Woodworking machines — Safety — Part 15: Presses

This document gives the safety requirements and measures for stationary manually loaded and unloaded:

— cold presses;

— hot presses;

— bending presses;

— edge/face gluing presses;

— membrane presses;

— embossing presses;

where the pressing force is applied by hydraulic actuators pushing two flat or shaped surfaces against each other, hereinafter referred to as "machines".

It deals with all significant hazards, hazardous situations and events as listed in Clause 4 relevant to machines, when operated, adjusted and maintained as intended and under the conditions foreseen by the manufacturer including reasonably foreseeable misuse. Also, transport, assembly, dismantling, disabling and scrapping phases are taken into account.

NOTE For relevant but not significant hazards, e.g. sharp edges of the machine frame, see ISO 12100:2010.

It is also applicable to machines fitted with one or more of the following devices/additional working units, whose hazards have been dealt with:

a) device for hot gluing;

b) device for high-frequency gluing;

c) device for high-frequency shaping;

d) automatic work-piece loading and unloading system;

e) intermediate additional platens;

f) work-pie