What is ISO 19085-17 - Edge banding machines fed by chain about?
ISO 19085-17 gives the safety requirements and measures for edge banding machines fed by chains or belts, with manual loading and unloading and maximum workpiece height capacity of 100 mm, capable of continuous production use, hereinafter referred as “machines”.
The machines are designed to process in one pass one end (single-end machine) or both ends (double-end machine) of panels of:
- Materials with similar physical characteristics to wood, even with a core sheet of aluminium light-alloy
- Gypsum plasterboards
ISO 19085-17 deals with all significant hazards, hazardous situations, and events, relevant to the machines, when operated, adjusted, and maintained as intended and under the conditions foreseen by the manufacturer; reasonably foreseeable misuse has been considered too. Also, transport, assembly, dismantling, disabling, and scrapping phases are taken into account.
Note 1: ISO 19085-17 does not deal with any hazards relating to:
- Systems for loading and unloading of the workpiece to a single machine other than automatic panel returner and infeed and outfeed workpiece support
- The combination of a single machine being used with other machines
- Workpiece dividing unit installed out of the integral enclosure and/or whose tools protrude out of the integral enclosure
- Plasma banding unit
Note 2: ISO 19085-17 does not deal with hazards related to the combination of a single machine being used with any other machine (as part of a line).
Who is ISO 19085-17 - Edge banding machines fed by chain for?
ISO 19085-17 on the safety of edge banding machines fed by chain is beneficial for:
- Machine woodworkers, builders, masons, artisans, and laborers
- Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders
- Wood craftsmen
- Carpenters
- Structural engineers
- Machine manufacturers
Why should you use ISO 19085-17- Edge banding machines fed by chain?
ISO 19085-17 is of relevance, in particular, for the following stakeholder groups representing the market players with regard to machinery safety:
- Machine manufacturers (small, medium and large enterprises)
- Health and safety bodies (regulators, accident prevention organizations, market surveillance, etc.)
ISO 19085-17 provides technical safety requirements for the design and construction of woodworking machinery. ISO 19085-17 concerns designers, manufacturers, suppliers, and importers of the machines. ISO 19085-17 includes a list of informative items to be provided to the user by the manufacturer.
Edges to be applied by the machine can be made of:
- Paper
- Melamine
- Plastic
- Composite materials
- Aluminium
- Light alloy
- Veneer
- Solid wood
ISO 19085-17 is also applicable to machines fitted with one or more of the following devices/working units, whose hazards have been dealt with:
- Hot air banding unit
- Laser banding unit
- Infrared banding unit
- Dynamic processing units
- Sanding belt units
- Milling unit installed out of the integral enclosure at the panel side on single-end machines
- Milling unit installed out of the integral enclosure between machines halves of double-end machines
- Additional fixed or movable workpiece support along with the feed
- Additional infeed workpiece support
- Additional outfeed workpiece support
- In-feed device for transversal loading of panels in single-end machines
- Intermediate workpiece support in double-end machines
- Automatic panel returner in single-end machines
- Automatic tool changing
- Quick tool changing system
- Automatic multiple edges infeed device
- Workpiece heaters
Overall, ISO 19085-17 is helpful as it assists the user with the safety measures of edge banding machines fed by chain.