Engine Design; Engine Room; Risk Analysis - Kohler SFGLD480 Operation & Maintenance Manual

PRODUCT INFORMATION INDEX DATE
Dep. 2
IC-G-D-60-003e D
May 2016
REVIEW OF COMPLIANCE WITH EUROPEAN MACHINERY
SAFETY REGULATIONS AND "CE" MARK
O&M_2.002211.810_A_10_2016
1. INTRODUCTION
This document describes all the design and operative features of our engines and their applications (generating
sets or others) as well as the technical solutions that we have implemented to comply with the current
machinery safety regulations. These include Royal Decree 1435/1992 and subsequent amendments, European
Directive 2006/42/CE and the harmonised standards UNE-EN ISO 12100-1 and UNE-EN ISO 12100-2.
Compliance with these is mandatory to be able to issue the Declaration of Conformity with the European
Regulations and to use the "CE" mark.

2. ENGINE DESIGN

The check for compliance with the European Regulations on Machine Safety described in this document applies
to Kohler gas and ethanol engines.
Those engines are mostly developments of their diesel counterparts whose design has passed technical audits
by renowned certification agencies - Lloyd's Register, Bureau Veritas, Germanischer Lloyd's, Rina, Det Norske
Veritas, Hellenic Register of Shipping, and others - for approval in marine applications and has been awarded
the 'type approval' certificate that guarantees the suitability of the basic engineering design.
In designing and manufacturing the engines, Kohler follows risk suppression or reduction criteria,
implementing adequate solutions and adopting the necessary protective measures when it is not possible to
eliminate these risks. In this event, Kohler informs users of any residual hazards due to the incomplete
effectiveness of the protective measures, advising them that they must have specific training and use personal
protective equipment where necessary.
Similarly, in designing and manufacturing the machine as well as in writing the product information, Kohler
bears in mind not only the normal use, but also any reasonably expectable use of the machine.

3. ENGINE ROOM

The engine room or the area surrounding the engine or generating set cannot be rated as a danger zone
under current regulations since the running of the engine will under no circumstances give rise to the release of
solids, liquids or heat in it that could affect the operators' safety.
Despite this, given that the engine's operation, service or control while running does not require anybody
very close to it, we recommend that operators should stay at a suitable safety distance to prevent the effects
of any fault or unforeseeable failure, should one occur.
Adjustment and fine-tuning operations (valve timing, oil and water level control, etc) are to be undertaken
with the engine stopped. Only qualified and trained personnel must carry out carburetion adjustments
with the engine running according to the set procedures, without putting any of the operators in danger.

4. RISK ANALYSIS

In designing the engines, we adopted technical options or solutions that avoid intrinsic and specific
engine operation hazards.
Nevertheless, due to the very concept of the machine and its operation, there still exist various
unavoidable, though limited hazards, representing a risk for the operator.
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