Essential Aims of the Directive: 1. Reduction of trading barriers as result of a) Different legislative systems regarding accident prevention in the member states. b) Different conformity certification and national certification systems for machinery in the member states. 2. Maintenance and improvement of the level of safety attained by the member states. 3. Making the manufacturers responsible for certifying the conformity of their machinery to the relevant essential requirements.
Prediction for the application: General definitions of the terms machinery and other related products. Terms used in the Directive are: Machinery, Complex installations, Safety components and Machinery with a higher risk factor.
Definitions: machinery means: An assembly of linked parts or components, at least one of which moves, with the appropriate actuators, control and power circuits, etc., joined together for a specific application,. Examples for the mining industry are: Electric and pneumatic driven tools, pumps, hydraulic cylinders, etc..
Continuing with definitions: machinery also means: An assembly of machines which, in order to achieve the same end, are arranged and controlled so that they function as an integral whole. (Complex installations) Examples for the mining industry are: Graders, trucks, loaders, dozers, belt conveyors, drum shearers, screening plants, etc.. But not: The summary of a mines equipment!
Continuing with definitions: machinery also means: Interchangeable equipment modifying the function of a machine,. Examples for the mining industry are: Attachments for kombi machines like loading shovel and hydraulic hammer for one basic unit.
Continuing with definitions: safety components means: A component which the manufacturer places on the market to fulfil a safety function when in use and the failure or malfunctioning of which endangers the safety or health of exposured persons. Examples for the mining industry are: Emergency stop systems, safety valve at the shield support, etc.
Continuing with definitions: machinery with a higher risk factor, set out in Annex IV of the Directive:... 11. 12. Machinery for underground working of the following types: - Machinery on rails: Locomotives and brake vans, - Hydraulic-powered roof supports, - Internal combustion engines to be fitted to machinery for underground working. 13....
Exclusions from the scope of the Directive relating to machinery are: Machinery operated by human muscle power e.g. miners bike, Monorail ropeways, floor-mounted rope-driven trap rail haulage system, Shaft hoisting plants, Lifts.
Who is the manufacturer? The person (or company) which places the machine on the market and is responsible for its safety. Important for the mining industry: The mine is the manufacturer of own assembled belt conveyors and other complex installations!
Manufacturers To-Do's / Conformity assessment procedure Before placing a machine on the market, the manufacturer has to draw up an EC declaration of conformity. The EC declaration of conformity is the procedure by which the manufacturer, declares that the machinery being placed on the market complies with all the essential health and safety requirements applying to it. General requirements for essential health and safety relating to the design and construction of machinery and safety components are given in the Annex I of the Directive.
There are 4 different cases of Conformity assessment procedure Case A: Regular Machinery conformity declaration The conformity declaration has to be drawn up the file provided for in Annexes II and V of the Directive. Important contents of the EC declaration of conformity are: Name and address of the manufacturer, Description of the machinery, A documentation, including e.g.: - an overall drawing of the machinery together with drawings of the control units, - full detail drawings,, required to check the conformity, - a copy of the instructions for the machinery.
There are 4 different cases of Conformity assessment procedure Case B: Parts of an assembled machine declaration by the manufacturer The declaration has to be drawn up the file provided for in Annex II of the Directive. Important contents of the EC declaration by the manufacturer are: Name and address of the manufacturer, Description of the machinery or machinery parts, A statement that the machinery must not be put into service until the machinery into which it is to be incorporated has been declared in conformity with the provisions of the Directive. Example: Components for a belt conveyor: Rubber belt, motor, gear box, etc..
There are 4 different cases of Conformity assessment procedure Case C: Safety components declaration of conformity for safety components The conformity declaration has to be drawn up the file provided for in Annex II of the Directive. Important contents of the EC declaration of conformity for safety components are: Name and address of the manufacturer, Description of the safety component, Etc..
There are 4 different cases of Conformity assessment procedure Case D: Machinery with a higher risk factor EC type-examination If the machinery is referred to in Annex IV an EC type-examination is required. Examples: Machinery on rails: Locomotives and brake vans, Hydraulic-powered roof supports The EC type-examination has to be drawn up the file provided for in Annex VI of the Directive. EC type-examination is the procedure by which a notified body ascertains and certifies that an example of machinery satisfies the provisions of the Directive. The application for EC type-examination shall be lodged by the manufacturer, with a single notified body in respect of an example of the machinery.
CE conformity marking Signature of the EC declaration of conformity authorises the manufacturer,, to affix the CE marking to the machinery.
Documentation: regulations, languages In the cases A Machinery and C Safety components documentations are required. The documentation has to be drawn up the file provided for in Annex V, #3 of the Directive, as explained in sheet #12: Important contents of the EC declaration of conformity are:.. A documentation, including e.g.: - an overall drawing of the machinery together with drawings of the control units, - full detail drawings,, required to check the conformity, - a copy of the instructions for the machinery.
Continuing with Documentation: regulations, languages Annex V, #4 says: (a) The documentation referred to in 3 above need not permanently exist in a material manner but it must be possible to assemble it and make it available within a period of time commensurate with its importance. (b) The documentation shall be retained and kept available for at least 10 years following the date of manufacture of the machinery or of the last unit produced, in the case of series manufacture. (c) The documentation shall be drawn up in one of the official languages of the Communities, with the exception of the instructions for the machinery.
Example for an EC declaration of conformity Machinery: AFC-fixed loader Manufacturer: The DSK Anthrazit Ibbenbüren GmbH, Germany (owner of the Ibbenbüren anthracite coal mine)
EC declaration of conformity for the AFC-fixed loader, built by the Ibbenbüren Anthracite coal mine...and: 49 pages instruction
What does the future bring? Directive 98/37/EC will be repealed by the Directive 2006/42/EC on machinery of 17 May 2006. What is different? There is a only minimum of differences e.g. the definition of machinery with a higher risk factor as given in Annex IV: 12. Machinery for underground working of the following types: Machinery on rails: Locomotives and brake vans, Hydraulic-powered roof supports. But not longer Internal combustion engines to be fitted to machinery for underground working.
Directive 98/37/EC will be repealed by the Directive 2006/42/EC on machinery of 17 May 2006. When? Transposition: Member States shall adopt and publish the provisions necessary to comply with the Directive 2006/42/EC by 29 June 2008 at the latest. They shall apply those provisions with effect from 29 December 2009!
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