What is BS EN 15163 - Safety — Requirements for diamond wire saws about?
BS EN 15163 deals with all significant hazards, hazardous situations and events, as listed in Clause 4, which are relevant to diamond wire saws, as defined and listed in Clause 3.
Diamond wire saws may be used in quarries or in sawmills for cutting natural stones (e.g. marble, granite), when they are used as intended and under conditions of misuse which are reasonably foreseeable by the manufacturer (see Clause 4).
Note 1: BS EN 15163 does not deal with the significant hazards arising by the use of other facilities/devices not described in this document, that may be fitted on the machines or that may be used during the work cycle.
Note 2: BS EN 15163 does not deal with:
Operation under extreme ambient conditions (outside the limits defined in EN 60204-1:2006 )
Upstream and downstream conveying elements, not integrated with diamond wire saws, for transporting of the work-pieces
Note 3: BS EN 15163 is not applicable to mac...