ISO 19085-15:2021

Overview

ISO 19085-15:2021 - Woodworking machines - Safety - Part 15: Presses specifies safety requirements and protective measures for stationary, manually loaded and unloaded hydraulic presses used in woodworking. It covers cold presses, hot presses, bending presses, edge/face gluing presses, membrane presses, and embossing presses where hydraulic actuators push two flat or shaped surfaces together. The standard addresses significant hazards during intended operation, adjustment, maintenance and reasonably foreseeable misuse, and also considers transport, assembly, dismantling, disabling and scrapping phases.

Key topics

The standard organizes technical requirements across control systems, mechanical protections and ancillary hazards. Major topics include:

• List of significant hazards (Clause 4) relevant to presses and their lifecycle.
• Controls and safety systems (Clause 5): safety and reliability of control systems, start/stop functions, safe stops, emergency stop, braking of spindles, mode selection, enabling controls and power-supply failure handling.
• Mechanical protection (Clause 6): stability, prevention of break-up, tool and holder design, braking/run-down time, fixed and interlocking guards, two-hand controls, hold-to-run, electro-sensitive and pressure-sensitive protective equipment, clamping devices, anti-ejection measures, work-piece supports and guarding of shearing/crushing zones.
• Other hazard protections (Clause 7): fire, noise reduction and declaration, dust/chips emission control, electrical safety, ergonomics, lighting, pneumatics/hydraulics, EMC, static electricity, maintenance access and extreme temperatures.
• Information for use (Clause 8): marking, warning devices and instruction handbook content required for safe use.
• Normative annexes: performance level requirements and test methods for braking, stability, guard impact and noise.

Applications and users

ISO 19085-15:2021 is used to:

• Guide machine manufacturers and designers in specifying and verifying press safety features.
• Support safety engineers, compliance officers and conformity assessment bodies for CE/market-entry documentation and risk assessment.
• Provide procurement and maintenance teams with criteria for selecting, installing and servicing stationary hydraulic presses for woodworking and wood-like materials (including honeycomb board).
• Inform technical writers and trainers preparing operation manuals, safety instructions and workplace procedures.

Target users include OEMs, machine builders, integrators, test laboratories, safety consultants and end-users operating woodworking presses.

Related standards

• ISO 19085‑1:2017 - Defines terms and materials “similar to wood” referenced by this part.
• ISO 12100:2010 - General principles for risk assessment and risk reduction (see for non-significant hazards).
• ISO/IEC directives for standard development and conformity processes.

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