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Food processing machinery - Filling machines and interchangeable equipment - Safety and hygiene requirements
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1.1 General This document applies to: - filling machines with cylinder and piston; - filling machines with feed intake hopper; - filling machines with vacuum hopper; hereafter referred to as filling machines which process e.g. meat, cheese and other pasty substances, excluding dry or frozen materials. They pump foodstuff into casings or bring it to a following process. This document applies also to the interchangeable equipment for filling machines with which a wide range of additional functions can be implemented. For example: portioning, depositing, mincing, co-extruding, dividing and forming. This document deals with all significant hazards, hazardous situations and events relevant to filling machines and interchangeable equipment (hereafter referred to as machines), when they are used as intended and under the conditions foreseen by the manufacturer and also the reasonable foreseeable misuse (see Clause 4). These significant hazards, hazardous situations and events can arise during all the life phases including transportation, assembly, dismantling, disabling and scrapping of the machines. This document is not applicable to machines which were manufactured before the date of publication of this document by CEN. Filling machines described in this document are no forming, filling and sealing machines as described in EN 415-3:1999+A1:2009. Clipping machines as described in EN 13885:2005+A1:2010 are not covered by this document. 1.2 Types of filling machines and interchangeable equipment covered by this standard 1.2.1 Filling machines with cylinder and piston Filling machines with cylinder and piston consist of piston, closing cover, machine frame, accessory drive mechanism and electrical and hydraulic components (see Figure 1). The material being processed will be fed by hand into the cylinder. Filling machines with cylinder and piston can be fitted with a dividing device. 1.2.2 Filling machines with feed intake hopper Filling machines with feed...
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Designation Name
SS-EN 12463:2021
Revision Level
2021 EDITION
Status
Current
Publication Date
Jan. 25, 2021
Language(s)
English
Page Count
76
International Equivalent
EN 12463:2021(IDT)