scope:

This standard deals with all significant hazards, hazardous situations and events, as listed in Clause 4, which are relevant to bridge type machine: sawing, sawing and milling, milling, included numerical control (NC/CNC) versions, designed to saw and mill natural stone and engineered stone (e.g. agglomerated stone) as defined by EN 14618:2005, when they are used as intended and under conditions of misuse which are reasonably foreseeable by the manufacturer (see Clause 4). This standard specifies the appropriate technical measures to eliminate or reduce risks arising from the significant hazards. This European Standard deals with the hazards during transport, commissioning, use and maintenance, disassembly and destruction. This document also applies to machines fitted with: - additional equipment for undercut grooving and lathing; - mechanical, pneumatic, hydraulic or vacuum workpiece clamping; - automatic tool change facilities. This European Standard does not deal with: - machines intended for operation in a potentially explosive atmosphere; - operation in severe environmental conditions (e. g. extreme temperatures, corrosive environment); - supply by electrical networks with voltages, frequencies, tolerances etc. different from those of public suppliers; - machines intended for outdoor operation; This document is not applicable to machinery which are manufactured before the date of publication of this document by CEN. This European Standard applies to diamond wire saws being used in quarries, for cutting marble and other stones, or in sawmill for cutting granite, marble and other stones. The multiwire machines work in sawmill on blocks having been already extracted. The machines can be either stationary or travelling on rails during operation. Diamond wire saws in the scope have an electric main motor. This standard deals with machines working in one main axis as well as in several axes. Diamond wire saws are intended to be used ...