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NEN EN 609-2 : 1999 + A1 2009

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

12-01-2013

      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

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.

DevelopmentNote
1999 Edition Re-Issued in September 2009 & incorporates AMD 1 2009. (11/2009)
DocumentType
Standard
PublisherName
Netherlands Standards
Status
Current

Standards Relationship
BS EN 609-2 : 2000 Identical
UNI EN 609-2 : 2010 Identical
DIN EN 609-2:2010-07 Identical
I.S. EN 609-2:2000 Identical
EN 609-2:1999+A1:2009 Identical
UNE-EN 609-2:2000 Identical

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