ASTM_F_919_-_15.pdf

Designation:F91915An American National StandardStandard Specification forSlicing Machines,Food,Electric1This standard is issued under the fixed designation F919;the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of originaladoption or,in the case of revision,the year of last revision.Anumber in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon()indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.This standard has been approved for use by agencies of the U.S.Department of Defense.1.Scope1.1 This specification covers commercial food slicers hav-ing electrically driven rotating slicing blades.1.2 The values stated in inch-pound units are to be regardedas standard.The values given in parentheses are mathematicalconversions to SI units that are provided for information onlyand are not considered standard.1.3 The following precautionary caveat pertains only to thetest method portion,Section 9,of this specification:Thisstandard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns,if any,associated with its use.It is the responsibility of the userof this standard to establish appropriate safety and healthpractices and determine the applicability of regulatory limita-tions prior to use.2.Referenced Documents2.1 ASTM Standards:2F760 Specification for Food Service Equipment ManualsF1166 Practice for Human Engineering Design for MarineSystems,Equipment,and FacilitiesD3951 Practice for Commercial Packaging2.2 NSF International Standards:3NSF/ANSI Standard No.8 Commercial Powered FoodPreparation EquipmentNSF Listings Food Equipment2.3 Underwriters Laboratories Standards:4UL 763 Motor-Operated Commercial Food Preparing Ma-chinesUL 969 Marking and Labeling Systems2.4 ANSI Standard:5ANSI Z1.4 Sampling Procedures and Tables for Inspectionby Attributes2.5 Military Standards:6MIL-STD-1399/300 Interface Standard for ShipboardSystems,Section 300A,Electric Power,Alternating Cur-rentMIL-STD-167/1 Mechanical Vibration of Shipboard Equip-ment(Type IEnvironmental and Type IIInternallyExcited)MIL-STD-461 Requirements for the Control of Electromag-netic Interference Characteristics for Subsystems andEquipment3.Terminology3.1 Definitions:3.1.1 carriagedevice for holding food product that ismanually or automatically reciprocated to bring the product incontact with the knife.3.1.2 feed chutedevice that can replace or supplement thecarriage for the purpose of slicing multiple small cross-sectional food products.This device also includes an endweight or spring to permit slicing of product to within the lastone-quarter inch.3.1.3 gage platedevice that determines the thickness of anindividual slice of food product.3.1.4 gage plate adjustermanually operated device(usu-ally a dial or a lever)that is used by the operator to set the gageplate.Usual practice is to indicate the thickness by a graduatedscale with a 0(zero)setting to indicate that the gage plate iscompletely closed.3.1.5 sharpenerdevice for holding the sharpening andtruing stones.The sharpener can be either attached to the slicer1This specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee F26 on FoodService Equipment and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee F26.04 onMechanical Preparation Equipment.Current edition approved Aug.1,2015.Published September 2015.Originallyapproved in 1985.Last previous edition approved in 2010 as F919 10.DOI:10.1520/F0919-15.2For referenced ASTM standards,visit the ASTM website,www.astm.org,orcontact ASTM Customer Service at serviceastm.org.For Annual Book of ASTMStandards volume information,refer to the standards Document Summary page onthe ASTM website.3Available from NSF International,P.O.Box 130140,789 N.Dixboro Rd.,AnnArbor,MI 48113-0140.4Available from UL LLC,333 Pfingsten Rd.,Northbrook,IL 60062,http:/.5Available from American National Standards Institute(ANSI),25 W.43rd St.,4th Floor,New York,NY 10036.6Available from Standardization Documents Order Desk,DODSSP,Bldg.4,Section D,700 Robbins Ave.,Philadelphia,PA 19111-5098,or AcquisitionStreamlining and Standardization Information System(ASSIST),the official sourceof all documents listed in the DOD index of specification and standards.TheASSIST can be located at http:/dsp.dla.mil.Copyright ASTM International,100 Barr Harbor Drive,PO Box C700,West Conshohocken,PA 19428-2959.United States1 or removable from the slicers sharpener attachment point.If itis removable,a storage location within the machine structureshall be provided.4.Classification4.1 Food slicers covered in this specification are of thefollowing types and classes.4.2 Types:4.2.1 Type IFully automatic(powered carriage):4.2.1.1 Style 1Gravity product feed.(1)Rate 1Single carriage speed.(2)Rate 2Variable or multiple carriage speed.(3)Rate 3Two-speed carriage.4.2.1.2 Style 2Powered product feed.(1)Rate 1Single carriage speed.(2)Rate 2Variable or multiple carriage speed.(3)Rate 3Two-speed carriage.4.2.1.3 Style 3With grouping and shingling-capabilitydischarge conveyor attachment