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Path: https://www.kan.de/en/publications/kanbrief/4/22/task-and-role-of-the-german-product-safety-commission

Only fully consensus-based standards that are part of the German body of standards, e.g. DIN, DIN EN, DIN EN ISO, DIN IEC, can be listed in Part 2-1 of the list of standards. Once listed, the standards give [...] bodies, the German Social...

Path: https://www.kan.de/en/publications/kanbrief/new-technologies/openings-in-protective-devices-confusion-in-practice

in protective devices: confusion in practice © BGN (modifiziert) EN 415-10: Guard (blue) and light barrier (red) © BGN (modifiziert) EN 619: Guard (blue) and sloping guard panels (yellow) Machines such [...] of machinery – Electro-sensitive...

Path: https://www.kan.de/en/publications/kanbrief/2/23/kan-expert-report-provides-an-overview-of-the-body-of-regulations-governing-lighting

content of EN 12464-1 with state rules and regulations and those of the accident insurance institutions, KAN has already discussed earlier editions of this standard with the responsible DIN standards committee [...] overlaps, discrepancies and...

Path: https://www.kan.de/en/publications/kanbrief/eu-reforms-standardization-and-the-single-market/todays-forestry-sector-requires-up-to-date-standards

machinery (prEN ISO 11850; EN 14861) such as harvesters, skidders and forwarders, with which trees are felled and the trunks cut to size and transported away. Two standards for winches (EN 14492-1 and ISO [...] ISO 19472) and one standard...

Path: https://www.kan.de/en/publications/kanbrief/20-years-of-kan/the-20th-anniversary-of-kans-employees-liaison-office

vehicles. An important step was taken at that time to include a provision in the relevant standard (EN 1501-1 Refuse collection vehicles – General requirements and safety requirements – Part 1: Rear loaded [...] The efforts bore fruit:...

Path: https://www.kan.de/en/publications/kanbrief/3/22/digital-methods-in-the-field-of-ergonomics

construction machinery in accordance with ISO 5006), accessibility and usability (EN ISO 14738) and application of force (DIN 33411, EN 1005-3, ISO 11228) during the operation of machinery. Postures adopted during [...] production areas, are...

Path: https://www.kan.de/en/publications/kanbrief/ergonomics-on-the-move/digital-human-models-make-work-equipment-and-processes-more-ergonomic

specification of safety distances. Such data can be found for example in the DIN 33402, "Ergonomics – Human body dimensions" and EN ISO 7250, "Basic human body measurements for technological design" series [...] specifications for human models...

Path: https://www.kan.de/en/publications/kanbrief/the-eu-and-standardization/how-up-to-date-are-harmonized-standards-governing-machine-safety

standards are divided into Type A, B and C standards. Only one harmonized Type A standard exists, namely EN ISO 12100 ( Sécurité des machines – Notions fondamentales, principes généraux de conception – Appréciation [...] inadequate visibility....

Path: https://www.kan.de/en/publications/kanbrief/2/25/standardization-of-cabinets-for-safe-storage-and-charging-of-lithium-ion-batteries-where-next

safety storage cabinets are tested against a number of different test specifications (including EN 14470-1 ( EN 14470-1 Fire safety storage cabinets – Part 1: Safety storage cabinets for flammable liquids) [...] committee NA 055-02-02, Lab...

Path: https://www.kan.de/en/publications/kanbrief/safety-of-mobile-machinery/baling-presses-and-compactors-three-new-european

The result: three new standards EN 16252:2012: Horizontal baling presses are large machines, mostly used in waste sorting plants and fed mechanically by conveyors. EN 16486:2014: Compactors can be static [...] have resulted from people being...