scope:

This European Standard specifies safety and hygiene requirementsfor the design and manufacture of dough mixers with rotating bowlsof capacity greater than or equal to 5 L and less than or equal to500 L. These dough mixers are used separately or in a line in thefood industry and shops (pastry-making, bakeries, confectionery,etc.) for manufacturing of dough by mixing flour, water and otheringredients. These machines can be fed by hand or mechanically.These machines are sometimes used in other industries (e. g.pharmaceutical industry, chemical industry, printing), but hazardsrelated to these uses are not dealt with in this standard. ThisEuropean Standard deals with all significant hazards, hazardoussituations and events relevant to the transport, installation,adjustment, operation, cleaning, maintenance, dismantling,disassembling and scrapping of dough mixers, when they are used asintended and under the conditions of misuse which are reasonablyforeseeable by the manufacturer (see Clause 4). This EuropeanStandard does not deal with the following machines: - planetarymixers (see EN 454); - continuously fed machines; - mixers withstationary vertical bowls; - experimental and testing machinesunder development by the manufacturer; - domestic appliances; -automatic loading and unloading devices. This European Standard isnot applicable to machines which are manufactured before its dateof publication as a European Standard.