Seminar on the First Drafts of National Standards 《Continuous Mechanical Handling Equipment — Safety Code — General Rules》 and 《 Conveying Machinery — Code for Inspection and Maintenance — Part 1: Belt Conveyors》

From May 6 to 8, 2024, the National Technical Committee for Standardization of Continuous Handling Machinery (hereinafter referred to as the Technical Committee for Continuous Handling Machinery) held a seminar on the first drafts of two national standards in Tongcheng City, Anhui Province, namely Continuous Mechanical Handling Equipment — Safety Code — General Rules and Conveying Machinery — Code for Inspection and Maintenance — Part 1: Belt Conveyors. The seminar was attended by drafting team members, industry experts and secretariat staff, totaling 34 representatives from 29 organizations.

The seminar was presided over by Director Lin Fukui of the Standards Department, Beijing Materials Handling Research Institute Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as BMHRI). Distinguished leaders and guests including Deputy Mayor Zhang Shu of Tongcheng Municipal People's Government, Director Yao Zhiguo of Tongcheng Bureau of Science, Technology and Information, Chairman Wang Shunting of the Technical Committee for Continuous Handling Machinery and Vice Chairman Cao Jiang of Anhui Panzhong Heavy Industry Co., Ltd. attended the seminar as invited guests. At the opening ceremony, Deputy Mayor Zhang Shu and Chairman Wang Shunting delivered speeches successively, and Vice Chairman Cao Jiang of Anhui Panzhong Heavy Industry Co., Ltd., the seminar organizer, gave a welcome address.

In his speech, Deputy Mayor Zhang Shu introduced the development history and current situation of the conveying machinery industry in Tongcheng, and expressed high attention and strong support for standardization work.

In his speech, Chairman Wang Shunting fully recognized the remarkable achievements in the formulation and revision of continuous handling machinery standards, and put forward requirements of standardization, advancement and scientificity for the development of the two national standards and discussions at this seminar.

The national standards Continuous Mechanical Handling Equipment — Safety Code — General Rules and Conveying Machinery — Code for Inspection and Maintenance — Part 1: Belt Conveyors were jointly developed by Anhui Panzhong Heavy Industry Co., Ltd., Huadian Heavy Industry Co., Ltd. and other institutions respectively. After listening to presentations delivered by the lead drafting organizations covering the overall compilation ideas, major working procedures, core technical contents and relevant formulation basis of each standard, participating experts carried out thorough chapter-by-chapter and clause-by-clause discussions on the first drafts of the two national standards and put forward several revision comments and suggestions. Finally, all experts unanimously approved the first drafts of the two national standards through consultation.

With strong support from the seminar organizer and joint efforts of all participants, the seminar successfully completed all scheduled tasks.

The formulation of the above two national standards is of important guiding significance for protecting personnel life and property safety, improving the safety management level of continuous handling equipment, standardizing equipment management activities and extending the service life of equipment.

Reprinted from Materials Handling Machinery Standards Service Network, Technical Committee for Continuous Handling Machinery