How could a paper cutter be Industrail Machinery?
NC GS 143-138(b)
?Nothing in this Article shall extend to or be construed as being applicable to the regulation of the design, construction, location, installation, or operation of industrial machinery. However, if during the building code inspection process, an electrical inspector has any concerns about the electrical safety of a piece of industrial machinery, the electrical inspector may refer that concern to the Occupational Safety and Health Division in the North Carolina Department of Labor but shall not withhold the certificate of occupancy nor mandate third-party testing of the industrial machinery based solely on this concern.
For the purpose of this paragraph, ?industrial machinery? means equipment and machinery used in a system of operations for the explicit purpose of producing a product. The term does not include equipment that is permanently attached to or a component part of a building and related to general building services such as ventilation, heating, and cooling, plumbing, fire suppression or prevention, and general electrical transmission.?
My argument to the inspector is this company produces a product that happens to be cutting and printing heavy paper. This tool is one of the processes of producing his product.
Roger I recommended moving it out to the owner but it's so heavy he would rather not. He hired a moving company to move it from his old location. It may be as cheap to have it listed.
