本标准规定了适用于电火花机（EDM）设备和EDM系统的安全要求和/或风险降低措施，例如:a）手动控制-模具下沉；-钻孔机。b） 数控-模具下沉；-钻孔机；-线切割机。本标准涉及在正常环境和非爆炸性环境中使用和可预见的误用期间的危险条件，以及相关的机器任务，包括运输、安装、维护、维修和拆卸或处置。本标准也适用于EDM加工所需的辅助设备，包括供应商向用户提供的信息。本标准不适用于电弧腐蚀和电化学加工设备。

This standard specifies safety requirements and/or risk reduction measures, applicable to Electro Discharge Machine (EDM) equipment and EDM systems, such as:a) manually controlled- die sinking;- drilling machines.b) numerically controlled- die sinking;- drilling machines;- wire cutting machines.This standard addresses hazardous conditions during the use and foreseeable misuse in normal environments and non-explosive atmospheres and associated machine tasks including transportation, installation, maintenance, repair and dismantling for removal or disposal.This standard is also applicable to auxiliary devices essential for EDM processing and includes information to be provided by the supplier to the user.This standard is not applicable to arc eroding and electro-chemical machining equipment.