scope:

NEN-EN 12463 applies for: - filling machines with cylinder with piston, - filling machines with feed intake hopper with and without loading device, - auxiliary machines for filling machines. This European Standard does not apply to filling machines with cylinder and manual operation. This European Standard applies to machines which process pasty or slightly frozen products (e.g. meat, cheese), excluding dry or deep frozen materials. They pump foodstuff into casings or bring it to a subsequent process. This European Standard also applies to the combinable appliances or auxiliary machines with which a wide range of additional functions can be implemented, for example: portioning, depositing, mincing, coextruding, dividing and forming. This European Standard deals with all significant hazards, hazardous situations and events relevant to filling machines, fitting appliances and auxiliary machines, such as twisting and hanging devices, mincing devices, forming devices, etc., when they are used as intended and under the conditions foreseen by the manufacturer and also the reasonable foreseeable misuse (see Clause 4). These significant hazards, hazardous situations and events exist during the whole life of filling machines.