EN 940:2009+A1:2012

Safety of woodworking machines - Combined woodworking machines

This document specifies all significant hazards, hazardous situations and events as listed in Clause 4 which are relevant to stationary and displaceable combined woodworking machines with two or more of only the following integrated units:
-   surface planing,
-   circular sawing (working simultaneously or not with vertical spindle moulding unit),
-   vertical spindle moulding,
-   boring [mortising] and
-   thickness planing
hereinafter referred to as machines, designed to cut solid wood, chipboard, fibreboard, plywood, and also these materials where they are covered with plastic laminates or edging or veneer, when they are used as intended and under the conditions foreseen by the manufacturer including reasonably foreseeable misuse.
NOTE 1   For the definitions of stationary and displaceable machine see 3.2.12 and 3.2.13.
NOTE 2   The specific requirements on demountable power feed unit will be considered during next revision of this document.
This document does not apply to:
-   combined machines which consist only of a surface planing unit and a thickness planing unit;
NOTE 3   Combined machines consisting of only of a surface planing unit and a thickness planing unit are dealt with in EN 861:2007+A2:2012.
-   combined machines with a band saw unit;
-   transportable motor-operated electric combined tools, or any adaptation permitting their use in a different mode, i.e. bench mounting;
NOTE 4   Transportable motor-operated electric combined tools are covered by the requirements of
EN 61029-1:2009 and EN 61029-2-11:2009.
-   machines with mortising unit driven by a separate motor.
This document is not applicable to combined woodworking machines which are manufactured before the date of its publication as EN.
NOTE 5   Machines covered by this European Standard are listed under 5 of Annex IV of Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC.

Sicherheit von Holzbearbeitungsmaschinen - Kombinierte Holzbearbeitungsmaschinen

Dieses Dokument detailliert die in Abschnitt 4 aufgeführten signifikanten Gefährdungen, Gefährdungs-situationen und Gefährdungsereignisse, die auf stationäre und verschiebbare kombinierte Holzbearbeitungs-maschinen mit zwei oder mehreren von den nur nachfolgend aufgeführten Einheiten zutreffen:
- zum Abrichthobeln,
- zum Sägen (gemeinsamer Betrieb oder nicht mit der Tischfräseinheit mit senkrechter Spindel),
- zum Tischfräsen mit senkrechter Spindel,
- zum Bohren [Langlochbohren] und
- zum Dickenhobeln,
im Folgenden als 'Maschinen' bezeichnet, die konstruiert sind zum Bearbeiten von Massivholz, Spanplatten, Faserplatten, Sperrholz sowie diesen Werkstoffen, wenn sie kunststoffbeschichtet oder mit Kunststoffkanten oder mit Furnier versehen sind, wenn sie bestimmungsgemäß und entsprechend den vorhersehbaren Bedingungen des Herstellers !einschließlich vernünftigerweise vorhersehbaren Fehlanwendungen" verwendet werden.
ANMERKUNG 1 Hinsichtlich der Definitionen für stationäre und verschiebbare Maschinen siehe !3.2.12 und 3.2.13".
ANMERKUNG 2 Die spezifischen Anforderungen an abnehmbare Vorschubapparate werden bei der nächsten Überarbeitung dieses Dokuments in Betracht gezogen.
Dieses Dokument gilt nicht für:
- kombinierte Maschinen, die nur aus einer Abricht- und einer Dickenhobeleinheit bestehen;
ANMERKUNG 3 Kombinierte Maschinen, die nur aus einer Abricht- und einer Dickenhobeleinheit bestehen, sind in !EN 861:2007+A2:2012" erfasst.
- kombinierte Maschinen mit einer Bandsäge-Einheit;
- kombinierte transportable elektrisch angetriebene Werkzeuge oder irgendwelche Anpassungen, die ihre Verwendung in einer anderen Weise z. B. Einbau in einem Gestell ermöglichen;
ANMERKUNG 4 Kombinierte transportable elektrisch angetriebene Werkzeuge sind durch die Anforderungen in !EN 61029-1:2009" und !EN 61029-2-11:2009" erfasst.
- Maschinen mit einer durch einen eigenen Motor angetriebenen Langlochbohreinheit.
Dieses Dokument gilt nicht für kombinierte Holzbearbeitungsmaschinen, die vor dem Datum seiner Veröffentlichung als EN hergestellt wurden.
ANMERKUNG 5 !Die in dieser Europäischen Norm behandelten Maschinen sind unter 5 des Anhangs IV der Maschinenrichtlinie 2006/42/EG genannt."

Sécurité des machines pour le travail du bois - Machines combinées pour le travail du bois

Le présent document spécifie tous les phénomènes, situations et événements dangereux significatifs,
tels qu’énumérés à l’Article 4, applicables aux machines combinées pour le travail du bois, fixes et déplaçables
associant au moins deux des unités intégrées suivantes :
- dégauchissage ;
- sciage avec lame de scie circulaire (travaillant simultanément ou non avec une unité de toupillage à arbre
vertical) ;
- toupillage à arbre vertical ;
- alésage (mortaisage) ; et
- rabotage
désignées ci-après par le terme «machines». Celles-ci sont conçues pour la coupe de bois massif, de panneaux de
particules ou de fibres, de contreplaqué ainsi que ces matériaux lorsque leurs surfaces ou leurs chants sont
recouverts de matière plastique ou d’un stratifié de plastique, durant l’utilisation normale et dans les conditions
prévues par le fabricant !incluant un mauvais usage raisonnablement prévisible".
NOTE 1 Pour la définition d’une machine fixe et d’une machine déplaçable, voir !3.2.12 et 3.2.13".
NOTE 2 Les prescriptions spécifiques concernant une unité d’alimentation mécanisée escamotable sera prise en compte
lors de la prochaine révision.
Le présent document ne s’applique pas :
- aux machines combinées composées uniquement d’une unité de dégauchissage et d’une unité de rabotage,
NOTE 3 Les machines combinées composées uniquement d’une unité de dégauchissage et d’une unité de rabotage sont
traitées dans l’!EN 861:2007+A2:2012".
- aux machines combinées avec une scie à ruban,
- aux machines-outils électriques combinées semi-fixes, ou à toute adaptation permettant leur utilisation de manière
différente, c’est-à-dire fixées sur un établi,
NOTE 4 Les machines-outils électriques semi-fixes combinées sont couvertes par les prescriptions des normes
!EN 61029-1:2009" et !EN 61029-2-11:2009".
- aux machines comportant une unité de mortaisage entraînée par un moteur séparé.
Le présent document n’est pas applicable aux machines combinées pour le travail du bois construites avant sa date
de publication en tant qu’EN.
NOTE 5 !Les machines couvertes par la présente Norme européenne sont énumérées dans l’Annexe IV, 5, de la Directive
«Machines» 2006/42/CE."

Varnost lesnoobdelovalnih strojev - Kombinirani lesnoobdelovalni stroji (vključno z dopolnilom A1)

Ta dokument določa vsa večja tveganja, nevarne razmere in dogodke, ki so navedeni v točki 4 in se nanašajo na stacionarne in premične kombinirane lesnoobdelovalne stroje z dvema ali več vgrajenimi enotami, pri čemer so mogoče le enote za: – površinsko poravnavo; – krožno žaganje (lahko ob hkratni uporabi navpične mizne frezalne enote); – navpično mizno frezanje; – izstruževanje [izklesavanje] in – poravnavanje debeline (v nadaljnjem besedilu »stroji«), ki so namenjene za rezanje polnega lesa, ivernih plošč, vlaknenih plošč, vezanih plošč in teh materialov, prevlečenih s plastično plastjo ali obrobo ali furnirjem, ter se uporabljajo v skladu z namenom in pod pogoji, ki jih je predvidel proizvajalec, vključno z razumno predvideno nepravilno uporabo.

General Information

• Status: Withdrawn
• Publication Date: 28-Feb-2012
• Withdrawal Date: 07-Apr-2020
• ICS: 79.120.10 - Woodworking machines
• Technical Committee: CEN/TC 142 - Woodworking machines - Safety
• Drafting Committee: CEN/TC 142/WG 14 - Safety of manually fed machines
• Current Stage: 9960 - Withdrawal effective - Withdrawal
• Completion Date: 08-Apr-2020
• Directive: 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)
• Mandate: M/396 - Mandate to CEN and Cenelec for standardisation in the field of machinery
• Ref Project: SIST EN 940:2009+A1:2012 - Safety of woodworking machines - Combined woodworking machines

Relations

• Merged From: EN 940:2009 - Safety of woodworking machines - Combined woodworking machines
• Effective Date: 21-Dec-2011
• Replaced By: EN ISO 19085-11:2020 - Woodworking machines - Safety - Part 11: Combined machines (ISO 19085-11:2020)
• Effective Date: 10-Oct-2018

Standards Content (Sample)

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Safety of woodworking machines - Combined woodworking machines
Sicherheit von Holzbearbeitungsmaschinen - Kombinierte Holzbearbeitungsmaschinen
Sécurité des machines pour le travail du bois - Machines combinées pour le travail du
bois
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 940:2009+A1:2012
ICS:
79.120.10 Lesnoobdelovalni stroji Woodworking machines
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EUROPEAN STANDARD
EN 940:2009+A1
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
February 2012
ICS 79.120.10 Supersedes EN 940:2009
English Version
Safety of woodworking machines - Combined woodworking
machines
Sécurité des machines pour le travail du bois - Machines Sicherheit von Holzbearbeitungsmaschinen - Kombinierte
combinées pour le travail du bois Holzbearbeitungsmaschinen
This European Standard was approved by CEN on 10 July 2009 and includes Amendment 1 approved by CEN on 9 January 2012.

CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this European
Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration. Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national
standards may be obtained on application to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre or to any CEN member.

This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other language made by translation
under the responsibility of a CEN member into its own language and notified to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre has the same
status as the official versions.

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worldwide for CEN national Members.

Contents Page
Foreword .4
Introduction .5
1 Scope .6
2 Normative references .6
3 Terms and definitions .8
3.1 !!!!General"""" .8
3.2 !!!!Definitions"""" .8
4 List of significant hazards . 15
5 Safety requirements and/or measures . 19
5.1 General . 19
5.2 Controls . 19
5.2.1 Safety and reliability of control systems . 19
5.2.2 Position of controls . 20
5.2.3 Starting . 20
5.2.4 Normal stopping . 21
5.2.5 Emergency stop . 21
5.2.6 Unit selection and operating mode selection . 22
5.2.7 Speed !!!!control"""" . 23
5.2.8 Direction of rotation. 23
5.2.9 Failure of the power supply . 24
5.2.10 Failure of the control circuits . 24
5.3 Protection against mechanical hazards . 24
5.3.1 Stability . 24
5.3.2 Risk of break-up during operation . 25
5.3.3 Tool holder and tool design . 25
5.3.4 Braking system . 26
5.3.5 Devices to minimise the possibility or the effect of ejection . 26
5.3.6 Workpiece supports and guides . 26
5.3.7 Prevention of access to moving parts . 29
5.3.8 Clamping devices . 32
5.3.9 Safety appliances. 33
5.4 Protection against non-mechanical hazards . 33
5.4.1 Fire . 33
5.4.2 Noise . 33
5.4.3 Emissions of chips and dust . 33
5.4.4 Electricity . 34
5.4.5 Ergonomics and handling . 34
5.4.6 Pneumatics . 35
5.4.7 Hydraulics . 35
5.4.8 Electromagnetic compatibility . 35
5.4.9 Laser . 35
5.4.10 Static electricity . 35
5.4.11 Errors of fitting . 36
5.4.12 Supply disconnecting devices (Isolation) . 36
5.4.13 Maintenance . 36
6 Information for use . 37
6.1 General . 37
6.2 Marking . 37
6.3 Instruction handbook . 38
Annex A (normative) Stability test for displaceable machines . 41
Annex ZA (informative) Relationship between this European Standard and the Essential
Requirements of EU Directive 2006/42/EC . 43
Bibliography . 47

Foreword
This document (EN 940:2009+A1:2012) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 142
“Woodworking machines - Safety”, the secretariat of which is held by UNI.
This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an identical
text or by endorsement, at the latest by August 2012, and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at
the latest by August 2012.
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent
rights. CEN [and/or CENELEC] shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.
This document includes Amendment 1, approved by CEN on 2012-01-09.
This document supersedes !EN 940:2009".
The start and finish of text introduced or altered by amendment is indicated in the text by tags ! ".
!This document has been prepared under a mandate given to CEN by the European Commission and the
European Free Trade Association, and supports essential requirements of the Machinery Directive.
For relationship with EU Directive, see informative Annex ZA, which is an integral part of this document."
Organisation contributing to the preparation of this European standard include the European Association of
Manufacturers of woodworking machines "EUMABOIS".
The main modifications to EN 940:1997 relate to exclusion of mortising unit driven by a separate motor, to the
introduction of !performance levels (PL)" and requirements on electronic components for control systems.
The European Standards produced by CEN/TC 142 are particular to woodworking machines and complement
the relevant A and B Standards on the subject of general safety. (See the introduction of
!EN ISO 12100:2010" for a description of A, B and C Standards.)
According to the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organizations of the following
countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech
Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia,
Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain,
Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and United Kingdom.

Introduction
This document has been prepared to be a harmonised standard to provide one means of conforming with the
Essential Safety Requirements of the Machinery Directive and associated EFTA Regulations and is a type C
standard as defined in !EN ISO 12100:2010".
The machinery concerned and the extent to which hazards, hazardous situations and events covered are
indicated in the scope of this document.
When provisions of this type C standard are different from those which are stated in type A or B standards, the
provisions of this C type standard take precedence over the provisions of other standards, for machines that
have been designed and built according to the provisions of this type C standard.
The requirements of this document are directed to manufacturers and their authorised representatives of
combined woodworking machines. They are also useful for designers.
This document also includes provisions and example of information to be provided by the manufacturer to the
user.
Common requirements for tooling are given in !EN 847-1:2005+A1:2007".
1 Scope
This document specifies all significant hazards, hazardous situations and events as listed in Clause 4 which
are relevant to stationary and displaceable combined woodworking machines with two or more of only the
following
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