1 Scope
1.1 General
This European Standard applies for:
— filling machines with cylinder with piston ,
— filling machines with feed intake hopper with and without loading device ,
— auxiliary machines for filling machines.
This European Standard does not apply to filling machines with cylinder and manual
operation.
This European Standard applies to machines which process pasty or slightly frozen
products (e.g. meat, cheese), excluding dry or deep frozen materials. They pump foodstuff
into casings or bring it to a subsequent process. This European Standard also applies
to the combinable appliances or auxiliary machines with which a wide range of additional
functions can be implemented, for example: portioning, depositing, mincing, coextruding,
dividing and forming.
This European Standard deals with all significant hazards, hazardous situations and
events relevant to filling machines, fitting appliances and auxiliary machines, such
as twisting and hanging devices , mincing devices, forming devices, etc., when they are used as intended and under
the conditions foreseen by the manufactu...