• I.S. EN 14910:2007

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    GARDEN EQUIPMENT - WALK-BEHIND COMBUSTION ENGINE POWERED TRIMMERS - SAFETY

    Available format(s):  Hardcopy, PDF

    Withdrawn date:  10-07-2009

    Language(s):  English

    Published date:  22-08-2007

    Publisher:  National Standards Authority of Ireland

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    Foreword
    Introduction
    1 Scope
    2 Normative references
    3 Terms and definitions
    4 List of significant hazards
    5 Safety requirements and/or measures and means of
      verification
      5.1 General
      5.2 Guards
           5.2.1 General
           5.2.2 Power driven components (other than the
                  cutting means)
           5.2.3 Guarding of cutting means
           5.2.4 Hot surfaces
      5.3 Protection from exhaust fumes
      5.4 Liquid spillage
      5.5 Tank openings
      5.6 Controls
      5.7 Electrical requirements for battery circuits
           and high tension ignition circuits
           5.7.1 Electrical cables
           5.7.2 Battery installation
           5.7.3 Overload protection
           5.7.4 Terminals and un-insulated electrical parts
           5.7.5 High voltage parts
      5.8 Engine stopping and starting
      5.9 Handle construction
      5.10 Vibration
           5.10.1 Reduction by design and protective measures
           5.10.2 Reduction by information
           5.10.3 Vibration measurement
      5.11 Noise
           5.11.1 Reduction as a safety requirement
           5.11.2 Noise emission measurement
      5.12 Cutting means
           5.12.1 General
           5.12.2 Cutting elements
      5.13 Mechanical strength and rigidity
           5.13.1 General
           5.13.2 Cutting means guard (mechanical strength
                  and rigidity)
           5.13.3 Mechanical strength of cutting head
    6 Information for use
      6.1 Instructions for use
      6.2 Marking
           6.2.1 Minimum marking
           6.2.2 Warnings
           6.2.3 Cutting head
           6.2.4 Marking durability
           6.2.5 Test
    Annex A (normative) Vibration
      A.1 Quantities to be measured
      A.2 Instrumentation
          A.2.1 General
          A.2.2 Fastening of transducer
          A.2.3 Calibration
      A.3 Measurement direction and measurement location
          A.3.1 Measurement direction
          A.3.2 Measurement location
      A.4 Test procedure
          A.4.1 Determination of working procedure
          A.4.2 Test method
      A.5 Measurement procedure
      A.6 Determination of the measurement result
    Annex B (normative) Noise test code - Engineering method
            (grade 2)
      B.1 General
      B.2 Scope
      B.3 Sound power level determination
      B.4 A-weighted emission sound pressure level
          determination
      B.5 Requirements for test floor
          B.5.1 Artificial surface
          B.5.2 Natural grass
      B.6 Installation, mounting and operating conditions
      B.7 Information to be recorded and reported
      B.8 Measurement uncertainties and declaration of
          noise emission values
    Annex C (informative) Example of a material and
            construction fulfilling the requirements
            for an artificial surface as required by B.5.1
      C.1 Material
      C.2 Construction
    Annex D (normative) Calculation of kinetic energy
    Annex E (normative) Safety signs for use on trimmers
    Annex F (informative) Safety instructions
      F.1 Introduction
      F.2 General provisions
      F.3 Safe operating practices
          F.3.1 Training
          F.3.2 Preparation
          F.3.3 Operation
          F.3.4 Maintenance and storage
    Annex ZA (informative) Relationship between this European
             Standard and the Essential Requirements of EU
             Directive 98/37/EC
    Annex ZB (informative) Relationship between this European
             Standard and the Essential Requirements of EU
             Directive 2006/42/EC
    Bibliography

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    Provides all significant hazards, hazardous situations and events relevant to walk-behind trimmers, powered by a combustion engine, with cutting means using non-metallic filament line or freely pivoting non-metallic cutter(s), of which the cutting elements rely on centrifugal force to achieve cutting with the kinetic energy of a single cutting element not exceeding 10 J, designed for cutting grass or similar plant material, when they are used as intended and under conditions of misuse which are reasonably foreseeable by the manufacturer.

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    Development Note 2007 Edition Re-issued in July 2009 & incorporates AMD 1 2009. (07/2009)
    Document Type Standard
    Publisher National Standards Authority of Ireland
    Status Withdrawn

    Standards Referencing This Book - (Show below) - (Hide below)

    EN 294:1992/AC:1993 SAFETY OF MACHINERY - SAFETY DISTANCES TO PREVENT DANGER ZONES BEING REACHED BY THE UPPER LIMBS
    EN 786:1996+A2:2009 Garden equipment - Electrically powered walk-behind and hand-held lawn trimmers and lawn edge trimmers - Mechanical safety
    ISO 3744:2010 Acoustics Determination of sound power levels and sound energy levels of noise sources using sound pressure Engineering methods for an essentially free field over a reflecting plane
    ISO 354:2003 Acoustics — Measurement of sound absorption in a reverberation room
    ISO/TR 11688-1:1995 Acoustics Recommended practice for the design of low-noise machinery and equipment Part 1: Planning
    EN 836:1997+A4:2011 Garden equipment - Powered lawnmowers - Safety
    EN 1033 : 1995 HAND-ARM VIBRATION - LABORATORY MEASUREMENT OF VIBRATION AT THE GRIP SURFACE OF HAND-GUIDED MACHINERY - GENERAL
    EN 12733:2001+A1:2009 Agricultural and forestry machinery - Pedestrian controlled motor mowers - Safety
    EN ISO 11820 : 1996 ACOUSTICS - MEASUREMENTS ON SILENCERS IN SITU
    EN ISO 11688-2 : 2000 ACOUSTICS - RECOMMENDED PRACTICE FOR THE DESIGN OF LOW-NOISE MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT - PART 2: INTRODUCTION TO THE PHYSICS OF LOW-NOISE DESIGN
    CR 1030-1 : 1995 HAND-ARM VIBRATION - GUIDELINES FOR VIBRATION HAZARDS REDUCTION - PART 1: ENGINEERING METHODS BY DESIGN OF MACHINERY
    ISO 11820:1996 Acoustics — Measurements on silencers in situ
    EN ISO 11201:2010 Acoustics - Noise emitted by machinery and equipment - Determination of emission sound pressure levels at a work station and at other specified positions in an essentially free field over a reflecting plane with negligible environmental corrections (ISO 11201:2010)
    EN ISO 354:2003 Acoustics - Measurement of sound absorption in a reverberation room (ISO 354:2003)
    EN ISO 12100-1:2003/A1:2009 SAFETY OF MACHINERY - BASIC CONCEPTS, GENERAL PRINCIPLES FOR DESIGN - PART 1: BASIC TERMINOLOGY, METHODOLOGY
    EN ISO 3744:2010 Acoustics - Determination of sound power levels and sound energy levels of noise sources using sound pressure - Engineering methods for an essentially free field over a reflecting plane (ISO 3744:2010)
    ISO 12100-2:2003 Safety of machinery Basic concepts, general principles for design Part 2: Technical principles
    EN ISO 12100-2:2003/A1:2009 SAFETY OF MACHINERY - BASIC CONCEPTS, GENERAL PRINCIPLES FOR DESIGN - PART 2: TECHNICAL PRINCIPLES
    EN ISO 11806:2008 Agricultural and forestry machinery - Portable hand-held combustion engine driven brush cutters and grass trimmers - Safety (ISO 11806:1997)
    ISO 12100-1:2003 Safety of machinery Basic concepts, general principles for design Part 1: Basic terminology, methodology
    EN ISO 11691:2009 Acoustics - Measurement of insertion loss of ducted silencers without flow - Laboratory survey method (ISO 11691:1995)
    ISO 11806:1997 Agricultural and forestry machinery Portable hand-held combustion engine driven brush cutters and grass trimmers Safety
    EN ISO 11688-1:2009 Acoustics - Recommended practice for the design of low-noise machinery and equipment - Part 1: Planning (ISO/TR 11688-1:1995)
    ISO/TR 11688-2:1998 Acoustics Recommended practice for the design of low-noise machinery and equipment Part 2: Introduction to the physics of low-noise design
    EN 14930:2007+A1:2009 Agricultural and forestry machinery and gardening equipment - Pedestrian controlled and hand-held machines - Determination of accessibility of hot surfaces
    ISO 11201:2010 Acoustics Noise emitted by machinery and equipment Determination of emission sound pressure levels at a work station and at other specified positions in an essentially free field over a reflecting plane with negligible environmental corrections
    ISO 11691:1995 Acoustics Measurement of insertion loss of ducted silencers without flow Laboratory survey method
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