This standard specifies the essential safety requirements applicable toThe design and construction ofstrand pelletisers used for plastics and rubber and fed continuously by an extruder or a reactor.The machine begins withThe feed opening of the feeding device, or start-up devices if fitted, and ends withThedischarge area.OnlyThe significant hazards listed in clause 4 and dealt with in clause 5 are subject toThis standard.NOTE Directive 94/9/EC concerning equipment and protective systems intended for use in potentially explosiveatmospheres can be applicable toThe type of machine or equipment covered byThis European Standard.The presentstandard is not intended to provide means of complying withThe essential health and safety requirements of Directive94/9/EC.This standard applies to machines which are manufactured afterThe date of approval of this standard byCEN.
EN 12012-2:2001 history
2001EN 12012-2:2001 Plastics and rubber machines - Size reduction machines - Part 2: Safety requirements for strand pelletisers (Incorporates Amendment A2: 2008)