AS 4024.1100 pdf download

AS 4024.1100 pdf download.Safety of machinery
1  Scope
The AS(/NZS) 4024.1XXX, Safety of machinery, series provides users with the essential framework for designing and operating safe machine systems. It applies to single items of machinery or groupings of machines, so that a safe interface between discrete items is also ensured. In the Australian and Australian/New Zealand context, the Standards apply to all workplace machinery and equipment described as “plant” in legislation. They do not apply to hand-powered plant or hand- supported powered plant, although the principles contained within the Standards can provide guidance for many applications in the broader workplace.
2  Objective of AS(/NZS) 4024.1XXX series
The objective of the AS(/NZS) 4024.1XXX (series) is to enable those who design, manufacture, supply, control, use and maintain machinery to minimize the risks to the health and safety of people working with or near machinery, by providing technical principles for the design, manufacture, maintenance and use of machine systems.
3  Documents referenced in the series
Direct text adoption means that the referenced Standards in the constituent parts all bear international Standard numbers. Some, but not all, are embedded within the AS(/NZS) 4024.1XXX series. Where this is the case, a list is provided in the Preface of each part showing international referenced documents and the equivalent AS(/NZS) Standards. This will help users to quickly navigate to the required part. A cross-reference table showing the AS(/NZS) part numbers of this series and the relevant international (ISO, IEC and EN) Standards is also provided in Appendix B. It is expected from experience that there will be minimal need for recourse to the cross-reference list, as users will quickly become familiar with the relevant parts.
4  Structure and rationale
The suite of the AS(/NZS) 4024 series is based on the structure of European Standards. This consists of three levels of Standards, which users will find set out in a number of the Standards embedded in the series. Although the A, B and C level Standards have no relevance in Australia and New Zealand, this structure and interrelationship provided a template for the development of the Australian and Joint AS/NZS Standards. A schematic representation of the European structure and an Australian/New Zealand comparison is provided in Appendix A. The AS(/NZS) 4024.1XXX series is the foundational, mandatory suite of standards for the design of a machine or machine-based system. The AS 4024.2XXX (Part 2) series provides individual technical supporting Standards. Whereas the Standards in the AS(/NZS) 4024.1XXX (Part 1) series are considered mandatory as a whole, the Standards comprising AS 4024.2XXX (Part 2) series may be discretionary (that is they may be mandatory only for those designers or users of machines or systems utilizing the range of strategies represented by the Part 2 series). The AS 4024.3XXX (Part 3) series are machine-specific Standards, that is they show how, in the view of expert working groups, the principles set out in the Part 1 series (and any relevant Part 2 Standards) may be applied to a particular machine type (e.g. power presses, robots, conveyors, etc.). Users of the AS(/NZS) 4024.1XXX series are advised that the Standards are designed to be used in conjunction with each other and no part should be considered or used in isolation because of the interrelationship between the Standards. In addition, under Australian legislation these Standards set out minimum requirements and, in the context of the law, they must not be construed as preventing a designer or user from implementing another strategy, provided that it affords an equal or better level of safety. It should be noted that this series comprises A level Standards and selected B level Standards that apply to all types of machinery.