Bsi bs en 00617 2001

BRITISH STANDARD BS EN

617:2001

Continuous handling

equipment and

systems — Safety and

EMC requirements for

the equipment for the

storage of bulk

materials in silos,

bunkers, bins and

hoppers

The European Standard EN 617:2001 has the status of a

British Standard

ICS 53.040.01

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BS EN 617:2001

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Committee, was published

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Standards Policy and Strategy

Committee on 31 August 2001

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National foreword

This British Standard is the official English language version of EN 617:2001.

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This document comprises a front cover, an inside front cover, the EN title page,

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EUROPEAN STANDARD

NORME EUROPÉENNE

EUROPÄISCHE NORM

EN 617

July 2001

ICS 33.100.01; 53.040.10

English version

Continuous handling equipment and systems - Safety and EMC

requirements for the equipment for the storage of bulk materials

in silos, bunkers, bins and hoppers

Equipements et systèmes de manutention continue -

Prescriptions de sécurité et de CEM pour les équipements

de stockage des produits en vrac en silos, soutes,

réservoirs et trémies

Stetigförderer und Systeme - Sicherheits- und EMV￾Anforderungen an Einrichtungen für die Lagerung von

Schüttgütern in Silos, Bunkern, Vorratsbehältern und

Trichtern

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Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration. Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national

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under the responsibility of a CEN member into its own language and notified to the Management Centre has the same status as the official

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EN 617:2001 (E)

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Contents

page

Foreword .......................................................................................................................................................................3

Introduction ...................................................................................................................................................................4

1 Scope ...............................................................................................................................................................5

2 Normative references.......................................................................................................................................6

3 Terms and definitions.......................................................................................................................................8

4 Hazards............................................................................................................................................................9

5 Safety and EMC requirements and/ or measures..........................................................................................10

5.1 Mechanical hazards .......................................................................................................................................10

5.2 Electrical hazards...........................................................................................................................................17

5.3 Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC).............................................................................................................18

5.4 Thermal hazards ............................................................................................................................................19

5.5 Hazards generated by radiation.....................................................................................................................20

5.6 Hazards generated by bulk materials handled and stored in the storage equipment ...................................20

5.7 Hazards generated by neglected ergonomic principles in machine design (mismatch of machinery

with human characteristics and abilities) .......................................................................................................21

5.8 Hazard combinations .....................................................................................................................................21

5.9 Hazards caused by failure of energy supply, braking down of machinery parts and others functional

disorders ........................................................................................................................................................22

5.10 Hazards caused by (temporary) missing and/or incorrectly positioned safety related measures/means .....23

6 Verification of safety and EMC requirements and /or measures ...................................................................24

6.1 General ..........................................................................................................................................................24

6.2 Special verification .........................................................................................................................................27

7 Information for use .........................................................................................................................................27

7.1 Operating instruction- Instruction handbook ..................................................................................................27

7.2 Minimum marking...........................................................................................................................................30

Annex A (normative) List of hazards according to EN 292-1.....................................................................................32

Annex B (informative) Further Documents and Remarks..........................................................................................36

Annex C (informative) Safety signs mentioned in 7.2.3.............................................................................................37

Annex D (informative) Fire or explosion hazard ........................................................................................................38

Annex ZA (informative) Relationship of this document with EC Directives ...............................................................40

Annex ZB (informative) Clauses of this European Standard which address Principal Protection

Requirements of the EU Electro-magnetic compatibility Directive 89/336/EEC............................................42

Bibliography ................................................................................................................................................................43