scope:

Applies to footwear moulding machines which are intended for use in the shoe industry for the production of footwear and footwear components. These machines are: - direct-on sole moulding machines; - full shoe and boot moulding machines; - unit sole and footwear component moulding machines. This standard specifies safety requirements for construction, transport, installation, adjustment, setting, teaching or process change-over, operation, cleaning, maintenance, decommissioning, dismantling and, as far as safety is concerned, disposal for machines mentioned above. It takes account of intended use, foreseeable misuse, component and system failure.