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Deutsches Institut fur Normung e. V.

Plastics and rubber machines - Tyre curing presses - Safety requirements
 N EN 16474

Annotation

This European Standard applies to tyre curing machines having the following configuration.

— crossing flow tyre curing machines, with two cavities with:

— common curing cycle and common safeguarding; or

— independent curing cycles and common safeguarding; or

— independent curing cycles and independent safeguarding;

— tyre curing machines with one cavity;

— tyre curing machines with automatic rear feeding and discharge.

The safety requirements and/or protective measures specified in this European Standard apply to tyre curing machines for passenger vehicle tyres and truck tyres. This European Standard does not deal with:

— feeding system and discharge system;

— tyre curing machines with manual loading of the green tyre into the mould and manual unloading of the cured tyre from the mould;

— ancillary equipment which is not an integral part of the tyre curing machine, e.g. conveying equipment;

— exhaust systems.

This European Standard deals with all significant hazards, hazardous situations and events relevant to tyre curing machines, when they are used as intended and under conditions of misuse which are reasonably foreseeable by the manufacturer (see Clause 4).