This European Standard establishes safety requirements for form, fill and seal packaging machines and thefilling machines which are particularly associated with them. This group of machines is defined in detail inclause 3 of this standard, with diagrams illustrating examples of the principle of operation of each machinetype. However briefly, this standard covers the following broad groups of machines: - horizontal form, fill and seal machines; - vertical form, fill and seal machines; - pre-made bag erect fill and seal machines; - mandrel flexible package or carton form, fill and seal machines; - carton erect, fill and close machines; - thermoform, fill and seal machines. Filling machines commonly fitted to form, fill and seal machines including: - auger fillers; - volumetric cup fillers; - volumetric piston fillers; - counters; - gravimetric fillers (weighers).
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