DIN EN 1034-8:2012-06

This type C standard contains environmentally relevant requirements. This European Standard contains specifications meeting the essential requirements set out in Annex I of the EU Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC which apply to paper making and finishing machines that are first placed on the European Economic Area (EEA) market, in order to facilitate proof of compliance with the essential requirements of these requirements. Once this standard is cited in the Official Journal of the European Union, it is deemed a "harmonized" standard and thus, a manufacturer applying this standard may assume compliance with the requirements of the Machinery Directive ("presumption of conformity"). This European Standard applies to low consistency refining plants, that is plants working with suspensions of fibres of virgin pulp, mechanical wood pulp or deinking pulp in water with a consistency up to approximately 6 %, used in the paper making process and applies together with EN 1034-1:2000+A1:2010. It deals with all significant hazards, hazardous situations and hazard events relevant to refining plants, when used as intended and under the conditions foreseen by the manufacturer. This European Standard does not apply to beaters. It contains the German version of EN 1034-8:2011 which has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 198 "Printing and paper machinery - Safety" of the European Committee for Standardization (CEN). The secretariat is held by DIN (Germany). During the preparation of the standard, the national interests were represented by Working Committee NA 060-23-02 AA "Druck- und Papiermaschinen" ("Printing and paper machinery"), Technical Section "Printing and paper machinery" of the Mechanical Engineering Standards Committee (NAM) at DIN. Representatives of machine manufacturers and of the employers' liability insurance association for the raw material and chemical industry (formerly known as employers' liability insurance association for papermakers) contributed to this standard. Application: machine designers.