BS EN 15093:2008 PDF

1   Scope This European Standard defines the general safety requirements for hot rolling mills for flat products as defined in 3.1. This European Standard deals with significant hazards, hazardous situations and events relevant to hot rolling mills for flat products. It deals not only with circumstances where the machinery is used as intended, but also includes other conditions foreseen by the manufacturer, such as foreseeable faults, malfunctions or misuse (see Clauses 4 and 5).

This European standard applies to: Machinery and equipment used for the manufacturing of metal hot rolled flat products from the material supply from (1), via the mill stands (2), to the exit (5) (see Figure 1).

Figure 1 — Exemplary layout of a hot flat rolling mill

1 e. g., continuous casting machine (according to EN 14753) or furnace (according to EN 746‑1) 4