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October 9, 2012 Revised ANSI B11.3-2012 Standard Now Available The newly revised standard, “American National Standard for Machines— Safety Requirements for Power Press Brakes (ANSI B11.3-2012),” was approved by the American National Standards Institute on July 20, 2012. Scope The requirements of this standard apply to those machines classified as power press brakes, which are designed and constructed for the specific purpose of bending metal. To achieve this purpose, the press brake is provided with a plate-type ram and a plate-type bed with standard provisions for attaching standardized press brake tooling. When used for operations other than bending material, other standards may provide additional information and requirements for the specific use of application. History The original B11.3 standard was approved in 1973 and revised in 1982 and again in 2002. In the 2002 document, powered folding machines were included in the scope of the standard because they were predominantly similar to press brakes in that they are metal bending machines and they were not covered by any other standard. During the current revision process, the subcommittee determined that powered folding machines have evolved into multi-axis machines that process metal in numerous ways, many of which are unlike a press brake. Additionally, there is now a type-A standard, ANSI B11.0, which can be used in conjunction with the type-B standard ANSI B11.19 to provide guidance for the safe use of machines in general. For these reasons,