• NEN EN 609-2 : 1999 + A1 2009

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    AGRICULTURAL AND FORESTRY MACHINERY - SAFETY OF LOG SPLITTERS - PART 2: SCREW SPLITTERS

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    Published date:  12-01-2013

    Publisher:  Netherlands Standards

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          Foreword
          Introduction
    1 Scope
    2 Normative references
    3 Definitions
    4 Safety requirements
          4.1 Electrical equipment
          4.2 Safety and reliability of control systems
          4.3 Starting and stopping
                 4.3.1 Electrically driven machines
                 4.3.2 Machines not powered by electricity
          4.4 Hydraulic equipment
          4.5 Log support
          4.6 Protective measures against contact with the
                 rotating tool
                 4.6.1 Guarding from above
                 4.6.2 Lateral screw guarding
                 4.6.3 Measures to prevent entanglement by the
                          screw
                 4.6.4 Screw run-down time
          4.7 Safety measures to prevent rotation of the log
          4.8 Device for removing jammed logs
          4.9 Stability
          4.10 Guarding of mechanical drives
    5 Verification of safety requirements
    6 User information
          6.1 Marking
          6.2 Warning notices
          6.3 Instruction handbook
    Annex A (normative) List of hazards
    Annex ZA (informative) Clauses of this European Standard
                           addressing essential requirements or
                           other provisions of EU Directives

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    Defines safety requirements, and their verification, for the design and construction of screw splitters with horizontal screws, designed to be used by one operator for splitting wood, irrespective of the nature of the power source used.

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    Development Note 1999 Edition Re-Issued in September 2009 & incorporates AMD 1 2009. (11/2009)
    Document Type Standard
    Publisher Netherlands Standards
    Status Current
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