EN 12301:2019
(Main)Plastics and rubber machines - Calenders - Safety requirements
Plastics and rubber machines - Calenders - Safety requirements
This document specifies safety requirements relating to the design and construction of calenders (see 3.1.1) intended for the calendering, polishing, laminating or embossing of rubber or plastics.
This document concerns the calender alone, including the following integrated components: cutting device, stock guides and feeding device, secondary roller.
Annex C shows examples of various types of calenders and Annex D shows examples of calendaring processes.
This document deals with all significant hazards, hazardous situations or hazardous events relevant to the design and construction of calenders, when the machines are used as intended and under the conditions of misuse which are reasonably foreseeable by the manufacturer during all the phases of the life of the machine as described in EN ISO 12100:2010, 5.4 (see Annex B).
This document does not deal with:
- hazards generated by the processing of explosive materials, or materials which give rise to an explosive atmosphere;
- hazards due to laser or ionizing radiation;
- hazards generated if the calender is installed in an explosive atmosphere.
Two roll mills are covered by EN 1417.
This document is not applicable to calenders manufactured before the date of its publication.
Kunststoff- und Gummimaschinen - Kalander - Sicherheitsanforderungen
Dieses Dokument legt Sicherheitsanforderungen an die Konstruktion und den Bau von Kalandern (siehe 3.1.1) fest, die für das Kalandrieren, Glätten, Laminieren oder Prägen von Gummi oder Kunststoff vorgesehen sind.
Dieses Dokument betrifft nur Kalander, einschließlich der folgenden integrierten Komponenten: Schneideinrichtung, Führungsbacken, Beschickungseinrichtung und Nebenwalzen.
Anhang C enthält Beispiele von verschiedenen Kalanderbauarten und Anhang D enthält Beispiele für Kalandrierverfahren.
Dieses Dokument behandelt alle signifikanten Gefährdungen, Gefährdungssituationen oder Gefährdungsereignisse, die für die Konstruktion und den Bau von Kalandern in sämtlichen Lebensphasen der Maschine wie in EN ISO 12100:2010, 5.4 beschreiben wesentlich sind, wenn die Maschinen wie vorgesehen und unter den Bedingungen, die vom Hersteller als Fehlanwendung vernünftigerweise vorhersehbar sind, verwendet werden (siehe Anhang B).
Dieses Dokument behandelt nicht:
Gefährdungen, die durch die Verarbeitung von explosiven Stoffen oder Materialien entstehen, die zu einer explosionsfähigen Atmosphäre führen;
Gefährdungen durch Laser oder ionisierender Strahlung;
Gefährdungen, die entstehen, wenn der Kalander in einer explosionsfähigen Atmosphäre aufgestellt wird.
Walzwerke sind durch EN 1417 abgedeckt.
Dieses Dokument gilt nicht für Kalander, die vor dessen Veröffentlichung hergestellt worden sind.
Machines pour les matières plastiques et le caoutchouc - Calandres - Prescriptions de sécurité
Le présent document spécifie les prescriptions de sécurité relatives à la conception et à la construction des calandres (voir 3.1.1) destinées au calandrage, polissage, doublage ou grainage du caoutchouc ou des matières plastiques.
Le présent document concerne la calandre seule, y compris les éléments suivants, faisant partie intégrante de la calandre : le dispositif de coupe, les oreilles, le dispositif d'alimentation et le rouleau annexe.
L'Annexe C donne des exemples de différents types de calandres et l'Annexe D donne des exemples de procédés de calandrage.
Le présent document traite de tous les phénomènes dangereux, situations dangereuses ou événements dangereux significatifs pertinents pour la conception et la construction des calandres, en cas d’utilisation normale ou de mauvais usage raisonnablement prévisible par le fabricant pendant toutes les phases de la vie de la machine, tel que décrit dans l'EN ISO 12100:2010, 5.4 (voir Annexe B).
Le présent document ne traite pas :
- des phénomènes dangereux engendrés par le travail de produits explosifs ou de produits générant une atmosphère explosive ;
- des phénomènes dangereux liés aux rayonnements laser ou ionisants ;
- des phénomènes dangereux liés à l'installation de la calandre dans une atmosphère explosive.
Les mélangeurs à cylindres sont traités dans l'EN 1417.
Le présent document ne s'applique pas aux calandres fabriquées avant sa date de publication.
Stroji za predelavo gume in plastike - Kalandri - Varnostne zahteve
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Standards Content (Sample)
SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-september-2020
Nadomešča:
SIST EN 12301:2000+A1:2008
Stroji za predelavo gume in plastike - Kalandri - Varnostne zahteve
Plastics and rubber machines - Calenders - Safety requirements
Kunststoff- und Gummimaschinen - Kalander - Sicherheitsanforderungen
Machines pour le caoutchouc et les matières plastiques - Calandres - Prescriptions de
sécurité
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 12301:2019
ICS:
83.200 Oprema za gumarsko Equipment for the rubber and
industrijo in industrijo plastics industries
polimernih materialov
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.
EN 12301
EUROPEAN STANDARD
NORME EUROPÉENNE
December 2019
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
ICS 83.200 Supersedes EN 12301:2000+A1:2008
English Version
Plastics and rubber machines - Calenders - Safety
requirements
Machines pour les matières plastiques et le caoutchouc Kunststoff- und Gummimaschinen - Kalander -
- Calandres - Prescriptions de sécurité Sicherheitsanforderungen
This European Standard was approved by CEN on 5 August 2019.
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-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, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway,
Poland, Portugal, Republic of North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and
United Kingdom.
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Contents Page
European foreword . 3
Introduction . 4
1 Scope . 5
2 Normative references . 5
3 Terms, definitions and symbols . 7
3.1 Terms and definitions . 7
3.2 Symbols . 12
4 Safety requirements and/or protective measures . 12
4.1 General . 12
4.2 Control systems . 12
4.3 Protection against mechanical hazards . 15
4.4 Stability . 29
4.5 Electrical hazards . 30
4.6 Thermal hazards . 30
4.7 Protection against fire . 30
4.8 Hazards due to noise . 30
4.9 Hazards generated by neglecting ergonomic principles . 31
4.10 Hazards due to unexpected start-up . 31
4.11 Slip, trip and fall hazards . 31
4.12 Hazards generated by the materials being processed . 32
4.13 Hazards due to electromagnetic interference . 32
5 Verification of the safety requirements and/or protective measures . 32
6 Information for use . 36
6.1 General . 36
6.2 Instruction handbook . 36
6.3 Marking . 38
Annex A (normative) Noise test code . 39
Annex B (informative) List of significant hazards . 44
Annex C (informative) Examples of different types of calenders . 46
Annex D (informative) Examples of calendering processes . 47
Annex E (informative) Calculation of dimension L of the crushing zone (for rolls of equal
diameters) . 49
Annex F (informative) Fixed guards at the crushing zone . 50
Annex G (informative) Means of access . 51
Annex ZA (informative) Relationship between this European Standard and the Essential
Requirements of Directive 2006/42/EC aimed to be covered . 52
Bibliography . 55
European foreword
This document (EN 12301:2019) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 145 “Plastics and
rubber machines”, 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 June 2020 and conflicting national standards shall be
withdrawn at the latest by June 2021.
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of
patent rights. CEN shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.
This document supersedes EN 12301:2000+A1:2008.
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.
The main changes with respect to the previous edition EN 12301:2000+A1:2008 are as follows:
— the Scope is extended to cover also two-roll calenders forming an integral unit with an extruder
(roller head) and two or three-roll polishing, laminating or embossing units installed downstream of
extruders in film processing lines;
— the structure is modified;
— the list of significant hazards is moved to an informative annex;
— technical developments in safeguards are taken into account;
— requirements for braking system and roll separation are updated;
— revised type-A and type-B standards are taken into account;
— the performance levels of safety related parts of control systems are specified in accordance with
EN ISO 13849-1:2015;
— a full noise test code is provided in a normative annex.
According to the CEN-CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organisations of the
following countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia,
Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland,
Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of North
Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the United
Kingdom.
Introduction
This document is a type C standard as stated in EN ISO 12100:2010.
This document is of relevance, in particular, for the following stakeholder groups representing the market
players with regard to machinery safety:
— machine manufacturers (small, medium and large enterprises);
— health and safety bodies (regulators, accident prevention organizations, market surveillance, etc.).
Others can be affected by the level of machinery safety achieved with the means of the document by the
above-mentioned stakeholder groups:
— machine users/employers (small, medium and large enterprises);
— machine users/employees (e.g. trade unions, organizations for people with special needs);
— service providers, e.g. for maintenance (small, medium and large enterprises).
The above-mentioned stakeholder groups have been given the possibility to participate at the drafting
process of this document.
The machinery concerned and the extent to which hazards, hazardous situations or hazardous events are
covered are indicated in the Scope of this document.
When requirements of this type-C standard are different from those which are stated in type-A or type-B
standards, the requirements of this type-C standard take precedence over the requirements of the other
standards for machines that have been designed and built according to the requirements of this type-C
standard.
1 Scope
This document specifies safety requirements relating to the design and construction of calenders (see
3.1.1) intended for the calendering, polishing, laminating or embossing of rubber or plastics.
This document concerns the calender alone, including the following integrated components: cutting
device, stock guides, feeding device and secondary roller.
Annex C shows examples of various types of calenders and Annex D shows examples of calendaring
processes.
This document deals with all significant hazards, hazardous situations or hazardous events relevant to
the design and construction of calenders, when the machines are used as intended and under the
conditions of misuse which are reasonably foreseeable by the manufacturer during all the phases of the
life of the machine as described in EN ISO 12100:2010, 5.4 (see Annex B).
This document does not deal with:
— hazards generated by the processing of explosive materials, or materials which give rise to an
explosive atmosphere;
— hazards due to laser or ionizing radiation;
— hazards generated if the calender is installed in an explosive atmosphere.
Two roll mills are covered by EN 1417.
This document is not applicable to calenders manufactured before the date of its publication.
2 Normative references
The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content
constitutes requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For
undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
CLC/TS 61496-3:2008, Safety of machinery - Electro-sensitive protective equipment - Part 3: Particular
requirements for Active Opto-electronic Protective Devices responsive to Diffuse Reflection (AOPDDR)
EN 349:1993+A1:2008, Safety of machinery - Minimum gaps to avoid crushing of parts of the human body
EN 614-1:2006+A1:2009, Safety of machinery - Ergonomic design principles - Part 1: Terminology and
general principles
EN 619:2002+A1:2010, Continuous handling equipment and systems — Safety and EMC requirements for
equipment for mechanical handling of unit loads
EN 12198-1:2000+A1:2008, Safety of machinery - Assessment and reduction of risks arising from radiation
emitted by machinery - Part 1: General principles
EN 60204-1:2018, Safety of machinery - Electrical equipment of machines - Part 1: General requirements
(IEC 60204-1:2016, modified)
EN 60947-5-8:2006, Low-voltage switchgear and controlgear - Part 5-8: Control circuit devices and
switching elements - Three-position enabling switches
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