scope:

This European Standard applies to the following groups of machines:

- pallet banding machines;

- stretch film pallet wrapping machines;

- stretch film hood application machines;

- mobile stretch film wrapping machines;

- semi automatic self driving stretch film wrapping machines;

- shrink film pallet wrapping machines;

- shrink film hood application machines;

- film removing machines;

- shrinking systems;

- sleeve wrapping machines for product greater than 400 mm in one direction;

- product centralising machines.

The individual machines are described in 3.2.

This standard deals with safety requirements for machine design, construction, installation, commissioning, operation, adjustment, maintenance and cleaning of pallet wrapping machines.

The extents to which hazards, hazardous situations and events are covered are indicated in Clause 4.