1 Scope
This standard specifies the safety requirements for the design, manufacture and information
for safe use of palletizers, depalletizers, and stackers/unstackers of empty pallets
integrated or not into a (de)palletizer as defined in 3.1 . In many respects palletizers and depalletizers present the same risks. In this text
they are referred to together as (de)palletizers.
For manipulating industrial robots used in (de)palletizer applications this standard
and EN 775 apply.
These safety requirements apply to automatic and semi-automatic (de)palletizers. They
take into account the hazards which may occur during setting, commissioning and decommissioning,
adjustment, use according to the information given by the manufacturer, maintenance
(both preventive and repair) and cleaning.
This standard does not cover the following hazards which can occur on (de)palletizers
in certain circumstances:
heat;
noise;
radiation;
fumes, gas, dust;
vibrat...