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SN EN 786 : 1997 + A2 2010

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GARDEN EQUIPMENT - ELECTRICALLY POWERED WALK-BEHIND AND HAND-HELD LAWN TRIMMERS AND LAWN EDGE TRIMMERS - MECHANICAL SAFETY

Published date

12-01-2013

Foreword
0 Introduction
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Definitions
4 Safety requirements and/or measures
4.1 Handling
4.2 Protection of power driven transmission parts
4.3 Guard attachment
4.4 Controls
4.5 Cutting means
4.6 Guarding of cutting means
4.7 Mechanical strength and rigidity
5 Information for use
5.1 Instruction handbook
5.2 Marking
Annexes
A (normative) List of hazards
B (normative) Calculation of kinetic energy
C (informative) Acceptable symbols for machine
       marking

Defines mechanical safety requirements and tests for design and construction of electrically powered walk-behind and hand-held lawn and lawn edge trimmers with cutting elements of either non-metallic filament line or freely pivoting non-metallic cutters, having a kinetic energy of not more than 10 J each. Does not apply to scissor type of lawn trimmers or with other types of cutting means, self-propelled lawn or lawn edge trimmers or trimmers not having a distance of at least 600 mm between cutting means control and cutting head.

Committee
VSM/NK 26
DevelopmentNote
1997 Edition Re-issued in March 2010 & incorporates AMD 2 2010. (04/2010)
DocumentType
Standard
PublisherName
Swiss Standards
Status
Current

Standards Relationship
EN 786:1996+A2:2009 Identical
DIN EN 786:2012-01 Identical
I.S. EN 786:1996 Identical
UNI EN 786 : 2010 Identical
BS EN 786 : 1996 Identical

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