本文件为机械和相关部件的设计师/制造商提供了帮助，帮助他们了解如何应用现有的A类、B类和C类机械安全标准体系，以便通过适当的风险降低来设计机械，以达到可容忍的风险水平。 本文件解释了ISO 12100的一般原则，以及A型标准如何与B型和C型机械安全标准一起用于实际情况。 本文件就ISO 12100与B型和C型标准之间的关系向标准编写委员会提供帮助，并根据ISO 12100解释其在风险评估和风险降低过程中的作用。 本文件概述了现有的类型分类- B标准帮助标准读者和作者浏览许多标准。

This document provides assistance to the designer/manufacturer of machinery and related components as to how the system of existing type-A, type-B and type-C machinery safety standards should be applied in order to design a machine to achieve a level of tolerable risk by adequate risk reduction. This document explains the general principles of ISO 12100 and how this type-A standard is used for practical cases in conjunction with type-B and type-C machinery safety standards. This document provides assistance to standards-writing committees on how ISO 12100 and type-B and type-C standards relate and explains their function in the risk assessment and risk reduction process according to ISO 12100. This document includes an overview of existing categories of type-B standards to assist standards readers and writers to navigate the many standards.