scope:

The Requirements of this standard apply only to those industrial machine tools, commonly referred to as hydraulic power presses, which transmit force hydraulically to cut, form, or assemble metal or other materials by means of tools or dies attached to or operated by slides.

Exclusions

Specifically excluded from this standard are:

- manually powered presses;

- mechanical power presses;

- air-powered presses;

- powdered metal presses;

- horizontal hydraulic extrusion presses;

- high energy rate presses;

- manually positioned "C" frame punching and riveting presses;

- meat-processing presses;

- forging presses and hammers;

- powered press brakes;

- metal shears;

- iron workers;

- cold headers;

- die-casting machines;

- plastic injection molding machines;

- stretch forming machines;

- pipe, tube, or shape bending;

- machines, roll-bending machines;

- welding machines, welding presses;

- radial expanding and compression equipment;

- packaging machines;

- balers;

- laboratory machines or equipment used to determine properties of materials;

- guillotine paper cutters.

purpose

The purpose of this standard is to establish safety requirements with respect to the construction of hydraulic power presses and the care and use of production systems in which hydraulic power presses are used.