If you use EN 1760-1, “Safety of machinery. Pressure sensitive protective devices. General principles for the design and testing of pressure sensitive mats and pressure sensitive floors,” or EN 1760-2, “Safety of machinery. Pressure sensitive protective devices. General principles for the design and testing of pressure sensitive edges and pressure sensitive bars,” the documents have been withdrawn. You’ll want to replace your copies with the EN adoptions of ISO 13856-1 and ISO 13856-2 respectively.
The new adoptions are:
- BS EN ISO 13856-1:2013, “Safety of machinery. Pressure-sensitive protective devices. General principles for design and testing of pressure-sensitive mats and pressure-sensitive floors.” The new adoption establishes general principles and specifies requirements for the design and testing of pressure-sensitive mats and pressure-sensitive floors normally actuated by the feet for use as devices for protecting persons from hazardous machinery. The minimum safety requirements for the performance, marking and documentation are given.
- BS EN ISO 13856-2:2013, “Safety of machinery. Pressure-sensitive protective devices. General principles for design and testing of pressure-sensitive edges and pressure-sensitive bars.” This standard is applicable to pressure-sensitive edges and pressure-sensitive bars, with or without an external reset facility, used to detect persons or body parts that can be exposed to hazards such as those caused by the moving parts of machines.
EN 1760-3 remains current.
The source standards, ISO 13856-1 and ISO 13856-2, were both revised this year. They are classified as Type-B2 standards on safeguards (e.g. two hand controls, interlocking devices, pressure sensitive devices, guards). It is not clear from a reading of the two ISO standards how they were modified to accommodate adoption as European Standards.
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