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Posted By Bruce Wayne
Afternoon all,
We have recently purchased a new floor standing narrow bandsaw (Made in Italy and CE marked) which is not fitted with an emergency stop button.
The blade stops in approx 5 seconds and the main on/off switch is easily within reach.
On enquiring with the supplier, we were informed that bandsaws below 3hp do not require an emergency stop facility.
I cannot see the size of motor significantly reducing the effect of contacting or entanglement in the blade.
Is the supplier correct in quoting the 3hp figure? Also, where is the specific requirement for emergency stops written down?
Thank you in advance for responses.
Bruce
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Posted By J.Morrison Hi, whist not an expert, I am reasonably familiar with the supply of machinery regs and I certainly don't know of any exclusion from the EHSR for the reason quoted. You can check for yourself at http://www.opsi.gov.uk/s...2/Uksi_19923073_en_1.htmThis is the Supply etc regs where in Schedule 3 you will find the written requirement for emergency stops. John
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Posted By Barry Cooper
Reading the regulations as identified above, they do not state that the emergency stop control must be a "stop button", so a switch could be considered an emergency stop control. Or could it?
Barry
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Posted By RP
This relates to an emergency stop facility to be installed as part of the phased electrical circuit, not directly linked to the band saw which will have its stop control in easy reach of the operator.
The emergency stop is usually located in easy accessible areas of the work shop to facilitate others to shut off the electricity supply to all standing machinery in the event of such an emergency. The vest place to look is within the older Wood Machines Regulations which are subsumed by PUWER. Reg 16. Emergency stop controls would have priority over the operator stop control.
In addition there must be a method of isolating the machine for maintenance or adjustment
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Posted By Paul Oliver
What level of guarding is present on the equipment?
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Posted By alan brotherton
The emergency stop requirements are specified in PUWER and probably in relevant machinery directives but I can't remember there being any references made to HP of the machine in question. It is worth note that CE marking is no guarantee that a piece of equipment will meet all required safety standards - just that it conforms to a few basic parameters.
Alan
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Posted By frank bagnall Bruce, you may consider looking at the the machinery directive 98/37/EC. Machinery should comply with the requirements of this directive if it is CE marked. The directive can be found at http://ec.europa.eu/ente...on/harmstds/reflist.html Annex 1 (1.2.4) "Emergency stop - Each machine must be fitted with one or more emergency stop devices to enable actual or impending danger to be averted. The following exceptions apply: — machines in which an emergency stop device would not lessen the risk, either because it would not reduce the stopping time or because it would not enable the special measures required to deal with the risk to be taken, — hand-held portable machines and hand-guided machines. This device must: — have clearly identifiable, clearly visible and quickly accessible controls, — stop the dangerous process as quickly as possible, without creating additional hazards, — where necessary, trigger or permit the triggering of certain safeguard movements.
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