本标准的要求仅适用于通常被称为机械动力压力机的机械动力机床，该机床通过与滑块相连或由滑块操作的工具或模具，以机械方式传递力来切割、成型或组装金属或其他材料。本标准要求不包括:推土机；冷集管和冷成型机；孔眼机；锻造压力机和锤子；高能率压力机；热弯曲和热金属压力机；液压机；钢铁工人和打孔工；金属剪；气动压力机；粉末金属压力机；压焊机；动力压力制动器；铆接机；转台和平板冲床；电线终端机；还有焊接机。

The requirements of this standard apply only to those mechanically-powered machine tools commonly referred to as mechanical power presses, which transmit force mechanically to cut, form, or assemble metal or other materials by means of tools or dies attached to or operated by slides.Excluded from the requirements of this standard are: bulldozers; cold-headers and cold formers; eyelet machines; forging presses and hammers; high-energy-rate presses; hot-bending and hot-metal presses; hydraulic power presses; iron workers and detail punches; metal shears; pneumatic power presses; powdered-metal presses; press welders; power pressure brakes; riveting machines; turret and plate-punch machines; wire terminating machines; and welding presses.