SRPS EN 13885:2008

Food processing machinery - Clipping machines - Safety and hygiene requirements

Scope

1This European Standard specifies safety and hygiene requirements to minimise the hazards which can arise during the commissioning, the use and the maintenance of clipping machines for portioning and closing of casings filled with foodstuffs, and intended to be used in butcheries, meat processing factories, main kitchens and other food processing factories.
This European Standard deals with all significant hazards, hazardous situations and events relevant to clipping machines, when they are used as intended and under the conditions foreseen by the manufacturer (see Clause 4).
This European Standard is not applicable to clipping machines which are manufactured before the date of publication of this European Standard by CEN.
1.2 This document covers the following types of machines:
Concerning the sort of actuation:
- machine for gathering up by hand, power motioned locking-stroke;
- machine for automatic-motioned gathering and automatic-motioned locking-stroke.
Concerning the removal-system:
- machine with removal by fixed or movable clip-guide (see Figures 1 and 2);
- machine with spread-removal (see Figures 3 and 4).

Related directives

NOTE: If the word "harmonized" (marked in green) is not found in the field with the name of the directive, it means that the European standard is not cited in the OJEU.