ISO 12643-1 provides safety specifications for designing and constructing new equipment used in prepress systems, printing press systems, binding and finishing systems, converting systems, corrugated board manufacturing systems and stand‑alone platen presses. It is applied to equipment used in stand-alone mode, or in combination with other machines, including ancillary equipment, in which all the machine actuators (e.g. drives) of the equipment are controlled by the same control system.
ISO 12643-1 addresses recognized significant hazards specific to equipment and systems in areas like:
— mechanical,
— electrical,
— slipping, tripping, falling,
— ergonomics,
— noise,
— UV and laser radiation,
— fire and explosion,
— thermal,
— substances and materials used for processing,
— failure, malfunction of control system,
— other types of emissions (e.g. ozone, ink mist, volatile organic compounds).
The safety principles established in this standard can also be applied to the design of equipment within areas of technology that are not specified in ISO 12643 (all parts). The text of ISO 12643-1:2023 has been approved in Europe as EN ISO 12643-1:2023 without any changes.
