SR EN 620:2021

1.1 This document deals with the technical requirements for stationery belt conveyors and systems as defined in 3.1 to 3.2.4, for designed for continuously conveying loose bulk materials. The covered phases of life cycle are design, setting, operation, maintenance and cleaning. 1.2 This document does not give the additional requirements for: a) use in coal mining and open cast lignite mining; b) use for man-riding; c) floating, dredging and ship mounted structures supporting the conveyor; d) biological and chemical hazards resulting from handling foodstuffs or pharmaceuticals; e) the design of the supporting structure which is not part of a conveyor; f) the effects of wind; g) hazards resulting from handling specific hazardous materials, (e.g. explosives, radiating material); h) hazards resulting from contact with or inhalation of harmful fluids, gases, mists, fumes or dust; i) biological and micro-biological (viral or bacterial) hazards; j) hazards due to heat radiation from the materials handled; k) hazards caused by operation in electromagnetic fields outside the range of