John, I suspect what you are dealing with is actually a sheave block, not a ‘pulley' as mentioned in the extract from the guide quoted by Steve.
This being the case, it’s not a lifting accessory because a lifting accessory is intended to go between the load and a piece of lifting machinery. It is however “an assembly of linked parts or components, at least one of which moves and which are joined together, intended for lifting loads and whose only power source is directly applied human effort” so it’s a machine within the meaning of the Directive. Regards Nick. > On 14 Apr 2016, at 21:06, John Allen <jral...@productsafetyinc.com> wrote: > > Thanks guys, but still struggling agreeing with the fact it's not part of the > machinery directive. A rope can be but a pulley block is not?? > > Steve - the last part of the first sentence is that do not have a specific > application and that are intended to be incorporated into machinery. The > pulley block is being sold by itself and has an application. > > Also, is it not a lifting accessory?? > > - ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to <emc-p...@ieee.org> All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieee-pses.org/emc-pstc.html Attachments are not permitted but the IEEE PSES Online Communities site at http://product-compliance.oc.ieee.org/ can be used for graphics (in well-used formats), large files, etc. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ Instructions: http://www.ieee-pses.org/list.html (including how to unsubscribe) List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas <sdoug...@ieee.org> Mike Cantwell <mcantw...@ieee.org> For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: <j.bac...@ieee.org> David Heald: <dhe...@gmail.com>
