Machine
e) "machine" - a series of interconnected parts or components, at least one of which moves by means of appropriate drives, control chains, energy sources, combined together for a specific application (processing, processing, moving or packaging of material);
Source: Government Decree of the Russian Federation dated 15.09.2009 No. 753 (as amended on 24.03.2011) "On Approval of the Technical Regulation on the Safety of Machines and Equipment"
Machine: a device that uses mechanical energy or converts energy of other types into mechanical energy.
Notes:
1. A machine is a mechanical system specifically designed to perform a specific task (for example, shaping material or transmitting and converting motion, force or energy).
2. Directive 98/37/EC defines the term "machines and mechanisms" as:
- a node consisting of interrelated parts or components, at least one of which moves, with corresponding power drives, control and power circuits, etc., combined for a specific application (in particular, for processing, handling, moving or packaging material);
- a set of machines that are assembled and controlled in such a way to achieve an objective so that they function as a single unit;
- interchangeable equipment modifying the operation of a machine and supplied to the market for inclusion into a machine or series of machines (this equipment is not a spare part or tool)
Source: "DIAGNOSTICS OF MACHINES BASED ON OPERATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS. GENERAL PROVISIONS. GOST 30848-2003 (ISO 13380:2002)"
(introduced by Order of Rosstandart dated 11.08.2005 No. 211-st)