This document specifies the requirements and/or measures to eliminate the hazards or reduce the risks in the following groups of stationary grinding machines which are designed primarily to shape metal by grinding:


—     Group 1: manually controlled grinding machines without power operated axes and without numerical control;


—     Group 2: manually controlled grinding machines with power operated axes and limited numerically controlled capability, if applicable;


—     Group 3: numerically controlled grinding machines.


NOTE 1        For detailed information on the groups of grinding machines, see 3.1 and 3.2.


NOTE 2        Requirements in this document are, in general, applicable to all groups of grinding machines. If requirements are applicable to some special group(s) of grinding machines only, then the special grou...