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EN 13885:2022

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Food processing machinery - Clipping machines - Safety and hygiene requirements

Food processing machinery - Clipping machines - Safety and hygiene requirements

This document specifies safety and hygiene requirements of clipping machines (hereafter referred to as machine) for closing of casings filled with foodstuffs (hereafter referred to as product) by using a clip, and which are intended to be used in butcheries, meat processing factories, main kitchens and other food processing factories.
Clipping machines are used to close tubes with a single clip (one side) or a double clip (end locking and start locking).
The machines are equipped with closing tools (punch/die), which create the closure by deforming the locking element (clip).
This document deals with all significant hazards, hazardous situations and hazardous events relevant to machinery when it is used as intended and under conditions of misuse which are reasonably foreseeable by the manufacturer (see Clause 4).
This document covers the following types of machines:
— semi-automatic machine (see Figure 1 and Figure 2);
— automatic machine (see Figure 3).
This document does not cover any machines whose closing procedure is only performed manually.
This document is not applicable to machinery manufactured before the date of publication of this document by CEN.

Nahrungsmittelmaschinen - Clipmaschinen - Sicherheits- und Hygieneanforderungen

Dieses Dokument behandelt Sicherheits- und Hygieneanforderungen, von Clipmaschinen (nachfolgend Maschine genannt) zum Verschließen von mit Nahrungsmitteln (nachfolgend Produkt genannt) gefüllten Hüllen durch einen Clip, der durch ein Verschließwerkzeug verformt wurde, welche in Fleischereien, Fleischfabriken, Großküchen und anderen Nahrungsmittelfabriken eingesetzt werden.
Dieses Dokument behandelt alle signifikanten Gefährdungen, Gefährdungssituationen und Gefährdungsereignisse von Maschinen, wenn sie bestimmungsgemäß und unter Bedingungen von durch den Hersteller vernünftigerweise vorhersehbaren Fehlanwendungen verwendet werden (siehe Anhang D).
Dieses Dokument behandelt keine Einrichtungen, bei denen der Clip ausschließlich manuell geformt wird.
Dieses Dokument gilt nicht für Clipmaschinen, die vor dem Datum seiner Veröffentlichung hergestellt wurden.

Machines pour les produits alimentaires - Machines à attacher - Prescriptions relatives à la sécurité et à l'hygiène

Le présent document spécifie les exigences en matière d'hygiène et de sécurité des machines à attacher (ci-après dénommées « machines ») pour la fermeture d'enveloppes remplies de produits alimentaires (ci-après dénommés « produits ») au moyen d'une attache déformée par un outil de fermeture, et qui sont destinées à être utilisées dans les boucheries, les usines de traitement de la viande, les cuisines industrielles et autres usines de traitement des produits alimentaires.
Le présent document traite tous les phénomènes dangereux significatifs, situations dangereuses et événements dangereux qui sont pertinents pour les machines lorsqu'elles sont utilisées normalement et dans les conditions de mauvais usage raisonnablement prévisibles par le fabricant (voir Annexe D).
Le présent document ne couvre pas les dispositifs dont l'attache est exclusivement formée à la main.
Le présent document ne s'applique pas aux machines à attacher fabriquées avant la date de sa publication.

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General Information

Status
Published
Publication Date
26-Jul-2022
Withdrawal Date
30-Jan-2023
ICS
67.260 - Plants and equipment for the food industry
Technical Committee
CEN/TC 153 - Food processing machinery - Safety and hygiene specifications
Drafting Committee
CEN/TC 153/WG 2 - Meat processing machinery
Current Stage
6060 - Definitive text made available (DAV) - Publishing
Start Date
27-Jul-2022
Due Date
16-Mar-2021
Completion Date
27-Jul-2022
Directive
2006/42/EC - Directive 2006/42/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 May 2006 on machinery, and amending Directive 95/16/EC (recast)
Mandate
M/396 - Mandate to CEN and Cenelec for standardisation in the field of machinery
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SIST EN 13885:2022 - Food processing machinery - Clipping machines - Safety and hygiene requirements

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Replaces
EN 13885:2005+A1:2010 - Food processing machinery - Clipping machines - Safety and hygiene requirements
Effective Date
30-Sep-2015

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SLOVENSKI STANDARD
SIST EN 13885:2022
01-december-2022
Nadomešča:
SIST EN 13885:2005+A1:2010
Stroji za predelavo hrane - Stroji za sponkanje - Varnostne in higienske zahteve
Food processing machinery - Clipping machines - Safety and hygiene requirements
Nahrungsmittelmaschinen - Clipmaschinen - Sicherheits- und Hygieneanforderungen
Machines pour les produits alimentaires - Machines à attacher - Prescriptions relatives à
la sécurité et à l'hygiène
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 13885:2022
ICS:
67.260 Tovarne in oprema za živilsko Plants and equipment for the
industrijo food industry
SIST EN 13885:2022 en,fr,de
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

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SIST EN 13885:2022


EN 13885
EUROPEAN STANDARD

NORME EUROPÉENNE

July 2022
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
ICS 67.260 Supersedes EN 13885:2005+A1:2010
English Version

Food processing machinery - Clipping machines - Safety
and hygiene requirements
Machines pour les produits alimentaires - Machines à Nahrungsmittelmaschinen - Clipmaschinen -
attacher - Prescriptions relatives à la sécurité et à Sicherheits- und Hygieneanforderungen
l'hygiène
This European Standard was approved by CEN on 13 June 2022.

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
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Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway,
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worldwide for CEN national Members.

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Contents Page
European foreword . 3
Introduction . 5
1 Scope . 6
2 Normative references . 6
3 Terms, definitions and descriptions . 8
3.1 Terms and definitions . 8
3.2 Descriptions . 10
4 Safety requirements and/or protective reduction measures . 12
4.1 General . 12
4.2 Mechanical hazards . 13
4.3 Electrical hazards . 30
4.4 Electromagnetic compatibility . 30
4.5 Pneumatic hazards .
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