GB 46772-2025 Safety requirements of packaging machinery English, Anglais, Englisch, Inglés, えいご
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ICS 55.200
CCS H 57
National Standard of the People's Republic of China
GB 46772-2025
Safety requirements of packaging machinery
包装机械安全要求
Issue date: 2025-10-31 Implementation date: 2026-11-01
Issued by the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of the People's Republic of China
the Standardization Administration of the People's Republic of China
Contents
Foreword
Foreword
1 Scope
2 Normative References
3 Terms and Definitions
4 General Requirements
5 Common Requirements
5.1 General Requirements
5.2 Safety Requirements for Control Systems
5.3 Safety Requirements for Hydraulic and Pneumatic Systems
5.4 Electrical Safety Requirements
5.5 Safety Requirements for Emergency Stop Devices
5.6 Safety Requirements for Robotic Equipment
5.7 Safety Requirements for Remote Services
5.8 Protection Against Crushing Hazards
5.9 Protection Against Cutting Hazards
5.10 Protection Against Entanglement Hazards
6 Supplemental Requirements for Dedicated Packaging Equipment and Devices
7 Responsibilities
7.1 Manufacturer
7.2 User
References
1 Scope
This document specifies the safety requirements for packaging machinery and its auxiliary packaging equipment, including general requirements, common requirements, supplemental requirements for dedicated packaging equipment and devices, and responsibilities.
This document applies to the design and manufacture of packaging machinery and its auxiliary packaging equipment (hereinafter referred to as "packaging machines").
2 Normative References
The provisions of the following documents constitute essential clauses of this document through normative citations in the text. For dated references, only the version cited applies; for undated references, the latest version (including all amendments) applies.
GB 2894 Safety Colors and Safety Signs
GB/T 3766 Hydraulic Fluid Power – General Rules and Safety Requirements for Systems and Their Components
GB 3836.15 Explosive Atmospheres – Part 15: Installation Rules for Electrical Equipment Selection, Design, and Installation
GB/T 4208 Degrees of Protection Provided by Enclosures (IP Code)
GB/T 5226.1 Safety of Machinery – Electrical Equipment – Part 1: General Requirements
GB/T 7247.1—2024 Safety of Laser Products – Part 1: Equipment Classification and Requirements
GB/T 7932 Pneumatic Fluid Power – General Rules and Safety Requirements for Systems and Their Components
GB 11291.1 Industrial Robots – Safety Requirements – Part 1: Robots
GB 11291.2 Robots and robotic devices – Safety requirements for industrial robots – Part 2: Robot Systems and Integration
GB/T 12265—2021 Safety of Machinery – Minimum Clearances to Crush Hazardous Parts of the Human Body
GB/T 15706—2012 Safety of Machinery – General Principles for Design – Risk Assessment and Risk Reduction
GB 16798—2023 Safety Requirements for Food Machinery
GB/T 16855.1—2025 Safety of Machinery – Safety-Related Parts of Control Systems – Part 1: General Principles for Design
GB/T 17888.2 Safety of Machinery – Permanent Means of Access to Machinery – Part 2: Working Platforms and Walkways
GB/T 17888.3 Safety of Machinery – Permanent Means of Access to Machinery – Part 3: Stairs, Stairways, and Guardrails
GB/T 17888.4 Safety of Machinery – Permanent Means of Access to Machinery – Part 4: Fixed Straight Ladders
GB/T 18209.1 Safety of Machinery – Indications, Signs, and Actuations – Part 1: Requirements for Visual, Auditory, and Tactile Signals
GB/T 23821 Safety of Machinery – Minimum Distances to Avoid Hazard Zones Reached by Upper and Lower Limbs
GB 28670—2012 General Principles for Implementing Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) in Pharmaceutical Machinery (Equipment)
GBZ 2.1 Occupational Exposure Limits for Hazardous Agents in the Workplace – Part 1: Chemical Hazardous Factors
3 Terms and Definitions
The following terms and definitions apply to this document.
3.1 Packaging Machinery
Machinery that performs all or part of the packaging process, as well as machinery for manufacturing packaging materials and containers.
Note: The packaging process generally includes forming, metering/quantifying, filling/filling, sealing, wrapping, labeling, identification, cleaning, drying, sterilization, inspection, sorting, boxing, palletizing, depalletizing, strapping, wrapping, and unitizing.
3.2 Auxiliary Packaging Equipment
Equipment that performs non-primary packaging processes on packaging materials, containers, aids, or packaged goods.
Note: Auxiliary packaging processes include conveying, sorting, and rejecting.
[Source: GB/T 4122.2—2010, 2.14, modified]
3.3 Hazard
A potential source of harm.
Note 1: The term "hazard" is qualified by its origin (e.g., mechanical hazard and electrical hazard) or the nature of the potential harm (e.g., electric shock hazard, cutting hazard, poisoning hazard, and fire hazard).
Note 2: Hazards covered by this definition include:
Hazards that are always present during the intended use of the packaging machine (e.g., motion of hazardous moving parts, unhealthy postures, noise emissions, high temperatures, and low temperatures);
Hazards that occur unexpectedly (e.g., explosions, crushing hazards caused by unexpected startup, projections caused by rupture, and falls caused by acceleration/deceleration).
[Source: GB/T 15706—2012, 3.6, modified]
3.4 Risk
The combination of the probability of occurrence of harm and the severity of that harm.
[Source: GB/T 15706—2012, 3.12]
3.5 Safeguard
A protective device equipped with safety functions on the packaging machine.
Note: Includes:
Guards (designed as part of the packaging machine to provide physical barriers for protection, e.g., fixed guards, movable guards, adjustable guards, referred to as enclosures, covers, screens, doors, or fences based on their structure);
Protective devices (safeguards other than guards, e.g., interlocked guards, two-hand control devices, electro-sensitive protective equipment).
3.6 Fixed Guard
A guard that is permanently fastened and can only be opened or removed using tools or by breaking its fastening method.
Note: Fastening methods include screws, nuts, welding, etc.
[Source: GB/T 15706—2012, 3.27.1, modified]
3.7 Movable Guard
A guard that can be opened without tools.
[Source: GB/T 15706—2012, 3.27.2]
3.8 Degrees of Protection Provided by Enclosure
The level of protection provided by an enclosure against access to hazardous parts and against ingress of solid foreign objects or water.
[Source: GB/T 4208—2017, 3.3, modified]
3.9 Remote Service
The use of information technology to remotely connect to and provide services for packaging machines.
Note: Services include diagnosing faults and changing parameters, but collecting data or monitoring machine parameters is not considered remote service.
3.10 Maintenance
The combination of upkeep and inspection of packaging machines.
Note 1: Upkeep refers to measures to maintain the packaging machine in proper working condition. Generally, upkeep does not require disassembly of major components, such as cleaning, lubricating, adding or replacing media, replacing consumable parts, or changing tools or operating components.
Note 2: Inspection refers to measures to observe and evaluate the current condition of the packaging machine and identify faults, such as measuring, testing, diagnosing, and troubleshooting.
3.11 Information for Use
Protective measures composed of information carriers (e.g., text, words, markings, signals, symbols, or charts) that can be used individually or in combination to convey information to users.
Note: Information carriers include text, words, markings, signals, symbols, charts, etc.
[Source: GB/T 15706—2012, 3.22, modified]
4 General Requirements
Manufacturers shall eliminate hazards or reduce associated risks in packaging machines in the following order:
a) Through inherently safe design;
b) For hazards that cannot be eliminated through design or risks that cannot be sufficiently reduced, implement safeguards (using guards and/or protective devices) and supplemental protective measures;
c) For residual risks that cannot be avoided through design or safeguards, inform operators through use information.
Note: Inherently safe design refers to eliminating or reducing hazards by modifying the design or operational characteristics of the packaging machine or production system, rather than relying on guards or protective devices.
5 Common Requirements
5.1 General Requirements
5.1.1 The safety design of packaging machines shall consider hazards caused by sudden failures in energy supply, such as power, hydraulic, or compressed air supply failures.
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GB 46772-2025 Safety requirements of packaging machinery (English Version)
GB 46772-2025 Safety requirements of packaging machinery English, Anglais, Englisch, Inglés, えいご
This is a draft translation for reference among interesting stakeholders. The finalized translation (passing through draft translation, self-check, revision and verification) will be delivered upon being ordered.
ICS 55.200
CCS H 57
National Standard of the People's Republic of China
GB 46772-2025
Safety requirements of packaging machinery
包装机械安全要求
Issue date: 2025-10-31 Implementation date: 2026-11-01
Issued by the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of the People's Republic of China
the Standardization Administration of the People's Republic of China
Contents
Foreword
Foreword
1 Scope
2 Normative References
3 Terms and Definitions
4 General Requirements
5 Common Requirements
5.1 General Requirements
5.2 Safety Requirements for Control Systems
5.3 Safety Requirements for Hydraulic and Pneumatic Systems
5.4 Electrical Safety Requirements
5.5 Safety Requirements for Emergency Stop Devices
5.6 Safety Requirements for Robotic Equipment
5.7 Safety Requirements for Remote Services
5.8 Protection Against Crushing Hazards
5.9 Protection Against Cutting Hazards
5.10 Protection Against Entanglement Hazards
6 Supplemental Requirements for Dedicated Packaging Equipment and Devices
7 Responsibilities
7.1 Manufacturer
7.2 User
References
1 Scope
This document specifies the safety requirements for packaging machinery and its auxiliary packaging equipment, including general requirements, common requirements, supplemental requirements for dedicated packaging equipment and devices, and responsibilities.
This document applies to the design and manufacture of packaging machinery and its auxiliary packaging equipment (hereinafter referred to as "packaging machines").
2 Normative References
The provisions of the following documents constitute essential clauses of this document through normative citations in the text. For dated references, only the version cited applies; for undated references, the latest version (including all amendments) applies.
GB 2894 Safety Colors and Safety Signs
GB/T 3766 Hydraulic Fluid Power – General Rules and Safety Requirements for Systems and Their Components
GB 3836.15 Explosive Atmospheres – Part 15: Installation Rules for Electrical Equipment Selection, Design, and Installation
GB/T 4208 Degrees of Protection Provided by Enclosures (IP Code)
GB/T 5226.1 Safety of Machinery – Electrical Equipment – Part 1: General Requirements
GB/T 7247.1—2024 Safety of Laser Products – Part 1: Equipment Classification and Requirements
GB/T 7932 Pneumatic Fluid Power – General Rules and Safety Requirements for Systems and Their Components
GB 11291.1 Industrial Robots – Safety Requirements – Part 1: Robots
GB 11291.2 Robots and robotic devices – Safety requirements for industrial robots – Part 2: Robot Systems and Integration
GB/T 12265—2021 Safety of Machinery – Minimum Clearances to Crush Hazardous Parts of the Human Body
GB/T 15706—2012 Safety of Machinery – General Principles for Design – Risk Assessment and Risk Reduction
GB 16798—2023 Safety Requirements for Food Machinery
GB/T 16855.1—2025 Safety of Machinery – Safety-Related Parts of Control Systems – Part 1: General Principles for Design
GB/T 17888.2 Safety of Machinery – Permanent Means of Access to Machinery – Part 2: Working Platforms and Walkways
GB/T 17888.3 Safety of Machinery – Permanent Means of Access to Machinery – Part 3: Stairs, Stairways, and Guardrails
GB/T 17888.4 Safety of Machinery – Permanent Means of Access to Machinery – Part 4: Fixed Straight Ladders
GB/T 18209.1 Safety of Machinery – Indications, Signs, and Actuations – Part 1: Requirements for Visual, Auditory, and Tactile Signals
GB/T 23821 Safety of Machinery – Minimum Distances to Avoid Hazard Zones Reached by Upper and Lower Limbs
GB 28670—2012 General Principles for Implementing Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) in Pharmaceutical Machinery (Equipment)
GBZ 2.1 Occupational Exposure Limits for Hazardous Agents in the Workplace – Part 1: Chemical Hazardous Factors
3 Terms and Definitions
The following terms and definitions apply to this document.
3.1 Packaging Machinery
Machinery that performs all or part of the packaging process, as well as machinery for manufacturing packaging materials and containers.
Note: The packaging process generally includes forming, metering/quantifying, filling/filling, sealing, wrapping, labeling, identification, cleaning, drying, sterilization, inspection, sorting, boxing, palletizing, depalletizing, strapping, wrapping, and unitizing.
3.2 Auxiliary Packaging Equipment
Equipment that performs non-primary packaging processes on packaging materials, containers, aids, or packaged goods.
Note: Auxiliary packaging processes include conveying, sorting, and rejecting.
[Source: GB/T 4122.2—2010, 2.14, modified]
3.3 Hazard
A potential source of harm.
Note 1: The term "hazard" is qualified by its origin (e.g., mechanical hazard and electrical hazard) or the nature of the potential harm (e.g., electric shock hazard, cutting hazard, poisoning hazard, and fire hazard).
Note 2: Hazards covered by this definition include:
Hazards that are always present during the intended use of the packaging machine (e.g., motion of hazardous moving parts, unhealthy postures, noise emissions, high temperatures, and low temperatures);
Hazards that occur unexpectedly (e.g., explosions, crushing hazards caused by unexpected startup, projections caused by rupture, and falls caused by acceleration/deceleration).
[Source: GB/T 15706—2012, 3.6, modified]
3.4 Risk
The combination of the probability of occurrence of harm and the severity of that harm.
[Source: GB/T 15706—2012, 3.12]
3.5 Safeguard
A protective device equipped with safety functions on the packaging machine.
Note: Includes:
Guards (designed as part of the packaging machine to provide physical barriers for protection, e.g., fixed guards, movable guards, adjustable guards, referred to as enclosures, covers, screens, doors, or fences based on their structure);
Protective devices (safeguards other than guards, e.g., interlocked guards, two-hand control devices, electro-sensitive protective equipment).
3.6 Fixed Guard
A guard that is permanently fastened and can only be opened or removed using tools or by breaking its fastening method.
Note: Fastening methods include screws, nuts, welding, etc.
[Source: GB/T 15706—2012, 3.27.1, modified]
3.7 Movable Guard
A guard that can be opened without tools.
[Source: GB/T 15706—2012, 3.27.2]
3.8 Degrees of Protection Provided by Enclosure
The level of protection provided by an enclosure against access to hazardous parts and against ingress of solid foreign objects or water.
[Source: GB/T 4208—2017, 3.3, modified]
3.9 Remote Service
The use of information technology to remotely connect to and provide services for packaging machines.
Note: Services include diagnosing faults and changing parameters, but collecting data or monitoring machine parameters is not considered remote service.
3.10 Maintenance
The combination of upkeep and inspection of packaging machines.
Note 1: Upkeep refers to measures to maintain the packaging machine in proper working condition. Generally, upkeep does not require disassembly of major components, such as cleaning, lubricating, adding or replacing media, replacing consumable parts, or changing tools or operating components.
Note 2: Inspection refers to measures to observe and evaluate the current condition of the packaging machine and identify faults, such as measuring, testing, diagnosing, and troubleshooting.
3.11 Information for Use
Protective measures composed of information carriers (e.g., text, words, markings, signals, symbols, or charts) that can be used individually or in combination to convey information to users.
Note: Information carriers include text, words, markings, signals, symbols, charts, etc.
[Source: GB/T 15706—2012, 3.22, modified]
4 General Requirements
Manufacturers shall eliminate hazards or reduce associated risks in packaging machines in the following order:
a) Through inherently safe design;
b) For hazards that cannot be eliminated through design or risks that cannot be sufficiently reduced, implement safeguards (using guards and/or protective devices) and supplemental protective measures;
c) For residual risks that cannot be avoided through design or safeguards, inform operators through use information.
Note: Inherently safe design refers to eliminating or reducing hazards by modifying the design or operational characteristics of the packaging machine or production system, rather than relying on guards or protective devices.
5 Common Requirements
5.1 General Requirements
5.1.1 The safety design of packaging machines shall consider hazards caused by sudden failures in energy supply, such as power, hydraulic, or compressed air supply failures.
