Textile machinery — Safety requirements — Part 1: Common requirements

ISO 11111-1:2016 specifies safety requirements for frequently occurring hazards common to the types of textile machinery and the hazards of certain machine elements covered by ISO 11111 2 to ISO 11111 7. The standard series is complemented by the type C standards ISO 9902 (all parts) with respect to noise emission measurement and ISO 23771 with respect to measures for the reduction of noise emissions.

ISO 11111-1:2016 is applicable to machinery plant and related equipment intended to be used in the textile industry for the following purposes:

- opening, cleaning, blending, carding, preparation subsequent to carding, spinning and other processing of fibres (staple and filament) and other materials to form yarn or nonwoven material (including felts);

- winding, doubling, twisting, texturing, etc., of yarns and the processing of yarns preparatory to weaving and knitting;

- weaving, knitting, lace-making and similar utilization of yarn, etc., to form fabric;

- forming of braid, cord, strand, rope, twine, net, etc., except take-up reels of stranding and laying machinery;

- processing, including the pretreatment, bleaching, dyeing, printing and finishing of fibre, yarn, fabric, bra