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SLOVENSKI STANDARD
oSIST prEN ISO 13578:2016
01-julij-2016
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Industrial furnaces and associated processing equipment - Safety requirements for
machinery and equipment for production of steel by electric arc furnaces (ISO/DIS
13578:2016)
Fours industriels et équipements associés - Exigences de sécurité pour les machines et
les équipements pour la production d'acier par four à arc électrique (ISO/DIS
13578:2016)
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: prEN ISO 13578
ICS:
13.110 Varnost strojev Safety of machinery
25.180.10 (OHNWULþQHSHþL Electric furnaces
77.180 Oprema za metalurško Equipment for the
industrijo metallurgical industry
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DRAFT INTERNATIONAL STANDARD
ISO/DIS 13578
ISO/TC 244 Secretariat: JISC
Voting begins on: Voting terminates on:
2016-05-12 2016-08-11
Industrial furnaces and associated processing equipment
- Safety requirements for machinery and equipment for
production of steel by electric arc furnaces
Fours industriels et équipements associés — Exigences de sécurité pour les machines et les équipements
pour la production d’acier par four à arc électrique
ICS: 13.100; 25.180.01
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Contents Page
Foreword .iv
Introduction .v
1 Scope . 1
2 Normative references . 2
3 Terms and definitions . 3
4 Symbols and abbreviated terms . 6
5 Safety requirements and/or measures . 6
5.1 General . 6
5.1.1 General design requirements . 6
5.1.2 Electrical melting power supply . 7
5.1.3 Electrical low voltage supply and control system . 7
5.1.4 Bonding and grounding of mechanical furnace parts . 7
5.1.5 Hydraulic, pneumatic, cooling and lubrication systems . 7
5.1.6 Molten material . 7
5.1.7 Linked equipment . 8
5.1.8 Ergonomic principles . 8
5.1.9 Leakage from hydraulic system and EAF-Transformer . 9
5.1.10 Access . 9
5.1.11 Safety related control system .10
5.1.12 Danger zone .10
5.1.13 Blocking device for tilting platform .10
5.1.14 Gantry movement .10
5.1.15 Loss of energy .10
5.1.16 Electrode clamp .11
5.1.17 EAF control room .11
5.1.18 Local control stand . .11
5.1.19 Portable wireless control box .11
5.1.20 Personal protective equipment (PPE) .11
5.1.21 Warnings .12
5.1.22 Surface temperatures and heat radiation .12
5.1.23 Noise .12
5.1.24 Vibrations .13
5.1.25 Special requirements for explosion prevention and protection .13
5.1.26 Safety layout . .14
5.2 List of significant hazards, hazardous situations, safety requirements and/or measures .14
6 Verification of the safety requirements and/or measures .18
7 Information for use .19
7.1 General .19
7.2 Warning devices and safety signs .19
7.3 Minimum marking .19
7.4 Accompanying documents .19
7.4.1 Instruction handbook .19
7.4.2 Maintenance manual .22
7.5 Training of personnel .22
Annex A (normative) Noise test code .24
Annex B (normative) Equipment covered by this document .28
Annex C (informative) Examples of electric arc furnaces .30
Bibliography .32
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Foreword
ISO (the International Organization for Standardization) is a worldwide federation of national standards
bodies (ISO member bodies). The work of preparing International Standards is normally carried out
through ISO technical committees. Each member body interested in a subject for which a technical
committee has been established has the right to be represented on that committee. International
organizations, governmental and non-governmental, in liaison with ISO, also take part in the work.
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electrotechnical standardization.
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Standards adopted by the technical committees are circulated to the member bodies for voting.
Publication as an International Standard requires approval by at least 75 % of the member bodies
casting a vote.
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of
patent rights. ISO shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.
ISO 13578 was prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 244, Industrial furnaces and associated
processing equipment.
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Introduction
This document is a type C standard as stated in ISO 12100.
The machinery concerned and the extent to which hazards, hazardous situations and events are
covered are indicated in the scope of this document.
When provisions of this type C standard are different from those which are stated in type A or B
standards, the provisions of this type C standard take precedence over the provisions of the other
standards, for machines that have been designed and built according to the provisions of this type C
standard.
Where for clarity an example of a preventive measure is given in this document, this should not been
considered as the only possible solution. Any other solution leading to the same risk reduction is
permissible if an equivalent level of safety is achieved.
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Industrial furnaces and associated processing equipment
- Safety requirements for machinery and equipment for
production of steel by electric arc furnaces
1 Scope
This document specifies the general safety requirements for electric arc furnaces (EAF) to melt steel
not containing radioactive material.
NOTE Radioactive material is considered to be detected in front of the steel plant entrance
This document deals with significant hazards, hazardous situations and events as listed in Table 1
pertinent to EAF, when used as intended and under conditions foreseen by the manufacturer, but also
includes foreseeable faults and malfunctions in case of misuse.
This document specifies also criteria for the plant and equipment integrated in the production process.
This document specifies the requirements to be followed up during design to ensure the safety of
persons which are to be met during transport, assembly, commissioning, operation, maintenance and
decommissioning of the equipment.
This document assumes that installations are operated and maintained by adequately trained
personnel. Manual intervention for setting, adjustment and maintenance is accepted as part of the
normal use of the equipment.
This document covers the following equipment (see Annex B):
— EAF with AC technology (alternating current);
— EAF with DC technology (direct current);
— scrap pre-heating technology;
— associated equipment/devices (e.g., inert gas stirring, carbon and oxygen injection systems).
The following equipment is not covered by this document:
— induction furnace;
— resistance-arc furnace (e.g., submerged arc furnace);
— electron beam furnace;
— plasma furnace;
— other electrical furnaces used in secondary steelmaking, e.g., ladle furnace.
This document does not specify safety requirements for the following equipment, which can be an
integral or complementary part of the equipment covered by the Scope:
a) cranes;
b) shell lifting cross beam;
c) scrap basket, steel ladle and slag pot;
d) transport cars for scrap baskets, steel ladles and slag pots;
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e) dedusting system;
f) “dog house” and “elephant house” (furnace enclosures for environmental reasons);
g) alloying system;
h) separate scrap drying equipment;
i) furnace transformer and high voltage system;
j) robots/manipulators (e.g., for temperature measurement and sampling).
2 Normative references
The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application of this document. For dated
references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced
document (including any amendments) applies.
ISO 3864-1, Graphical symbols — Safety colours and safety signs — Part 1: Design principles for safety
signs and safety markings
ISO 3864-2, Graphical symbols — Safety colours and safety signs — Part 2: Design principles for product
safety labels
ISO 3864-3, Graphical symbols — Safety colours and safety signs — Part 3: Design principles for graphical
symbols for use in safety signs
ISO 4413, Hydraulic fluid power — General rules and safety requirements for systems and their components
ISO 4414, Pneumatic fluid power — General rules and safety requirements for systems and their components
ISO 4871, Acoustics — Declaration and verification of noise emission values of machinery and equipment
ISO 7010, Graphical symbols — Safety colours and safety signs — Registered safety signs
ISO 7731, Ergonomics — Danger signals for public and work areas — Auditory danger signals
ISO 11064-1, Ergonomic design of control centres — Part 1: Principles for the design of control centres
ISO 11202:2010, Acoustics — Noise emitted by machinery and equipment — Determination of emission
sound pressure levels at a work station and at other specified positions applying approximate environmental
corrections
ISO 11428, Ergonomics — Visual danger signals — General requirements, design and testing
ISO 11429, Ergonomics — System of auditory and visual danger and information signals
ISO 11688-1, Acoustics — Recommended practice for the design of low-noise machinery and equipment —
Part 1: Planning
ISO 12100, Safety of machinery — General principles for design — Risk assessment and risk reduction
ISO 13574, Industrial furnaces and associated processing equipment — Vocabulary
ISO 13732-1, Ergonomics of the thermal environment — Methods for the assessment of human responses to
contact with surfaces — Part 1: Hot surfaces
ISO 13849-1/A1:2013, Safety of machinery — Safety-related parts of control systems — Part 1: General
principles for design
ISO 13857, Safety of machinery — Safety distances to prevent hazard zones being reached by upper and
lower limbs
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ISO 14120, Safety of machinery — Guards — General requirements for the design and construction of fixed
and movable guards
ISO 14122-1, Safety of machinery — Permanent means of access to machinery — Part 1: Choice of fixed
means of access between two levels
ISO 14122-2, Safety of machinery — Permanent means of access to machinery — Part 2: Working platforms
and walkways
ISO 14122-3, Safety of machinery — Permanent means of access to machinery — Part 3: Stairs, stepladders
and guard-rails
ISO 14122-4, Safety of machinery — Permanent means of access to machinery — Part 4: Fixed ladders
ISO 16069, Graphical symbols — Safety signs — Safety way guidance systems (SWGS)
IEC 60204-1Edition 5.1:2009, Safety of machinery — Electrical equipment of machines — Part 1: General
requirements
IEC 60519-4, Safety in electroheat installations — Part 4: Particular requirements for arc furnace
installations
IEC 61310-1, Safety of machinery — Indication, marking and actuation — Part 1: Requirements for visual,
acoustic and tactile signals
IEC 61310-2, Safety of machinery — Indication, marking and actuation — Part 2: Requirements for marking
IEC 61511-1, Functional safety — Safety instrumented systems for the process industry sector — Part 1:
Framework, definitions, system, hardware and software requirements
IEC 62061Edition 1.2:2015, Safety of machinery — Functional safety of safety-related electrical, electronic
and programmable electronic control systems
EN 13463-1:2009, Non-electrical equipment for use in potentially explosive atmospheres — Part 1: Basic
method and requirements
3 Terms and definitions
For the purpose of this document, the terms and definitions given in ISO 12100, ISO 13574 and the
following apply.
NOTE 1 to entry Definition used in ISO standards referred to in this document are also valid for this document.
3.1
charge material
material which is charged into the furnace
Note 1 to entry: to entry: e.g., steel scrap, DRI, HBI, hot metal, FeCr, alloys
3.2
heat cycle
tap-to-tap time period between two consecutive tappings with defined power-on and power-off time
3.3
hydraulic fluid
fluid used to transmit force via hydraulic pressure
Note 1 to entry: to entry: see ISO 6743-4
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3.4
fire-resistant hydraulic fluid
hydraulic fluid that is difficult to ignite and shows little tendency to propagate flame
[SOURCE: ISO 5598, 3.2.271]
3.5
ladle
vessel to collect, transport and charge/discharge hot metal/steel
3.6
work station
predefined locations for personnel conducting control, production or maintenance activities, the main
work stations are:
3.6.1
EAF control room
main control room in which the control consoles and monitoring facilities for an EAF are located
Note 1 to entry: to entry: It is a location where operating personnel is required permanently during the
production process
3.6.2
local control stands
control units usually situated adjacent to the equipment
Note 1 to entry: to entry: It is a location where operating personnel is required temporarily during the
production process, e.g., during tapping
3.6.3
portable wireless control box
mobile control units connected to the control system
Note 1 to entry: to entry: e.g., to position equipment more precisely
3.6.4
maintenance points
locations where personnel are required during maintenance
Note 1 to entry: to entry: All above mentioned stations could also be used for maintenance
3.7
tilting
movement of the furnace to discharge molten steel or slag from foreseen openings
3.8
blocking device
device to block the equipment in the desired position
3.9
gantry
structure used for lifting and swinging roof and columns/electrode arms
3.10
high voltage switch gear
furnace breaker to connect and disconnect the EAF to/from electrical high voltage supply
3.11
reactor
device to increase the reactance of the EAF system
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3.12
furnace transformer
device for the transformation of the high voltage electrical supply to arc voltage
3.13
alloying system
device to store and feed any metallic and non-metallic materials to/into the EAF
3.14
electrode nippling system
device, in which electrode strands can be stored or new electrode sections are added
3.15
dog house
furnace enclosure inside the EAF building close to the EAF
Note 1 to entry: to entry: It is serving as indirect fume extraction system and minimising noise
propagation. It is not covered by the scope.
3.16
elephant house
furnace enclosure as part of the EAF building
Note 1 to entry: to entry: It is serving as indirect fume extraction system and minimising noise
propagation. It is not covered by the scope.
3.17
gas cleaning system
equipment for the collection and processing of created off-gas
3.18
high current system
high current connection-line between transformer and electrode
3.19
trained personnel
persons with the knowledge of systems, background, experience and ability to operate and/or maintain
the equipment in the intended use and proper operation of the machinery/equipment
3.20
authorized personnel
trained persons who are nominated by the user to perform a specific task on a specific equipment
3.21
maintenance
all activities carried out outside the production process:
3.21.1
inspection
basic checks (e.g., visual) of equipment;
3.21.2
service
periodic exchange of lances, cleaning (e.g., lance, slag door area), lubrication, adjustment of limit
switches;
3.21.3
repair
repair or exchange of damaged components accompanied with complete shutdown (i.e. isolation of
energy);
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3.21.4
relining
all activities from shut down of EAF for relining up to start-up of the EAF
3.22
safety layout
graphic overview of the EAF with arrangement of safety-related elements and details
3.23
manufacturer
any natural or legal person declared as responsible for compliance with the requirements of the design
and/or manufacture of machinery
Note 1 to entry: to entry: The process of design and construction of machinery may involve several
individuals or companies, but one is declared as the manufacturer.
4 Symbols and abbreviated terms
For the purpose of this document, the following abbreviations apply.
AC Alternating Current;
DC Direct Current;
EAF Electric Arc Furnace;
EBT Eccentric Bottom Tap-Hole;
DRI Direct Reduced Iron;
HBI Hot Briquetted Iron;
HMI Human-Machine-Interface;
CCTV Closed Circuit Television.
5 Safety requirements and/or measures
5.1 General
5.1.1 General design requirements
EAF and equipment conforming to this document shall comply with the safety requirements and/or
measures of this clause.
This document assumes that:
— machinery is used with adequate workplace lighting conforming to ISO 8995-1or to local regulations.
The manufacturer shall undertake and record design calculations of the structural assembly according
the intended use, e.g., for steel sections, auxiliaries.
Safety devices shall be protected against damage to fulfil the intended function during continuous
operation in the respective area.
In particular the design shall include requirements and constructional details with respect to:
— accessibility;
— guards and protection;
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— maintenance openings and clearance gaps for cleaning;
— escape routes;
— movement of machinery and material;
— safety during operation;
— safety devices, e.g. hold-to-run control, emergency stop;
— requirements for media systems;
— slag area, e.g. heat protected;
— emergency pit for liquid steel being able to contain the steel volume of the EAF;
— potential environmental conditions, e.g. seismic activities.
5.1.2 Electrical melting power supply
The electrical melting power supply, comprising of the high voltage switch gear, reactor (if applicable),
furnace transformer, AC/DC converters (if applicable) and interconnecting high current systems and
cables, shall meet the requirements as defined in IEC 60519-4.
5.1.3 Electrical low voltage supply and control system
The electrical low voltage supply, comprising of low voltage switch gear, control system and low voltage
cables, shall meet the requirements as defined IEC 60204-1 Edition 5.1.
5.1.4 Bonding and grounding of mechanical furnace parts
To prevent potential differences between mechanical furnace parts, all of these parts shall be bonded
and grounded according to IEC 60519-4.
5.1.5 Hydraulic, pneumatic, cooling and lubrication systems
Hydraulic and pneumatic fluid systems and their components shall meet the requirements as defined in
ISO 4413 and ISO 4414.
Instruction shall be given in the information for use about systems filled with fluids, which are likely
to solidify and/or change viscosity under extreme environmental temperatures and which may cause
hazardous situations.
The design of cooling systems, hydraulic and lubrication systems shall consider risks created by
temperature and pressure, ignition sources, including fire and toxic effects, as well as gas/dust
reactions.
Instructions shall be given how to deal with small and large water leakages inside the furnace. In case
of large leakages, indications of the water flow measurement shall be given to the control system to
initiate further actions, e.g., stop water flow.
Media, which have to be discharged into dedicated sumps, shall be specified. Equipment which is needed
for discharge shall be provided. Instructions for discharge shall be given in the information for use.
5.1.6 Molten material
Slag from furnace shall be guided to slag area (e.g., slag pot, slag pit).
Water and/or mois
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