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BS EN 703 : 2004

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AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY - SILAGE LOADING, MIXING AND/OR CHOPPING AND DISTRIBUTING MACHINES - SAFETY

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Hardcopy , PDF

Language(s)

English

Published date

01-01-2004

$464.73
Including GST where applicable

Foreword
0 Introduction
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
  3.1 machines
  3.2 functions
  3.3 loading device
4 List of significant hazards
5 Safety requirements and/or protective measures
  5.1 General
  5.2 Location of the manual controls
  5.3 Visibility
  5.4 Loading device
      5.4.1 Controls for cutting and loading tools
      5.4.2 Loading door
  5.5 Safeguarding of the cutting and loading tools when not
      in use
  5.6 Mixing and/or chopping device
      5.6.1 Protection against contact with moving parts
      5.6.2 Checking of the mixing
      5.6.3 Reducing accumulation of material on the top
            of the machine
      5.6.4 Manual addition of feedstuffs
  5.7 Distribution device
      5.7.1 General
      5.7.2 Case where a conveyor is used
      5.7.3 Case where an auger is used
      5.7.4 Case where a distributor cylinder is used
      5.7.5 Case of free discharge
      5.7.6 Case of turbines
  5.8 Weighing device display
  5.9 Noise
      5.9.1 Noise reduction as a safety requirement
      5.9.2 Verification of requirements on noise based
            on noise emission values
6 Verification of safety requirements and/or protective
  measures
  6.1 Visibility
  6.2 Measurement of the tools' stopping time
7 Information for use
  7.1 Instruction handbook
  7.2 Marking
Annex A (informative) - Example of machines and components
Annex ZA (informative) - Relationship between this European
                         Standard and the Essential Requirements
                         of EU Directive 98/37/EC
Annex ZB (informative) - Relationship between this European
                         Standard and the Essential Requirements
                         of EU Directive 2006/42/EC
Bibliography

Describes, in conjunction with EN 1553, the safety requirements and their verification for the design and construction of mounted, semi-mounted trailed or self-propelled machines that have a combination of two or more of the following functions: loading, mixing, chopping and distributing silage and/or other feedstuffs, to be used by one operator only.

Committee
AGE/32
DevelopmentNote
Supersedes 92/74748 DC and 01/704706 DC (06/2004) 2004 Edition Re-Issued in August 2009 & incorporates AMD 1 2009. (09/2009)
DocumentType
Standard
Pages
40
PublisherName
British Standards Institution
Status
Current
Supersedes

EN 294:1992/AC:1993 SAFETY OF MACHINERY - SAFETY DISTANCES TO PREVENT DANGER ZONES BEING REACHED BY THE UPPER LIMBS
ISO/TR 11688-1:1995 Acoustics Recommended practice for the design of low-noise machinery and equipment Part 1: Planning
ISO 5353:1995 Earth-moving machinery, and tractors and machinery for agriculture and forestry Seat index point
EN ISO 11688-2:2000 Acoustics - Recommended practice for the design of low-noise machinery and equipment - Part 2: Introduction to the physics of low-noise design (ISO/TR 11688-2:1998)
EN ISO 5353:1998 Earth-moving machinery, and tractors and machinery for agriculture and forestry - Seat index point (ISO 5353:1995)
EN 1533:2010 Wood flooring - Determination of bending strength under static load - Test methods
ISO 12100-2:2003 Safety of machinery Basic concepts, general principles for design Part 2: Technical principles
ISO 12100-1:2003 Safety of machinery Basic concepts, general principles for design Part 1: Basic terminology, methodology
1998/37/EC : 1998 DIRECTIVE 98/37/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL OF 22 JUNE 1998 ON THE APPROXIMATION OF THE LAWS OF THE MEMBER STATES RELATING TO MACHINERY
EN ISO 11688-1:2009 Acoustics - Recommended practice for the design of low-noise machinery and equipment - Part 1: Planning (ISO/TR 11688-1:1995)
ISO/TR 11688-2:1998 Acoustics Recommended practice for the design of low-noise machinery and equipment Part 2: Introduction to the physics of low-noise design
EN 1070 : 1998 SAFETY OF MACHINERY - TERMINOLOGY

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