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Ordinance on Examination of Machines and Other Equipment

Ministry of Labour Ordinance No. 45 of September 30, 1972
Latest Amendments:
Ministry of Labour Ordinance No. 41 of October 31, 2000

In Japanese


Attached Table 2 (Refer to Article 8)

Types of

Machines, etc.

Equipment and Apparatuses

Machines, etc., mentioned in item 1 of Article 13 of the Cabinet Order

1)   Press machines or shears for operations testing (in case of an optical system or an equivalent system, press machines or shears for operations testing, or an operations testing machine for machines, etc., mentioned in item 1 of Article 13 of the Cabinet Order.)

2)   Hardness tester for machines, etc., having tempered parts

3)   In a case where the machines, etc., are equipped with transmission circuits, from among optical systems or an equivalent system, oscilloscopes or other testing machine having an equivalent performance.

4)   In a case infrared in which is used among optical systems, infrared television cameras, infrared isotopic machines, or other testing machines having an equivalent performance.

5)   In a case where the machines, etc., are equipped with an electrical circuit, insulation resistance testers and voltage capacity testers.

Machines, etc., mentioned in item 2, Article 13, of the Cabinet Order (but restricted to emergency stops other than electrically controlled systems, etc., same in this column)

1)   Tachometers 

2)   Insulation resistance testers

3)   Voltage capacity testers

4)   Rolling mills for mixing and compounding rubber, rubber compounds, and synthetic resin used for operations testing, or testing machines for machines, etc., mentioned in item 2 of Article 13 of the Cabinet Order.

Machines, etc., mentioned in item 3 of Article 13 of the Cabinet Order

1)   Temperature test apparatuses 

2)   Explosion test apparatuses for explosion-proof structure type machines

3)   Internal pressure test apparatuses for internal-explosion-proof structure type machines

4)   Lock test apparatuses for increased safety and explosion-proof electric motors equipped with squirrel-cage rotor winding.

5)   Air tightness test apparatuses for increased safety and explosion-proof luminance, indicator lights, etc.

6)   Spark test apparatuses for oil-immersed explosion-proof switches and control devices.

7)   Spark ignition test apparatuses and voltage capacity testers for intrinsic safety and explosion-proof structure type machines.

8)   Dust test apparatuses for dust-explosion-proof structure type machines

9)   Steel-ball drop test apparatuses for machines, etc., equipped with peephole, luminance, indicator lamps (steel-ball drop test apparatuses and hydraulic test apparatuses for luminance equipped with cylindrical protection covers for lamps).

10) Water-spray test apparatuses for machines, etc., used outdoors.

Machines, etc., mentioned in item 4 of Article 13 of the Cabinet Order

1)   Load meters

2)   Angle gauges

3)   Vibration test apparatuses

4)   Acceleration measuring apparatuses

5)   Jib-cranes for operations testing concerning a moment limiter for a crane.

6)   Mobile cranes for operations testing concerning a moment limiter for a mobile crane.

7)   Hydraulic oil generators for oil hydraulic systems.

8)   Insulation resistance testers and withstand voltage tester for electrical type machines.

Machines, etc., mentioned in item 5 of Article 13 of the Cabinet Order

1)   Dead zone test apparatuses.

2)   Dust capturing efficiency ratio measurement apparatuses.

3)   Ventilation resistance test apparatuses.

4)   Measuring apparatuses for dust collection efficiency

5)   Leakage ratio testing apparatuses and wet resistance apparatuses for disposal type machines

Machines, etc., mentioned in item 6 of Article 13 of the Cabinet Order

1)   Dead zone test apparatuses.

2)   Air tightness test apparatuses for disc face plate.

3)   Ventilation resistance test apparatuses.

4)   Operation and air tightness test apparatuses for exhaust valve

5)   Air tightness test apparatuses for absorption canisters.

6)   Testing apparatuses for poisonous substance removal performance.

7) In case of the apparatuses with the function to filter dust, dust capturing efficiency ratio measurement apparatuses.

Machines, etc., mentioned in item 10 of Article 13, of the Cabinet Order (but restricted to movable ones from among the contact preventive devices mentioned in the said item)

Woodworking circular saws used for operations test.

Machines, etc., mentioned in item 12 of Article 13, of the Cabinet Order (but restricted to the machines, etc., having mechanisms for preventing danger due to the action of slides)

1)   Stop performance measuring equipment.

2)   Vibration test apparatuses

3)   Tachometers

4)   Universal test machines for material

5)   Insulation resistance testers

6)   Voltage capacity testers

7)   In a case the machines, etc., are equipped with transmission circuits, from among optical systems or an equivalent system, oscilloscopes or other testing machines having an equivalent performance.

8)   In a case infrared in which is used among optical systems, infrared isotopic machines, or other testing machines having the equivalent performance.

Machines, etc., mentioned in item 14 of Article 13 of the Cabinet Order

1)   Measuring apparatuses for delayed action time

2)   Insulation resistance testers

3)   Voltage capacity testers

4)   Temperature test apparatuses

5)   A.C. arc welding machines for operations testing.

Machines, etc., mentioned in items 15 and 16 of Article 13 of the Cabinet Order

Withstand voltage testers

Machines mentioned in item 39 of Article 13 of the Cabinet Order

1)   Anti-penetration test apparatuses

2)   Shock-absorption test apparatus.



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