scope:

This document gives the safety requirements and measures for wide belt calibrating and sanding machines capable of continuous production use as defined in 3.1, hereinafter referred to as "machines". It deals with all significant hazards, hazardous situations and events as listed in Annex A, relevant to the machines, when operated, adjusted and maintained as intended and under the conditions foreseen by the manufacturer, including reasonably foreseeable misuse. Also, transport, assembly, dismantling, disabling and scrapping phases have been taken into account. It is also applicable to machines fitted with one or more of the following devices/additional working units, whose hazards have been dealt with: - transversal sanding unit; - cleaning brushing unit; - satining roller unit; - disk brushing unit; - texturing brushing roller unit; - texturing brushing belt unit; - cutterblock unit; - texturing band saw unit; - spiked roller unit; - antistatic bars unit; - conveyor directly controlled by the machine; - additional work piece vacuum clamping device. NOTE 1 - antistatic bar is a device that eliminates electrostatic charges on the workpiece to ease its subsequent cleaning from dust by airflow.