EN ISO 5395-1:2013

Garden equipment - Safety requirements for combustion-engine-powered lawnmowers - Part 1: Terminology and common tests (ISO 5395-1:2013) EN ISO 5395-1:2013

Publication date:   Nov 20, 2013

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60.60 Standard published   Sep 4, 2013

CEN

CEN/TC 144 Tractors and machinery for agriculture and forestry

European Norm

65.060.70   Horticultural equipment

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ISO 5395-1:2013 specifies terminology and common test methods used for verification of safety requirements for combustion engine powered rotary lawnmowers and cylinder lawnmowers including pedestrian-controlled (with or without sulky) and ride-on types (hereafter named "lawnmower"), and equipped with: metallic cutting means and/or; non-metallic cutting means with one or more cutting elements pivotally mounted on a generally circular drive unit, where these cutting elements rely on centrifugal force to achieve cutting, and have a kinetic energy for each single cutting element of 10 J or more.
It does not apply to: robotic and remote-controlled lawnmowers, flail mowers, grassland mowers, sickle bar mowers, towed/semi-mounted grass cutting machines, and scrub-clearing machines; cutting-means assembly when used in combination with an agricultural tractor; electrically powered and battery-powered lawnmowers.
Note that IEC 60335-1 together with IEC 60335-2-77, give requirements for pedestrian-controlled walk-behind electrically powered lawnmowers.
ISO 5395-1:2013 is not applicable to lawnmowers which are manufactured before the date of publication of this document.

Related legislation

Legislation related to this standard

89/392/EEC

Machinery - Safety of machinery: general essential health and safety requirements

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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EN 836:1997+A4:2011

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EN ISO 5395-1:2013
60.60 Standard published
Sep 4, 2013

CORRIGENDA / AMENDMENTS

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EN ISO 5395-1:2013/A1:2018