DIN EN 16228-4:2014-10

This standard defines relevant requirements set out in Annex I of EU 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, together with part 1, deals with all significant hazards for foundation equipment when it is used as intended and under the conditions of misuse which are reasonably foreseeable by the manufacturer associated with the whole life time of the machine (see Clause 4). The requirements of this part are complementary to the requirements formulated in EN 16228-1:2014. This document does not repeat the requirements of EN 16228-1:2014 but adds or replaces the requirements for the application of foundation equipment. In this document, the general term "foundation equipment" covers several different types of machines used for installation and/or extraction of driving elements by drilling (machines with a rotary torque greater than 35 kNm), driving, vibrating, pushing, pulling or a combination of techniques, or any other way, applied for: - longitudinal foundation elements; - soil improvement by vibrating and soil mixing techniques; - vertical drainage. Some foundation equipment may have an additional rotary head with a torque less than 35 kNm for pre-drilling applications; this equipment is covered by this standard. Machines with one or more of the following characteristics are not covered by this standard, but are covered by EN 16228-2: - machines that have a main rotary head torque of less than 35 kNm; - machines that have multi-directional drilling capability; - machines for which adding and removing rods or digging and drilling tools is usually required during the installation/extraction process. Typically the process of foundation techniques involves the installation of longitudinal driving elements such as concrete piles, steel beams, tubes and sheet piles, injection elements such as tubes and hoses and casings for in-situ cast concrete. The national interests during the preparation are represented by NA 060-13-03 AA "Bohrgeräte" ("Drilling equipment") of the Section "Bau- und Baustoffmaschinen" ("Construction Equipment and Building Material Machines") of the Mechanical Engineering Standards Committee (NAM) at DIN. Representatives of manufacturers and users of drilling and foundation equipment and of the employers' liability insurance associations contributed to this standard.