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BS EN 292-2:1991

Superseded

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Safety of machinery. Basic concepts, general principles for design Technical principles and specifications

Available format(s)

Hardcopy , PDF

Superseded date

07-11-2003

Language(s)

English

Published date

20-12-1991

$618.22
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Foreword
0. Introduction
1. Scope
2. Normative references
3. Risk reduction by design
3.1 Avoiding sharp edges and corners, protruding
      parts, etc.
3.2 Making machines inherently safe by virtue of...
3.3 Taking into account design codes, data about
      material properties, etc.
3.4 Using inherently safe technologies, processes,
      energy supplies
3.5 Applying the principle of the positive mechanical
      action of a component on another component
3.6 Observing ergonomic principles
3.7 Applying safety principles when designing control
      systems
3.8 Preventing hazards from pneumatic and hydraulic
      equipment
3.9 Preventing electrical hazard
3.10 Limiting exposure to hazards through reliability
      of equipment
3.11 Limiting exposure to hazards through mechanization
      and automation of loading/unloading operations
3.12 Limiting exposure to hazards through location of
      the majority of setting and maintenance points
      outside the danger zones
4. Safeguarding
4.1 Selection of guards and safety devices
4.2 Requirements for the design and construction of
      guards and safety devices
5. Information for use
5.1 General requirements
5.2 Location and nature of information for use
5.3 Signals and warning devices
5.4 Markings, signs (pictograms), written warnings
5.5 Accompanying documents
6. Additional precautions
6.1 Precautions in view of emergency situations
6.2 Equipment, systems and arrangements contributing
      to safety
Annex A (informative) Annex I of the "Machinery Directive"
A.1 Annex I of the Council Directive of 14 June 1989 on
      the approximation of the laws of the Member States
      relating to machinery (89/392/EEC): Essential health
      and safety requirements relating to the design and
      construction of machinery
A.2 Amendments to Annex I of the Directive 89/392/EEC
      according to Directive 91/368/EEC published on
      22 July 1991
Annex B (informative) Bibliography
Annex C (informative) Main terminological discrepancies
      between EN 292 and Machinery Directive (89/392/EEC)
Annex D (informative) Trilingual alphabetical index

Intended to help designers and manufacturers achieve safety in the design of machinery.

Committee
MCE/3
DocumentType
Standard
Pages
60
PublisherName
British Standards Institution
Status
Superseded
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