Safety of woodworking machines. Circular sawing machines -- Pendulum cross-cut sawing machines
This European Standard deals with all significant hazards, hazardous situations and events as listed in Clause 4 which are relevant to pendulum cross-cut sawing, herein after referred to as 'machines', designed tocut solid wood, chipboard, fibreboard, plywood and also these materials when covered with plastic edging and/or plastic/light alloy laminates when they are used as intended and under the conditions foreseen by the manufacturer including reasonably foreseeable misuse.
This European Standard does not apply to:
machines for cross cutting logs;
machines where the saw unit can be rotated about a horizontal axis.
NOTE The requirements of this European Standard apply to all machines whatever their method of control e.g. electromechanical and/or electronic.
This European Standard is primarily directed at machines which are manufactured after the date of its publication as EN.
| SDO | BSI: British Standards Institution |
| Document Number | EN 1870-12 |
| Publication Date | Nov. 30, 2013 |
| Language | en - English |
| Page Count | 50 |
| Revision Level | |
| Supercedes | |
| Committee | MTE/23 |