scope:

This standard specifies the safety requirements for the design, construction, operation and maintenance (including installation, dismantling and transport) of turning centers and automatic, numerically controlled turning machines (see 1.1 and 1.2).

This standard is applicable to:

• automatic, numerically controlled horizontaland vertical- spindle turning machines and turning centers which are designed to accept workholding devices up to 500 mm (20 inches) outside diameter and with distance between centers of up to 2 m (80 inches);
• auxiliary equipment and components which are integral to the machine;
• machines which are integrated into automatic production lines or turning cells as much as the potential hazards and associated risks are comparable to those of machines working separately.