60.60 Standard published Jun 20, 2014
CENELEC
CLC/TC 116 Safety and environmental aspects of motor-operated electric tools
European Norm
65.060.70 Horticultural equipment
This clause of Part 1 is replaced by the following.
This European Standard specifies safety requirements and their verification for the design and construction of electric powered walk-behind and hand-held lawn trimmers and lawn edge trimmers, with cutting element(s) of non metallic filament line or freely pivoting non-metallic cutter(s), with a kinetic energy of not more than 10 J each, used by a standing operator for cutting grass, their rated voltage being not more than 250 V for a.c. or 75 V d.c..
NOTE 101 The method of calculating the kinetic energy for the purposes of this standard is given in 22.103.
In this European Standard, hand-held and walk-behind lawn trimmers and lawn edge trimmers are referred to collectively as machine(s).
This European Standard does not apply to
- scissor type or lawn trimmers and lawn edge trimmers with cutting means other than those described above;
- lawn trimmers and lawn edge trimmers with collecting devices;
- self-propelled lawn trimmers or lawn edge trimmers;
EMC and environmental aspects, except noise, have not been considered in this European Standard.
This European Standard does not apply to chargers as covered by EN 60335-2-29.
This European Standard does not apply to batteries as covered by EN 62133.
This European Standard deals with all the significant hazards presented by hand-held and walk-behind lawn trimmers and lawn edge trimmers when they are used as intended and under conditions of misuse which are reasonably foreseeable.
Legislation related to this standard
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)
Harmonized/Supporting
WITHDRAWN
EN 60335-2-91:2003
PUBLISHED
EN 50636-2-91:2014
60.60
Standard published
Jun 20, 2014
IN_DEVELOPMENT
FprEN IEC 62841-4-4:2020