that part of the building where the machine is installed, providing the main function of that part of the building is to provide a means of access to the machine. NOTE This standard may be used also for means of access which are outside the scope of this standard. In those cases the possible relevant national or other regulations should be taken into account. This standard applies also to ladders which are not permanently fixed to the machine and which may be removed, moved to the side or pivoted (swivel-mounted) for some operations of the machine (e. g. changing tools in a large press). For the significant hazards covered by this standard, see Clause 4 of EN ISO 14122-1. This standard is not applicable to machinery which are manufactured before the date of publication of this standard by CEN.

This standard applies to all machinery (stationary and mobile) where fixed means of access are necessary. The purpose of this standard is to define the general requirements for safe access to machines mentioned in EN ISO 12100-2. EN ISO 14122-1 gives advice about the correct choice of access means when the necessary access to the machine is not possible directly from the ground level or from a floor. This standard applies to fixed ladders, which are a part of a machine. This standard may also be applied to fixed ladders to that part of the building where the machine is installed, providing the main function of that part of the building is to provide a means of access to the machine. NOTE This standard may be used also for means of access which are outside the scope of this standard. In those cases the possible relevant national or other regulations should be taken into account. This standard applies also to ladders which are not permanently fixed to the machine and which may be removed, moved to the side or pivoted (swivel-mounted) for some operations of the machine (e. g. changing tools in a large press). For the significant hazards covered by this standard, see Clause 4 of EN ISO 14122-1. This standard is not applicable to machinery which are manufactured before the date of publication of this standard by CEN.