Machinery Directive

Machinery directive and its scope of

EU Machinery Directive is not aimed at the technical details, but rather focuses on mechanical design and construction-related safety and health requirements.
Machinery Directive (98/37/EC, on July 23, 1998 issued by the Official Journal of the European Union), replace the promulgated 1989 89/392/EEC and subsequent amendments in the current instruction
91/368/EEC, 93/44/EEC, 93/63/EEC.
Since January 1, 1995, the Machinery Directive officially became mandatory regulations in Europe, all EU Member States are required to some of its basic provisions into their national laws.

Mechanical definition (refer to the following related articles) clear specification in the Machinery Directive, where in accordance with the definition of this mechanical machinery, are required to comply with the norms of the EU Machinery Directive spot verification process.

According to the Machinery Directive Annex IV (Annex IV), citing a particularly dangerous machinery, mechanical comply with these conditions is known as Annex IV machinery is commonly known as
"Dangerous machinery" (please refer to the following related articles), rather than Annex IV machinery is commonly known as "general machinery".

The Machinery Directive in line with, you must first distinguish for machinery products that you manufacture is belongs to the "dangerous machinery" or "general machinery", they must follow a different authentication mode to comply with CE.

Not covered by the scope of the Machinery Directive
In accordance with the provisions of the directive, the following machinery does not belong to the scope of this Directive:

Design and manufacture into a passenger to use the lift and / or delivery of equipment, regardless of load or not, except attached to the lift operator is equipped with industrial trucks.
Alone manpower for the direct power of machinery, unless the machinery used to heap goods.
Direct contact with the patients medical machinery.
The special equipment used in the piazza or the amusement park.
Steam boiler, tank and pressure vessel.
Nuclear energy use, specially designed or mechanical application, in case of accidents will lead to radiation can be leaked.
Zero components of the radiation resistance constitute a part of the machine.
Light weapons.
Gasoline, diesel fuel, inflammable liquids and dangerous goods storage tank and transmission pipeline.
Means of transport: refers to by road, railway, waterway and air and other public transport network to transport personnel and / or cargo conveyance and their trailers, should be regarded as means of transport. Transport vehicles used by the mining industry are included in this directive.
With related equipment, vessels and offshore mobile device.
Public or private transportation, manned the hanging cable car and rely on the rope to pull the cable car.
Agro-forestry tractors, as shown 74/150/EEC communique instruction in subparagraphs (1), the European market to reconcile wheeled agricultural or forestry tractor of the type certification of the models defined by the Act, the directive last through 88 / 29/EEC communique instruction (2) correction.
The design and manufacture of machine specially designed for military or police.
Permanent use in the building or buildings, in a specific height within the lift. Its activities in the trunk was fixed between the rails more than exceed the standards angle 15 º, and the design used to transport:
Personnel
People and goods.
Goods, but with staff accessibility. Means that staff can without difficulty into them, and the control section is located inside the car, and at the fingertips.
For manned vehicles and climbed to the pinion and rack.
Mining twist with
Theater with lift,
Crane construction sites site for manned or both manned and cargo.
In addition, the risk of mechanical or security referred to in this Directive and mechanical conditions, in whole or in part by the European Directive (Low Voltage Directive, EMC Directive, Simple Pressure Vessels directive, pressure vessels directive ... and so on). cover, and be subject to the circumstances of the execution of those instructions, the instructions no longer apply or shall cease to apply to these products.

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