scope:

This part of ISO 13577 specifies the general safety requirements common to industrial furnaces and associated processing equipment (TPE). This part of ISO 13577 details significant hazards associated with TPE (see Annex B), and specifies the appropriate preventive measures for reduction or elimination of these hazards. This part of ISO 13577 gives general principles and general safety requirements for the reduction of risks associated with TPE. The general safety requirements apply to the other parts of ISO 13577 dealing with specific equipment, unless an exception is stated in the relevant part. The general principles are used to establish the specific technical measures in the relevant parts dealing with safety requirements for particular equipment. For TPE covered by this part of ISO 13577, the provisions of the part of ISO 13577 directly applicable to that type of TPE, if available, take precedence over the provisions of this part of ISO 13577.