Mechanical and Machines

The mechanical sector and the machinery sector include Technical Bodies that deal with different types of industrial and domestic machinery. Some of the industries covered are welding and machinery including a wide range of machines for example for mining, construction and agriculture. Lifts, tanks and pressure equipment are also covered.

Standards keep the pace of technological development. New technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI) are progressively being implemented in fields like automation, data management and as part of smart technology (e.g. additive manufacturing, robotics).

Not only has the sector an important role when it comes to an operator's safety but also contributes to environment protection by developing standards that allow the production of environmentally friendly machines.

Many standards are identical to international standards: this is an important characteristic, since the markets for these products tend to be global, going beyond national or European markets. The mechanical and machinery sector is therefore a good example of bringing together European requirements with an internationally accepted approach.

A considerable proportion of the documents produced in the sector are harmonized standards giving presumption of conformity with the EU Directives on machinery (2006/42/EC), lifts (2014/33/EU), pressure equipment (2014/68/EU), simple pressure vessels (2014/29/EU), measuring instruments (2014/32/EU), non-automatic weighing instruments (2014/31/EU) and sustainable use of pesticides (2009/128/EC).

The Sector Fora i.e. CEN-CENELEC Sector Forum on Machinery and Pressure Equipment Advisory Nucleus advise the Technical Boards and coordinate standardization activities related to the respective field.

Technical Bodies

CEN/SS F05 Measuring Instruments
CEN/SS H10 Sewing machines
CEN/SS I03 Limits and fits
CEN/SS I09 Small tools
CEN/TC 10   Lifts, escalators and moving walks
CEN/TC 12   Materials, equipment and offshore structures for petroleum, petrochemical and natural gas industries
CEN/TC 23   Transportable gas cylinders
CEN/TC 54   Unfired pressure vessels
CEN/TC 69   Industrial valves
CEN/TC 74   Flanges and their joints
CEN/TC 92   Water meters
CEN/TC 98   Lifting platforms
CEN/TC 114 Safety of machinery
CEN/TC 121 Welding and allied processes
CEN/TC 123 Lasers and photonics
CEN/TC 142 Woodworking machines - Safety
CEN/TC 143 Machine tools - Safety
CEN/TC 144 Tractors and machinery for agriculture and forestry
CEN/TC 145 Plastics and rubber machines
CEN/TC 146 Packaging machines - Safety
CEN/TC 147 Cranes - Safety
CEN/TC 148 Continuous handling equipment and systems - Safety
CEN/TC 149 Power-operated warehouse equipment
CEN/TC 150 Industrial Trucks - Safety
CEN/TC 151 Construction equipment and building material machines - Safety
CEN/TC 152 Fairground and amusement park machinery and structures - Safety
CEN/TC 153 Machinery intended for use with foodstuffs and feed
CEN/TC 168 Chains, ropes, webbing, slings and accessories - Safety
CEN/TC 176 Thermal energy meters
CEN/TC 182 Refrigerating systems, safety and environmental requirements
CEN/TC 186 Industrial thermoprocessing - Safety
CEN/TC 188 Conveyor belts
CEN/TC 190 Foundry technology
CEN/TC 196 Mining machinery and equipment - Safety
CEN/TC 197 Pumps
CEN/TC 198 Printing and paper machinery - Safety
CEN/TC 202 Foundry machinery
CEN/TC 210 GRP tanks and vessels
CEN/TC 211 Acoustics
CEN/TC 213 Cartridge operated hand-held tools - Safety
CEN/TC 214 Textile machinery and accessories
CEN/TC 232 Compressors, vacuum pumps and their systems
CEN/TC 236 Non industrial manually operated shut-off valves for gas and particular combinations valves-other products
CEN/TC 237 Gas meters
CEN/TC 240 Thermal spraying and thermally sprayed coatings
CEN/TC 255 Hand-held, non-electric power tools - Safety
CEN/TC 265 Metallic tanks for the storage of liquids
CEN/TC 267 Industrial piping and pipelines
CEN/TC 268 Cryogenic vessels and specific hydrogen technologies applications
CEN/TC 269 Shell and water-tube boilers
CEN/TC 270 Internal combustion engines
CEN/TC 271 Surface treatment equipment - Safety
CEN/TC 286 Liquefied petroleum gas equipment and accessories
CEN/TC 310 Advanced automation technologies and their applications
CEN/TC 313 Centrifuges
CEN/TC 318 Hydrometry
CEN/TC 322 Equipments for making and shaping of metals - Safety requirements
CEN/TC 332 Laboratory equipment
CEN/TC 334 Irrigation techniques
CEN/TC 344 Steel static storage systems
CEN/TC 393 Equipment for storage tanks and for filling stations
CEN/TC 397 Baling presses - Safety requirements
CEN/TC 399 Gas Turbines applications - Safety
CEN/TC 406 Mechanical products - Ecodesign methodology
CEN/TC 423 Means of measuring and/or recording temperature in the cold chain
CEN/TC 429 Food hygiene - Commercial warewashing machines - Hygiene requirements and testing
CEN/TC 433 Entertainment Technology - Machinery, equipment and installations
CEN/TC 438 Additive Manufacturing
CEN/TC 458 Industrial rotating mixing systems
CEN/WS 093 Industrial Symbiosis
CEN/WS 097 Articulated industrial robots - Elastostatic compliance calibration
CEN/CLC/JTC 18    Non automatic weighing instruments (NAWI)
CEN/CLC/WS Monsoon    Predictive management of data intensive industrial processes
CEN/CLC/WS ZDM term   Zero Defects in Digital Manufacturing Terminology

Useful links

Helpdesks on EN 13445 and EN 13480

Two Maintenance Helpdesks are available to answer questions of users on EN 13445 and EN 13480 series. These helpdesks are also supporting CEN/TC 54 and CEN/TC 267 with the maintenance of both series.

Helpdesk EN 13480 for Metallic industrial piping

Helpdesk EN 13445 for unfired pressure vessels