What is BS EN 1034-4 about?
BS EN 1034-4 specifies safety requirements that are applicable to pulpers and their loading facilities intended for use in papermaking as well as for pulpers used in pulp drying machines.
BS EN 1034-4 deals with all significant hazards, hazardous situations, or hazardous events relevant to pulpers and their loading facilities, when they are used as intended and under conditions of misuse which are reasonably foreseeable by the manufacturer.
NOTE-
BS EN 1034-4 does not apply to pulpers and their loading facilities that have been manufactured before the date of publication of this document.
Who is BS EN 1034-4 for?
BS EN 1034-4 on pulpers and their loading facilities is useful for:
- Machine manufacturers
- Health and safety bodies (regulators, accident prevention organizations, market surveillance, etc.)
- Machine users/employers
- Machine service providers
Why should you use BS EN 1034-4?
BS EN 1034-4 provides guidance for the proper design and installation of the pulpers. This helps you ensure prevention from tripping or falling.
Fall off protection can be achieved with the help of requirements and designs enlisted in BS EN 1034-4. Also, climbing up and falling through are prevented.
The machinery concerned and the extent to which hazards, hazardous situations, or hazardous events are covered in BS EN 1034-4.
BS EN 1034-4 helps you ensure the safety when using paper making and finishing machines using pulpers.
What’s changed since the last update?
BS EN 1034-4:2021 supersedes EN 10344:2005+A1:2009. BS EN 1034-4:2021 includes some technical changes with respect to EN 10344:2005+A1:2009. These include:
- Throughout the document, clear differentiation between the different types of pulpers. The term under machine pulper/machine integrated pulper has been added (including schematic representation). The term stand-alone pulper has been introduced for differentiation
- In 5.5.1: Addition of a requirement regarding maximum distance between pulper wall and walkway floor
- Throughout the document, the requirements for safety-related functions have been added and updated; in 5.11.3, the inclusion of a table with an overview of the safety functions
- A new subclause 5.9 with requirements for the emptying of stand-alone pulpers and under machine pulpers has been added
- In Clause 7, information on maintenance, inspection and cleaning has been added
- Review of Annex ZA