scope:

This standard applies for stationary surface finishing machines, with stationary work piece (see 3.1) or with moving work piece (see 3.2), which are used to grind (polish) horizontal surfaces of slabs, strips or tiles of natural stone, e.g. granite, marble, similar natural and similar artificial materials (e.g. agglomerated). This standard deals with all significant hazards, hazardous situations and events relevant to surface finishing machines, when they are used as intended and under conditions of misuse which are reasonably foreseeable by the manufacturer (see Clause 4). This European Standard deals with the hazards during transport, commissioning, use and maintenance, disassembly and destruction. This European Standard does not deal with: - metal grinding machines; - wood grinding machines; - hand-held grinding machines; - machines intended for operation in a potentially explosive atmosphere; - upstream and downstream conveying elements for transporting the work pieces. This document is not applicable to machinery which are manufactured before the date of publication of this document by CEN.