EN 1953:2013
(Main)Atomising and spraying equipment for coating materials - Safety requirements
General Information
- Abstract
This European Standard deals with all significant hazards, hazardous situations and events which are relevant for both manual and automatic atomising and spraying equipment for application of coating materials on workpieces.
In this standard, the term “machine” is used equivalently to “atomising and spraying equipment” and “applicator”.
Together with this standard, EN 50050, EN 50059, EN 50176, EN 50177 or EN 50348 give requirements for electrostatic applicators.
The specific significant risks related to the use of this machinery with foodstuffs and pharmaceutical products are not dealt with in this standard.
This standard is only applicable to machinery which is used as intended. It also covers hazards arising from conditions which are reasonably foreseeable by the manufacturer.
Applicators can consist of the following parts:
- atomising or spraying system;
- trigger;
- filter;
- swivel joint;
- safety and control systems;
- non-pressurised gravity or siphon feed cup.
This European Standard is not applicable to:
- applicators designed for operating pneumatic pressure above 15 bar;
- non-atomising equipment (e.g. extruding equipment, dispenser);
- fluidized bed powder coating machinery;
- equipment for the automated application of flock;
- spray guns covered by EN 50580;
- supply hoses and ducts;
- high-pressure cleaner equipped with high pressure water jet machines according to EN 1829 1;
- airbrushes for graphic and artistic works;
- machinery for the supply and circulation of coating materials under pressure according to EN 12621;
- water-jet cutters;
- automated devices like robots or reciprocators (EN ISO 10218 1).
This standard is not applicable to machinery manufactured before the date of its publication as a European Standard.
- Status
- Withdrawn
- Publication Date
- 03-Sep-2013
- Withdrawal Date
- 22-Sep-2026
- Technical Committee
- CEN/TC 271 - Surface treatment equipment - Safety
- Drafting Committee
- CEN/TC 271/WG 2 - Machines for coating and color mixing
- Current Stage
- 9960 - Withdrawal effective - Withdrawal
- Start Date
- 12-Feb-2025
- Completion Date
- 23-Sep-2026
- Directive
- Harmonized Standard2006/42/EC - Directive 2006/42/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 May 2006 on machinery, and amending Directive 95/16/EC (recast)OJ Ref: C, C 348 OJ Date: 28-Nov-2013
Harmonized Standard2014/34/EU - Directive 2014/34/EU Of The European Parliament And Of The Council of 26 February 2014 on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to equipment and protective systems intended for use in potentially explosive atmospheres (recast)OJ Ref: C, C 126, C 293/52, HARMONIZIRAN OJ Date: 08-Apr-2016
Not Harmonized94/9/EC - Equipment and protective systems intended for use in potentially explosive atmospheres (ATEX)OJ Ref: C, C 319 OJ Date: 05-Nov-2013
Relations
- Replaces
EN 1953:1998+A1:2009 - Atomising and spraying equipment for coating materials - Safety requirements - Effective Date
- 11-Sep-2013
- Effective Date
- 17-Jul-2019
- Effective Date
- 25-Aug-2026
- Effective Date
- 09-Feb-2026
- Effective Date
- 09-Feb-2026
- Effective Date
- 09-Feb-2026
- Effective Date
- 09-Feb-2026
- Effective Date
- 09-Feb-2026
- Effective Date
- 09-Feb-2026
- Effective Date
- 09-Feb-2026
- Effective Date
- 28-Jan-2026
- Effective Date
- 28-Jan-2026
- Effective Date
- 28-Jan-2026
- Effective Date
- 28-Jan-2026
- Effective Date
- 28-Jan-2026
Frequently Asked Questions
EN 1953:2013 is a standard published by the European Committee for Standardization (CEN). Its full title is "Atomising and spraying equipment for coating materials - Safety requirements". This standard covers: This European Standard deals with all significant hazards, hazardous situations and events which are relevant for both manual and automatic atomising and spraying equipment for application of coating materials on workpieces. In this standard, the term “machine” is used equivalently to “atomising and spraying equipment” and “applicator”. Together with this standard, EN 50050, EN 50059, EN 50176, EN 50177 or EN 50348 give requirements for electrostatic applicators. The specific significant risks related to the use of this machinery with foodstuffs and pharmaceutical products are not dealt with in this standard. This standard is only applicable to machinery which is used as intended. It also covers hazards arising from conditions which are reasonably foreseeable by the manufacturer. Applicators can consist of the following parts: - atomising or spraying system; - trigger; - filter; - swivel joint; - safety and control systems; - non-pressurised gravity or siphon feed cup. This European Standard is not applicable to: - applicators designed for operating pneumatic pressure above 15 bar; - non-atomising equipment (e.g. extruding equipment, dispenser); - fluidized bed powder coating machinery; - equipment for the automated application of flock; - spray guns covered by EN 50580; - supply hoses and ducts; - high-pressure cleaner equipped with high pressure water jet machines according to EN 1829 1; - airbrushes for graphic and artistic works; - machinery for the supply and circulation of coating materials under pressure according to EN 12621; - water-jet cutters; - automated devices like robots or reciprocators (EN ISO 10218 1). This standard is not applicable to machinery manufactured before the date of its publication as a European Standard.
This European Standard deals with all significant hazards, hazardous situations and events which are relevant for both manual and automatic atomising and spraying equipment for application of coating materials on workpieces. In this standard, the term “machine” is used equivalently to “atomising and spraying equipment” and “applicator”. Together with this standard, EN 50050, EN 50059, EN 50176, EN 50177 or EN 50348 give requirements for electrostatic applicators. The specific significant risks related to the use of this machinery with foodstuffs and pharmaceutical products are not dealt with in this standard. This standard is only applicable to machinery which is used as intended. It also covers hazards arising from conditions which are reasonably foreseeable by the manufacturer. Applicators can consist of the following parts: - atomising or spraying system; - trigger; - filter; - swivel joint; - safety and control systems; - non-pressurised gravity or siphon feed cup. This European Standard is not applicable to: - applicators designed for operating pneumatic pressure above 15 bar; - non-atomising equipment (e.g. extruding equipment, dispenser); - fluidized bed powder coating machinery; - equipment for the automated application of flock; - spray guns covered by EN 50580; - supply hoses and ducts; - high-pressure cleaner equipped with high pressure water jet machines according to EN 1829 1; - airbrushes for graphic and artistic works; - machinery for the supply and circulation of coating materials under pressure according to EN 12621; - water-jet cutters; - automated devices like robots or reciprocators (EN ISO 10218 1). This standard is not applicable to machinery manufactured before the date of its publication as a European Standard.
EN 1953:2013 is classified under the following ICS (International Classification for Standards) categories: 87.100 - Paint coating equipment. The ICS classification helps identify the subject area and facilitates finding related standards.
EN 1953:2013 has the following relationships with other standards: It is inter standard links to EN 1953:1998+A1:2009, EN 1953:2025, ISO 8598:1996, EN 50348:2010, EN 50059:2025, EN 50177:2009, EN 50223:2015, ISO 9289:1991, EN IEC 60079-0:2018, EN 50050:2006, EN 13463-1:2009, EN ISO 80079-37:2016, EN ISO 12100:2010, EN ISO 13849-1:2023, EN 2286:1989. Understanding these relationships helps ensure you are using the most current and applicable version of the standard.
EN 1953:2013 is associated with the following European legislation: EU Directives/Regulations: 2006/42/EC, 2014/34/EU, 94/9/EC. When a standard is cited in the Official Journal of the European Union, products manufactured in conformity with it benefit from a presumption of conformity with the essential requirements of the corresponding EU directive or regulation.
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Standards Content (Sample)
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.Razprševalna in brizgalna oprema za prekrivne materiale - Varnostne zahteveSpritz- und Sprühgeräte für Beschichtungsstoffe - SicherheitsanforderungenEquipements d'atomisation et de pulvérisation pour produits de revêtement - Exigences de sécuritéAtomising and spraying equipment for coating materials - Safety requirements87.100Oprema za nanašanje premazovPaint coating equipmentICS:Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z:EN 1953:2013SIST EN 1953:2014en,fr,de01-januar-2014SIST EN 1953:2014SLOVENSKI
STANDARDSIST EN 1953:2000+A1:20101DGRPHãþD
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EN 1953
September 2013 ICS 87.100 Supersedes EN 1953:1998+A1:2009English Version
Atomising and spraying equipment for coating materials - Safety requirements
Equipements d'atomisation et de pulvérisation pour produits de revêtement - Exigences de sécurité
Spritz- und Sprühgeräte für Beschichtungsstoffe - Sicherheitsanforderungen This European Standard was approved by CEN on 19 July 2013.
CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration. Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national standards may be obtained on application to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre or to any CEN member.
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Relationship of this European Standard and the Essential Requirements of the EU Directive 2006/42/EC . 24 Annex ZB (informative)
Relationship between this European Standard and the Essential Requirements of EU Directive 94/9/EC . 25 Bibliography . 26
Applicable clauses of this standard
4.1 General This clause contains all hazards, hazardous situations and events as far as they are dealt with in this document, identified by risk assessment significant for this type of machinery and which require action to eliminate or reduce the risk. NOTE EN ISO 12100:2010 contains information for the procedure of risk assessment. 5.1 4, 5, 6 4.2 Mechanical hazards
4.2.1 Hazards by shearing, crushing, drawing-in During actuation of the applicators. 5.2.1 6.2.2.2 4.2.2 Hazards related to inadequate mechanical strength Caused by insufficient design and construction of fixing and joints between applicators and pressurised liquid supply hoses. 5.2.2 6.2.3, 6.2.10 4.2.3 Hazards by ejection of liquids Caused by leakages at or bursting of the applicator. Caused by uncontrolled discharge (unintended actuation of the applicator) and injection into the body tissues. NOTE The injection hazard increases with rising hydraulic pressure, smaller distance to skin, greater nozzle diameter and smaller spraying angles also resulting from wear of the nozzle. 5.2.3 6.2.10 4.2.4 Hazards by ejection of material or other objects Caused by inappropriate design and construction of the applicator and of the joint to the liquid supply hoses. 5.2.4 6.2.3, 6.2.10 SIST EN 1953:2014
Applicable clauses of this standard
4.3 Electrical hazards Caused by direct or indirect contact of the operator with electrically live parts. Caused by electric shock caused by electrostatic discharges of energies > 350 mJ, for instance by flow friction of the coating material. 5.3 6.2.9 4.4 Thermal hazards Caused by burns and/or scalds during handling the applicator, for instance: — during application of the heated coating material; — during use of heated pressurised air or steam; — due to leakage or bursting of the applicator. 5.4 6.2.8 c) 4.5 Noise hazards Due to noise emissions (for instance resulting from flow or vibration) which can cause hearing loss and/or physiological effects. 5.5 6.2.2.3 6.2.3 c) 6.2.8 c) 6.3.2.1 b) 6.3.2.5.1 6.3.3.2.1 6.3.4.2 4.6 Explosion hazards Caused by the generation of an explosive atmosphere due to concentrations equal or higher than the LEL during atomising or spraying of ignitable coating materials Caused by presence of an effective ignition source e.g. by electrostatic discharge, electrical sparks, hot surfaces. 5.6 6.2.4 6.3.3.2.1 6.4.4 4.7 Hazards by dangerous substances Caused by contact with or inhalation of atomised coating and/or auxiliary materials occurring as aerosol, vapour or gas. Caused by absorption of coating materials and/or cleaning liquids. 5.7.1 5.7.2 5.2.3 6.2.2.3 6.2.3 b) 6.2.3 c) 6.3.3.2.1 6.3.4.4 6.4.5.1 g) 4.8 Hazards by lack of ergonomics Caused by, for instance, too heavy equipment, inappropriate balance point, design of handle and trigger equipment not appropriate to shape of the hands, too high trigger force of manual applicator. 5.8 6.2.8 6.2.11.8 6.3.2.1 6.3.3.2.1 SIST EN 1953:2014
Applicable clauses of this standard
4.9 Hazards caused by malfunctions Caused by unexpected discharge of coating materials after a short interruption in the supply, e.g. by nozzle blockage. Caused by uncontrolled discharge of coating materials due to e.g. malfunction of the trigger mechanism. 5.9 5.9.2 5.9.3 6.2.12.2 6.3.2.1 4.10 Hazards by failure of the control system
5.10 6.2.12.2 6.3.2.1 Hygiene Not dealt with
5 Safety requirements and/or measures 5.1 General Applicators shall comply with the safety requirements and/or protective measures of this clause. In addition, applicators shall be designed according to the principles of EN ISO 12100:2010 for relevant but not significant hazards (for instance sharp edges), which are not dealt with by this standard. 5.2 Safety requirements against mechanical hazards 5.2.1 Crushing, shearing and pinching The distances between movable and fixed parts of applicators shall be wide enough to prevent injuries of parts of the human body due to crushing or pinching. 5.2.2 Mechanical strength Applicators, their fixing elements and the joints for pressurised liquid supply hoses shall be designed and constructed in such a way to wi
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