Machine configuration
Treat machine safety as a documented procurement requirement. Ask a competent supplier to identify the applicable requirements, assess the configured machine and provide the supporting records. This checklist does not certify a machine or replace assessment by qualified safety professionals.
Supply the destination, intended use, bottle formats, interfaces and operator/maintenance tasks. Require the supplier to state which machine configuration its assessment covers and which site or connected-equipment risks remain for others.
Ask for the risk-assessment record, guarding arrangement, access points and documented safety functions appropriate to the machine. A generic certificate or a door switch in a photograph is not enough to establish the configured system's suitability.
Have qualified personnel agree and perform tests using the supplier's documented procedure. Record expected and actual response, restart conditions and defects. Do not bypass guards, interlocks or emergency-stop functions to keep a trial running.
Record residual risks, isolation instructions, warning labels and the training/document language in the handover package. Any site modification affecting safeguarding must be reviewed through the responsible engineering process before use.
A logo does not replace verification of the applicable documents, their issuer and scope, and their match to the delivered machine. Have qualified personnel review the requirements for the destination.
No. Request a test under the supplier's approved safe procedure with protective functions in service.
A machine-specific document register, safeguarding and interface responsibilities, proposed verification records, instructions and a process for closing safety-related deviations.
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Include the bottle, cap, required good output, machine boundary, utilities and destination.