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Machinery Safety Standards Committee
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PLASTICS' equipment council staff
equipment@plasticsindustry.org
The Plastics Industry Association (PLASTICS) is an American National Standards Institute (ANSI)-accredited standards developer, working to ensure all plastics machinery is safely built to standard to protect our industry’s most valuable resource: our people. To contribute your expertise, as a member of a PLASTICS technical committee improving both safety and productivity, email Director of Industry Standards Jennifer Jones at jjones@plasticsindustry.org. Make your voice heard.
To purchase copies of machinery safety standards, visit the PLASTICS store.
The plastics industry depends on high-tech machinery to manufacture the products and materials that make modern living possible. Whether big enough to fill an average-sized home or small enough to sit on an office desk, this machinery should be built to standards designed, first and foremost, to ensure the safety of the machine operator or maintainer.
The ANSI-accredited operating procedures meet the requirements for due process and development of consensus required by ANSI. Through its Machinery Safety Standards Committee, PLASTICS is able to provide professionals throughout the industry a venue to work through ANSI procedures to ensure the standardization of plastics machinery to protect workers and achieve efficiency in productivity.
Machinery Safety Standards Committee Chair – Dale Bartholomew, JSW America
Machinery ISO Chair – Stan Glover, Zeiger
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Active Projects
- B151.11, Safety Requirements for Granulators, Strand Pelletizers, Dicers and Single Shaft Rotary Grinders Used for Plastic Materials: This standard is being updated to include additional equipment (single shaft rotary grinders), use a more risk-based approach to machinery safety, update relevant references and make other necessary changes. If you are interested in participating, contact Jennifer Jones (jjones@plasticsindustry.org).
- B151.27, Safety Requirements for Robot / Injection Molding Machine Systems: This standard is being updated to include updated external references, removing redundant information included in other industry accepted standards and make other necessary changes. If you are interested in participating, contact Jennifer Jones (jjones@plasticsindustry.org).
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Join Us
The PLASTICS Machinery Safety Technical Committee is open to participation by any interested party. Membership in PLASTICS technical committees is complimentary and most work is conducted via email and web conference. If you are interested in participating, please complete the membership application and return it to Jennifer Jones (jjones@plasticsindustry.org). We are particularly in need of voting members that are representatives of Component Producers, Users, Trade Associations, Distributors, Government Agencies, Professional Societies, Insurers, Labor representatives, or Other General Interest Members. Definitions of these member types are included on the membership application.
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Safety Violation Resources
It was brought to our attention by the Plastics Industry Association (PLASTICS) Equipment Council membership that a uniform letter used within the industry to point out safety violations would be helpful when going in to do field service work. This would send a unified message to the market place that it is the responsibility of the industry as a whole (including plastic processors) to maintain a safe environment where a piece of equipment can be properly serviced when down or in need of periodic maintenance.
So, PLASTICS is supplying you with a single, vetted document for you to use when necessary. Note it is not PLASTICS’ intent to take legal responsibility for such an action Below is a link to a copy of the violation letter and sample of a typical violation write up. This can also be found on the Machinery Safety Standards Committee webpage.
Should you have any questions or concerns please don’t hesitate to contact Steve Petrakis, Vice President, Industry Affairs, Equipment Council at spetrakis@plasticsindustry.org or 224.628.8336. This is just one more way PLASTICS is trying to support our members’ needs in every way possible.
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Published PLASTICS Standards
- ANSI/PLASTICS B151.5-2020- Safety Requirements for Plastic Film and Sheet Winding and Unwinding Machinery
- ANSI/PLASTICS B151.1-2017 - Safety Requirements for Injection Molding Machines
- ANSI/PLASTICS B151.1-2017 - Interpretations
- ANSI/PLASTICS B151.31-2014 - Safety Requirements for the Manufacture and Use of Blow Molding Machines
- ANSI/PLASTICS B151.7-2013 - Safety Requirements for Extrusion Machines
- ANSI/PLASTICS B151.20-2013 - Safety Requirements for Plastic Sheet Production Machinery
- ANSI/PLASTICS B151.27-2013 - Safety Requirement for the Integration of Robots with Injection Molding Machines
Have questions?
If you have questions about or need interpretation of any ANSI/PLASTICS standards, please complete the PLASTICS Request for Interpretation Form. Please avoid open-ended questions and attempt to pose any request for interpretation in such a way that it can be answered with a yes or a no.
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