This European Standard applies to reel splitters intended for use in paper making and shall be used together with !EN 1034-1:2000+A1:2009"""". It deals with all significant hazards, hazardous situations and hazardous events relevant to reel splitters when used as intended and under the conditions reasonably foreseen by the manufacturer as incorrect application (see clause 4). This European Standard applies only to reel splitters with a movable knife and of the following designs:- machines with a vertically moving knife pressed downwards from the top onto the reel, generally right to the core so that the layers of wound paper are separated one after the othe