EN 1870-8:2001+A1:2009

Safety of woodworking machines - Circular sawing machines - Part 8: Single blade edging circular rip sawing machines with power driven saw unit and manual loading and/or unloading EN 1870-8:2001+A1:2009

Publication date:   Dec 30, 2009

General information

99.60 Withdrawal effective   Nov 28, 2012

CEN

CEN/TC 142 Woodworking machines - Safety

European Norm

79.120.10   Woodworking machines

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This document deals with all significant hazards, hazardous situations and events as listed in Clause 4 which are relevant to single blade edging circular rip sawing machines with power driven saw unit and manual loading and/or unloading, hereinafter referred to as machines, designed to cut solid wood, chipboard, fibreboard and plywood.

For Computer Numerically Controlled (CNC) machines this European Standard does not cover hazards related to Electro-Magnetic Compatibility (EMC).
This European Standard applies to machines where the workpiece is stationary, the vertical and horizontal movements of the saw unit are power driven, and where the machine is provided with workpiece clamping the workpiece may or may not be clamped during cutting.
This European Standard does not apply to machines:
- where the workpiece is fed to the sawblade during cutting;
- designed specifically for cutting veneers;
- provided with a device situated behind the line of cut, which moves in a direction parallel to the line of cut, for automatically unloading the workpiece during the return of the saw unit to the rest position.
This European Standard is primarily directed at machines which are manufactured after the date of issue of this European Standard.

Related legislation

Legislation related to this standard

98/37/EC

Machinery

2006/42/EC

Directive 2006/42/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 May 2006 on machinery, and amending Directive 95/16/EC (recast)

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