scope:

This European Standard 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 (see Figures 1, 2 and 3); - unit sole and footwear component moulding machines (see Figures 4 to 10); full shoe and boot moulding machines (see Figure 11). This European Standard applies also to the mentioned machines when used for other products than footwear and footwear components, as far as these products require no other changes than a different mould. This European 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 in l.1. It deals with all significant hazards, hazardous situations and events relevant to footwear moulding machines, when they are used as intended and under conditions of misuse which are reasonably foreseeable by the manufacturer (see Clause 4). The following machines are excluded from the scope of this European Standard unless used for directon sole moulding or reaction moulding: - moulding machines with static injection units and static mould stations (clamping units); - moulding machines with static metering and mixing units and mobile stations with linear configuration (mould carriers). The European Standard does not deal with hazards created by the mixing and metering unit. The use of machines within the scope of this European Standard in industries other than those specified in 1.1 may give rise to hazards not considered during its preparation. NOTE For this application see also EN 201 and prEN 1612-2. This European Standard also applies to the following additional equipment for material handling and operation which are an integral part of the machine: spraying devices, injection units, casting units, nozzle cleaners, sprue pullers, mould front edge cleaners, activating devices, robots and equipment for preparatory and subsequent treatment (see Figure M.1). This European Standard assumes the machines: - are operated by adequately trained persons; - are used with adequate workplace lighting (see EN 12464-1).