The primary objective of this standard is to eliminate or control hazards to personnel associated with transfer machines by establishing requirements for the construction, operation and maintenance of these machines.

Table of Contents

1 SCOPE 
2 NORMATIVE REFERENCES 
3 DEFINITIONS 
4 RESPONSIBILITY
     4.1 SUPPLIER'S RESPONSIBILITY 
     4.2 USER'S RESPONSIBILITY 
5 HAZARD CONTROL 
     5.1 TASK AND HAZARD IDENTIFICATION 
     5.2 RISK ASSESSMENT / RISK REDUCTION 
6 DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION 
     6.1 GENERAL 
     6.2 COMPONENT SELECTION 
     6.3 MACHINE CONTROLS
     6.4 MODES OF OPERATION 
     6.5 ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT 
     6.6 HYDRAULIC AND PNEUMATIC SYSTEMS
     6.7 EXTERNAL POWER SOURCES 
     6.8 STORED ENERGY 
     6.9 EXTERNAL INTERFERENCES 
     6.10 PERFORMANCE OF SAFETY-RELATED FUNCTION(S) 
     6.11 MACHINE STARTING
     6.12 STOP AND EMERGENCY STOP CONTROLS 
     6.13 OPERATOR CONTROL STATIONS 
     6.14 MANUALLY OPERATED CONTROL DEVICES 
     6.15 INDICATORS
     6.16 ANTI-MOTION MECHANISMS OR COUNTER-BALANCE SYSTEMS 
     6.17 POWER-OPERATED WORKHOLDING 
     6.18 COOLANT SYSTEMS 
     6.19 TOOL HOLDER RETENTION 
     6.20 ELIMINATION OF, OR PROTECTION FROM INHERENT HAZARDS 
     6.21 SAFEGUARDING 
     6.22 ACCESS TO MACHINE PARTS 
     6.23 EJECTED PARTS OR FLUIDS 
     6.24 VIEWING WINDOWS
     6.25 STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY 
     6.26 NOISE 
     6.27 MIST, FUMES, VAPORS AND DUST 
     6.28 ERGONOMIC CONSIDERATIONS 
     6.29 ENERGY SUPPLY FAILURES 
     6.30 ERRORS OF FITTING 
     6.31 LIFTING OF MACHINE COMPONENTS 
7 LAYOUT, INSTALLATION, TESTING AND START-UP 
     7.1 GENERAL 
     7.2 LAYOUT AND INSTALLATION 
     7.3 TESTING AND START-UP 
8 SAFEGUARDING 
     8.1 GENERAL 
     8.2 GUARDS 
     8.3 SAFEGUARDING DEVICES
     8.4 AWARENESS BARRIERS AND DEVICES
     8.5 SAFEGUARDING AGAINST SPECIFIC HAZARDS
     8.6 SAFE WORK PROCEDURES 
     8.7 PERFORMANCE OF THE SAFETY–RELATED FUNCTION(S) 
9 SET-UP, OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 
     9.1 GENERAL 
     9.2 MACHINE SET-UP PROCEDURES
     9.3 SAFEGUARDING 
     9.4 MAINTENANCE 
     9.5 PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT 
     9.6 TRAINING 
     9.7 SUPERVISION 
     9.8 INITIATION OF NORMAL OPERATION
ANNEX A – FIGURES
ANNEX B -- LIST OF HAZARDS AND HAZARDOUS SITUATIONS 
ANNEX C – PERFORMANCE OF THE SAFETY-RELATED FUNCTION(S)
ANNEX D – SAFETY DISTANCE 

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