scope:

This European Standard specifies the safety requirements for thedesign, manufacture and information for the safe use of compactorsthat compact waste material or recyclable fractions (e. g. paper,plastics, textiles, cans, cardboard, mixed waste), hereafterreferred to as materials. This European Standard applies to:-compactors using a horizontally moving screw, pendulum or plate ascompacting part and where the materials move horizontally; and; -compactors that are mechanically fed and/or fed by hand. Thesecompactors can be; - static compactors; - transportable compactors;- traversing systems. The scope includes; - any integral mechanicalfeed equipment (e. g. bin lift); - feed hoppers/openings; - anyintegral pre-conditioning equipment in the hopper (e. g.perforators, pre-crushing devices and shredders); - any integralmaterial flow control equipment; - the interface between thecompactor and any feed equipment (except those excluded from thescope). The scope of this European Standard does not cover; -compactors that are covered by EN 1501 (all parts); - undergroundcompactors, however if these compactors can be used above groundthis standard applies; - compactors using thermal technologies forcompaction; - vacuum compactors; - compactors where materials arecompacted vertically; - containers for static compactors, howeverthe interface between the compaction unit and the container isincluded; - bins in which materials are collected for feeding intothe compactor; - any up-stream pre-treatment equipment that is notintegral to the machine and is used to treat the materials beforethey are fed into the feed opening of the compactor; - vehiclesincluding lifting equipment used to collect and transport thecompactor or container; - cranes, lift trucks or othertransportable plant used to load materials into the feedhopper/opening and the hazards arising out of using this equipmentto load; - any suction or dust control equipment. This Europeanstandard does not cover the lifting and transport of transportablecompactors. This European Standard does not apply to hazardsarising from the materials being processed (e. g. asbestos,clinical waste, aerosol containers). All hazards mentioned inClause 4 are dealt with in this European Standard. This EuropeanStandard is not applicable for compactors which are manufacturedbefore the date of its publication as an EN.