ISO 13578:2017规定了熔化不含放射性物质钢的电弧炉（EAF）的一般安全要求。 注:放射性物质被认为是在钢铁厂入口前检测到的。 ISO 13578:2017涉及表1中所列的与电弧炉相关的重大危险、危险情况和事件，当按照制造商的预期和预见条件使用时，还包括误用时可预见的故障和故障。 ISO 13578:2017还规定了生产过程中集成的装置和设备的标准。 ISO 13578:2017规定了在设计过程中应遵循的要求，以确保人员的安全，这些要求在设备的运输、组装、调试、操作、维护和退役过程中应得到满足。 ISO 13578:2017假定装置由经过充分培训的人员操作和维护。设置、调整和维护的手动干预是设备正常使用的一部分。 ISO 13578:2017涵盖了以下设备（见附录B表B.1和B.2以及附录C图C.1和C.2）: -采用交流（AC）技术的电弧炉； -采用直流（DC）技术的电弧炉； -废钢预热技术； -相关设备/装置（例如惰性气体搅拌、碳和氧注入系统）。 ISO 13578:2017未涵盖以下设备: -感应炉； -电阻电弧炉（如矿热炉）； -电子束炉； -等离子炉； -用于二次炼钢的其他电炉，例如钢包炉。 ISO 13578:2017未规定以下设备的安全要求，这些设备可以是范围内设备的一个组成部分或补充部分: -起重机； -起壳横梁； -废筐、钢包、渣罐； -废筐、钢包和渣罐的运输车； -除尘系统； -“狗屋”和“大象屋”（出于环境原因，将炉子围起来）； -合金化体系； -单独的废料干燥设备； -炉膛变压器和高压系统； -机器人/机械手（例如用于温度测量和采样）。

ISO 13578:2017 specifies the general safety requirements for electric arc furnaces (EAF) to melt steel not containing radioactive material. NOTE Radioactive material is considered to be detected in front of the steel plant entrance. ISO 13578:2017 deals with significant hazards, hazardous situations and events as listed in Table 1 pertinent to EAF, when used as intended and under conditions foreseen by the manufacturer, and also includes foreseeable faults and malfunctions in case of misuse. ISO 13578:2017 also specifies criteria for the plant and equipment integrated in the production process. ISO 13578:2017 specifies the requirements to be followed during design to ensure the safety of persons, which are to be met during transport, assembly, commissioning, operation, maintenance and decommissioning of the equipment. ISO 13578:2017 assumes that installations are operated and maintained by adequately trained personnel. Manual intervention for setting, adjustment and maintenance is accepted as part of the normal use of the equipment. ISO 13578:2017 covers the following equipment (see Annex B, Tables B.1 and B.2, and Annex C, Figures C.1 and C.2): - EAF with alternating current (AC) technology; - EAF with direct current (DC) technology; - scrap preheating technology; - associated equipment/devices (e.g. inert gas stirring, carbon and oxygen injection systems). The following equipment is not covered by ISO 13578:2017: - induction furnace; - resistance-arc furnace (e.g. submerged arc furnace); - electron beam furnace; - plasma furnace; - other electrical furnaces used in secondary steelmaking, e.g. ladle furnace. ISO 13578:2017 does not specify safety requirements for the following equipment, which can be an integral or complementary part of the equipment covered by the scope: - cranes; - shell lifting cross beam; - scrap basket, steel ladle and slag pot; - transport cars for scrap baskets, steel ladles and slag pots; - dedusting system; - "dog house" and "elephant house" (furnace enclosures for environmental reasons); - alloying system; - separate scrap drying equipment; - furnace transformer and high-voltage system; - robots/manipulators (e.g. for temperature measurement and sampling).