DIN EN 12268:2015-01

This standard defines relevant requirements set out in Annex I of EC Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC relating to machines which were placed on the European Economic Area (EEA) market for the first time, with the intent of simplifying the means of proving conformity with these requirements. Once this standard is designated a harmonized standard in the Official Journal of the European Union, a manufacturer applying this standard may assume compliance with the requirements of the Machinery Directive (the so-called presumption of conformity). This European Standard specifies requirements for the design and manufacturing of band saw machines. The machines covered by this European Standard are used to cut: bones; fresh or deep frozen meat with or without bones; fresh or deep frozen fish, natural or in fillets; deep frozen block food products; fresh or deep frozen vegetables; other products such as pork fat or similar products. The band saw machines covered by this European Standard do not include band saw machines for processing wood and similar materials which are covered by the EN 1807 series. Band saw machines for domestic use are not included in this European Standard. This European Standard is not applicable to band saw machines which were manufactured before its date of publication as EN. This European Standard deals with all significant hazards, hazardous situations and events relevant to band saw 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 deals with the hazards which can arise during all the lifetime of the machine, including the phases of transport, assembly, commissioning, operation, cleaning, use, maintenance, decommissioning, dismantling, disabling and scrapping of the machine. This European Standard covers the following types of machines: band saw machines designed as table-top machines with and without base; band saw machines designed as floor-type machines with and without castors. Band saw machines consist of a machine casing, a fixed feed table or a sliding feed table, a roller conveyor or conveyor belt, a product pusher, a height-adjustable protective rail, a top and a bottom wheel, a saw blade, an upper and lower blade guide, a blade tensioning device, a drive and electrical components, depending on machine type. This standard does not deal with machinery with automatic loading/unloading systems (for example, automatic conveyors). On floor-type band saw machines, the product to be cut is placed by hand onto the fixed feed table or sliding feed table and pushed against the cutting zone of the saw blade by means of the product pusher or the rear table wall on the sliding feed table or by means of the roller conveyor or conveyor belt and sawed. This standard contains the German version of EN 12268:2014 which has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 153 "Machinery intended for use with foodstuffs and feed" of the European Committee for Standardization (CEN). This standard differs from DIN EN 12268:2011-02 as follows: a) Clause 1: the scope has been clarified; a new clause has been added to describe the machine types; requirements have been transferred to the appropriate clauses; b) Clause 2: normative references have been updated; c) Clause 3: terms have been partly revised (for example, fixed feed table); consistent use throughout the standard; d) Clause 4: new presentation in a table; e) Clause 5: new subclauses have been added in 5.2 according to the danger zones; more detailed requirements have been specified for product pusher, protective rail and blade guide; f) Clause 6: the verification list has been updated; g) Clause 7: completion of 7.2 with all information referred to in Clause 5, now including the operator training; 7.3 now contains the marking; h) annexes: the former Annex C "Common hazard" has been deleted and the text has been transferred to the appropriate clauses; i) figures have been partly revised. The national interests during the preparation of the standard were represented by Working Committee NA 060-18-02 AA "Fleischverarbeitungsmaschinen" ("Meat processing machinery") at Technical Section "Food Processing Machinery" of Standards Committee Mechanical Engineering (NAM). Representatives of the manufacturers and users of meat processing machinery as well as of professional and trade associations are involved in the preparation of this standard.