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relevant to ovens and dryers in which flammable substances arereleased by evaporation from and curing of coating materials. Thespecific significant risks related to the use of this machinerywith foodstuff and pharmaceutical products are not dealt with inthis European Standard. This European Standard is only applicableto machines which are used as intended and under the conditionswhich are foreseeable as malfunction by the manufacturer (seeClause 4). For ovens and dryers in which flammable substances arereleased by evaporation from and curing of coating materials, inwhich the concentration of these flammable substances shall not,under no circumstances, exceed 3 % of the LEL, EN 746-1 and EN746-2 may be applied instead of this European Standard. ThisEuropean Standard is not applicable to: ? ovens for hardeningmetals; ? enamelling plants; ? portable heating systems for drying(for instance infrared radiant heaters, hot-air blowers,blow-dryers); ? solvent recovery plants; ? distillation and/orrefraction plants; ? textile dry-cleaning systems. This EuropeanStandard is not applicable to machinery manufactured before thedate of its publication as EN.