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BSI BS EN 940:2009+A1:2012

Safety of woodworking machines. Combined woodworking machines

PUBLISH DATE 2012
PAGES 52
BSI BS EN 940:2009+A1:2012

This document specifies all significant hazards, hazardous situations and events as listed in Clause 4 which are relevant to stationary and displaceable combined woodworking machines with two or more of only the following integrated units:

  • surface planing,

  • circular sawing (working simultaneously or not with vertical spindle moulding unit),

  • vertical spindle moulding,

  • boring [mortising] and

  • thickness planing

hereinafter referred to as machines, designed to cut solid wood, chipboard, fibreboard, plywood, and also these materials where they are covered with plastic laminates or edging or veneer, when they are used as intended and under the conditions foreseen by the manufacturer including reasonably foreseeable misuse.

NOTE 1 For the definitions of stationary and displaceable machine see 3.2.12 and 3.2.13.

NOTE 2 The specific requirements on demountable power feed unit will be considered during next revision of this document.

This document does not apply to:

  • combined machines which consist only of a surface planing unit and a thickness planing unit;

NOTE 3 Combined machines consisting of only of a surface planing unit and a thickness planing unit are dealt with in EN 861:2007+A2:2012.

  • combined machines with a band saw unit;

  • transportable motor-operated electric combined tools, or any adaptation permitting their use in a different mode, i.e. bench mounting;

NOTE 4 Transportable motor-operated electric combined tools are covered by the requirements of EN 61029-1:2009 and EN 61029-2-11:2009.

  • machines with mortising unit driven by a separate motor.

This document is not applicable to combined woodworking machines which are manufactured before the date of its publication as EN.

NOTE 5 Machines covered by this European Standard are listed under 5 of Annex IV of Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC.

SDO BSI: British Standards Institution
Document Number EN 940
Publication Date April 30, 2012
Language en - English
Page Count 52
Revision Level 1
Supercedes
Committee MTE/23
Publish Date Document Id Type View
Oct. 31, 2009 BS EN 940:2009 Revision
Sept. 15, 1997 BS EN 940:1997 Revision
April 30, 2012 BS EN 940:2009+A1:2012 Consolidated
April 1, 2012 BS EN 940:2009:2012 Consolidated