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German coal mining industry:Practical transfer

of the EC Directive relating to machinery- Directive 98/37/EC of 22 June 1998 -

by

Dr. Max Thomas StöttnerDSK Anthrazit Ibbenbüren GmbH

Ibbenbüren, Germany

TAIEX Seminar INFRA 22944 Tallinn, Estonia30th November-2nd December 2006

Dr. Max Thomas Stöttner30.11.2006

German coal mining: Practical transfer of the EC Directiverelating to machinery – Directive 98/37/EC

Essential Aims of the Directive:

1. Reduction of trading barriers as result of

a) Different legislative systems regarding accident preventionin the member states.

b) Different conformity certification and national certificationsystems for machinery in the member states.

2. Maintenance and improvement of the level of safetyattained by the member states.

3. Making the manufacturers responsiblefor certifying the conformity of their machineryto the relevant essential requirements.



Prediction for the application:

General definitions of the terms ‘machinery’and other related products.

Terms used in the Directive are:

• Machinery,• Complex installations,• Safety components and • Machinery with a higher risk factor.



Definitions:

‘machinery’ means:

“An assembly of linked parts or components, at least one of whichmoves, with the appropriate actuators, control and power circuits, etc.,joined together for a specific application,….”

Examples for the mining industry are: Drum shearers, drilling jumbos,Graders, trucks, loaders, dozers etc..


Continuing with definitions:


‘machinery’ also means:

“An assembly of machines which, in order to achieve the same end,are arranged and controlled so that they function as an integral whole.”(Complex installations)

Examples for the mining industry are: long wall installations,belt conveyors, screening plants, etc..

But not: The summary of a mines equipment!




‘machinery’ also means:

“Interchangeable equipment modifying the function of a machine,….”

Examples for the mining industry are: Attachments for kombi machineslike loading shovel and hydraulic hammer for one basic unit.




‘safety components’ means:

“A component…which the manufacturer…places on the market to fulfila safety function when in use and the failure or malfunctioningof which endangers the safety or health of exposured persons.”

Examples for the mining industry are: Emergency stop systems,safety valve at the shield support, etc.




‘machinery with a higher risk factor’, set out in Annex IV of the Directive:...11. …12. “Machinery for underground working of the following types:

- Machinery on rails: Locomotives and brake vans,- Hydraulic-powered roof supports,- Internal combustion engines to be fitted to machinery

for underground working.”13. …...



Exclusions from the scope of the Directive relating to machinery are:

• Machinery operated by human muscle powere.g. miners bike,

• Monorail ropeways,floor-mounted rope-driven trap rail haulage system,

• Shaft hoisting plants,(mines)

• Lifts.



Who is the manufacturer?

The person (or company) which places the machine on the marketand is responsible for its safety.

And, in practise: who makes it ready for use!

Important for the mining industry:

The mine is the manufacturer of own assembled belt conveyorsand other ‘complex installations’!



Manufacturers To-Do's / Conformity assessment procedure

Before placing a machine on the market, the manufacturer has todraw up an EC declaration of conformity.

“The EC declaration of conformity is the procedure by which themanufacturer, … declares that the machinery being placed on themarket complies with all the essential health and safety requirementsapplying to it.”

General requirements for essential health and safety relatingto the design and construction of machinery and safety componentsare given in the Annex I of the Directive.



There are 4 different cases of Conformity assessment procedure

Case A: Regular Machinery conformity declaration

The conformity declaration has to be drawn up the file provided forin Annexes II and V of the Directive.

Important contents of the EC declaration of conformity are:

• Name and address of the manufacturer,

• Description of the machinery,

• A documentation, including e.g.:- an overall drawing of the machinery together with drawings

of the control units,- full detail drawings, …, required to check the conformity …,- a copy of the instructions for the machinery.




Case B: Parts of an assembled machine declarationby the manufacturer

The declaration has to be drawn up the file provided for in Annex IIof the Directive.

Important contents of the EC declaration by the manufacturer are:


• Description of the machinery or machinery parts,

• A statement that the machinery must not be put into serviceuntil the machinery into which it is to be incorporated has beendeclared in conformity with the provisions of the Directive.

Example: Components for a belt conveyor: Rubber belt, motor, gear box, etc..




Case C: Safety components declaration of conformity for safetycomponents

The conformity declaration has to be drawn up the file provided forin Annex II of the Directive.

Important contents of the EC declaration of conformity for safety components are:


• Description of the safety component,

• Etc..




Case D: Machinery with a higher risk factor EC type-examination

If the machinery is referred to in Annex IV an EC type-examinationis required.Examples: Machinery on rails: Locomotives and brake vans,

Hydraulic-powered roof supports

The EC type-examination has to be drawn up the file provided forin Annex VI of the Directive.

EC type-examination is the procedure by which a notified bodyascertains and certifies that an example of machinery satisfies theprovisions of the Directive.

The application for EC type-examination shall be lodged by themanufacturer …, with a single notified body in respect of an exampleof the machinery.



CE conformity marking

“Signature of the EC declaration of conformity authorises themanufacturer, …, to affix the CE marking to the machinery.”



Important contents of the EC declaration of conformity are:..

• A documentation, including e.g.:- an overall drawing of the machinery together with

drawings of the control units,- full detail drawings, …, required to check the

conformity…,- a copy of the instructions for the machinery.

Documentation: regulations, languages

In the cases A ‘Machinery’ and C ‘Safety components’documentations are required.

The documentation has to be drawn up the file provided forin Annex V, #3 of the Directive, as explained in sheet #12:



Continuing with Documentation: regulations, languages

Annex V, #4 says:(a) ”The documentation referred to in 3 above need not

permanently exist in a material manner but it must be possible to assemble it and make it available within a period of time commensurate with its importance. …”

(b) “The documentation … shall be retained and kept available …for at least 10 years following the date of manufacture of the machinery or of the last unit produced, in the case of series manufacture.”

(c) “The documentation … shall be drawn up in one of the official languages of the Communities, with the exception of the instructions for the machinery.”



Example for an EC declaration of conformity

Machinery: AFC-fixed loader

Manufacturer: The DSK Anthrazit Ibbenbüren GmbH, Germany(owner of the Ibbenbüren anthracite coal mine)



EC declaration of conformity for the AFC-fixed loader, built bythe Ibbenbüren Anthracite coal mine

...and: 49 pages instruction



What does the future bring?

Directive 98/37/EC will be repealed by the Directive 2006/42/ECon machinery of 17 May 2006.

What is different?

There is a only minimum of differences e.g. the definition of ‘machinery with a higher risk factor’ as given in Annex IV:

12. “Machinery for underground working of the following types:Machinery on rails: Locomotives and brake vans,Hydraulic-powered roof supports.”

But not longer

“Internal combustion engines to be fitted to machineryfor underground working.”



Directive 98/37/EC will be repealed by the Directive 2006/42/ECon machinery of 17 May 2006.

When?

Transposition: Member States shall adopt and publish theprovisions necessary to comply with the Directive 2006/42/EC by 29 June 2008 at the latest.

They shall apply those provisions with effect from29 December 2009!



Thank you for your attention !

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