EN 836:1997

This European Standard specifies safety requirements and their verification for the design and construction of powered rotary and cylinder lawnmowers, including pedestrian-controlled and ride-on (riding) types, and lawn and garden tractors, professional lawnmowers, and lawn and garden tractors with mowing attachments. This European Standard is not applicable to lawn trimmers, lawn edge trimmers, lawn edgers, flail mowers, scrub cutters, sickle-bar mowers or agricultural mowers. This standard is not applicable to rotary lawnmowers for which the cutting means is a generally circular central drive unit on which is mounted, either one or more non-metallic filaments or one or more non-metallic, pivotally mounted cutting elements. These cutting elements rely on centrifugal force to achieve cutting with the kinetic energy of a single cutting means not exceeding 10 Joules. It describes methods for the elimination or reduction of hazards arising from their use - in addition, it specifies the type of information to be provided by the manufacturer on safe working practices. For the electrical aspects of electrically driven machines refer to EN 60 335. The list of significant hazards dealt with in this standard is given in annex A. Annex A also indicates the hazards which have not been dealt with. Environmental aspects have not been dealt with in this standard. This European Standard applies primarily to machines which are manufactured after the date of issue of this standard. NOTE : The reduction of risks from noise and vibration will be the subject of amendments to this standard now being developed.