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ANSI B11.27-2020
Safety Requirements for Electro Discharge Machines
This standard specifies safety requirements and/or risk reduction measures, applicable to Electro Discharge Machine (EDM) equipment and EDM systems, such as: (a) manually controlled - die sinking; - drilling machines. (b) numerically controlled - die sinking; - drilling machines; - wire cutting machines. This standard addresses hazardous conditions during the use and foreseeable misuse in normal environments and non-explosive atmospheres and associated machine tasks including transportation, installation, maintenance, repair and dismantling for removal or disposal. This standard is also applicable to auxiliary devices essential for EDM processing and includes information to be provided by the supplier to the user. This standard is not applicable to arc eroding and electro-chemical machining equipment.
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