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CHAPTER 2
Instructions, use and maintenance manual
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2.8. TERMINOLOGY USED
echnical terminology or different meaning from the ordinary sed in the man als. elow is an e planation of the
terms and abbreviations used:
TERM DESCRIPTION
EQUIPMENT
INTERCHANGEABLE
Device that, after machine commissioning, is assembled to the machine by the same
operator in order to modify its function or attribute a new function, in so far as such
equipment is not a tool.
SAFETY COMPONENT
Component:
•
intended to f lfil a safety f nction,
• placed on the market separately,
• the failure and/or malfunctioning of which endangers the safety of people, and
• which is not essential for the purpose for which the machine was designed or that
for such function it can be replaced with other components.
Attachment V contains an indicative list of the safety components that can be updated
according to article 8, par. 1, letter a).
PLACING ON THE
MARKET
First availability, within the Community, against payment or gratuitously, of a machine
or a partly-completed machine for distribution or use.
MANUFACTURER
Individual or company that designs and/or manufactures a machine or a partly-
completed machine covered by this directive, and is responsible for the conformity
of the machine or partly-completed machine with this directive for placement on the
market with its own name or own brand or for personal use. In the absence of a
man fact rer as defined above, the individ al or company which places the machine
or partly-completed machine, covered by this directive, on the market or commissions
it, is considered the manufacturer.
AGENT
Any individual or company established within the Community that has received a written
mandate from the man fact rer to f lfil on his behalf, in whole or in part, the obligations
and formalities related with this directive.
COMMISSIONING
First use, compliant with its destination, within the Community, of a machine covered
by this directive.
HARMONISED
STANDARD
echnical specification adopted by a standardisation body, or ropean ommittee for
tandardisation , the ropean ommittee for lectrotechnical tandardi ation
(Cenelec) or European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI), in the framework
of a mandate issued by the Commission in compliance with the procedures of Directive
98/34/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council dated 22 June 1998, providing
an information proced re in the field of technical reg lations and standards and of the
rules concerning the services of the Information company (1), and not having a binding
character.
DANGER
This word indicates a danger with a high risk which, if not avoided, entails death or
severe injuries.
DANGER ZONE
Any area inside and/or near the machine where the presence of an exposed person
constitutes a risk for the health and safety of that person.
EXPOSED PERSON Any person fully or in part inside a dangerous area.
RISK
Combination of probability and severity of an injury or of damage to health that may
arise in a dangerous situation.