BS EN 13035-5:2006+A1:2009 Machines and plants for the manufacture, treatment and processing of flat glass. Safety requirements. Machines and installations for stacking and de-stacking
BS EN 13035-5 is a European Standard which applies for machines and installations for stacking and de-stacking that are specifically designed for building-up or taking down upright stacks of flat glass sheet by sheet including unloading and loading of single sheets of flat glass from or onto machines or transport devices (conveyors).
BS EN 13035-5 deals with the significant hazards, hazardous situations and events relevant to machines and installations for stacking and de-stacking flat glass when they are used as intended and under the conditions of misuse which are reasonably foreseeable by the manufacturer.
Those hazards which are dealt with in the ad-hoc standard BS EN 619 for conveyors are excepted. BS EN 13035-5 specifies the appropriate technical measures to eliminate or reduce risks arising from the significant hazards during commissioning, operation and maintenance.
BS EN 13035-5 doesn’t apply to the significant hazards of conveyors and other machines for the manufacture, treatment and processing of flat glass, e.g. tilting tables, equipment for storage of flat glass, such as stillages. If there are specific hazards which arise by the co-operation of this machinery and equipment with machines and installations for stacking and de-stacking, appropriate measures are specified.
BS EN 13035-5 does not apply to building up or taking down stacks by means of cranes that are temporarily equipped via hook with load-lifting attachments with suction cups to lift flat glass.
When compiling BS EN 13035-5, it was assumed that lifting movements are only used as part of full automatic machines and that the related hazards are not significant.
BS EN 13035-5 does not apply to machines and installations for stacking and de-stacking which are manufactured before the date of publication of this European Standard by CEN.
Noise is not a significant hazard for this type of machinery. The A-weighted emission sound pressure level at workstations does not exceed 70 dB(A).
Contents of BS EN 13035-5:
Foreword
Introduction
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 List of significant hazards
5 Safety requirements and/or protective measures
6 Verification of safety requirements and/or protective measures
7 Information for use
Annex A (informative) Examples of typical constructions of machines and installations for stacking and de-stacking
Annex B (informative) Example of electrical interlocking of movable guard (guard closed)
Annex C (informative) Example of electrical interlocking with guard locking
Annex D (informative) Example of stopping operation by safety equipment with electronically controlled braking
Annex E (informative) Protection to prevent broken glass from falling out laterally
Annex ZA (informative) Relationship between this European Standard and the Essential
Requirements of EU Directive 98/37/EC
Requirements of EU Directive 2006/42/EC"
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