EN ISO 4254-6:2009

Agricultural machinery - Safety - Part 6: Sprayers and liquid fertilizer distributors (ISO 4254-6:2009)

ISO 4254-6:2009, to be used together with ISO 4254-1, specifies the safety requirements and their verification for the design and construction of mounted, semi-mounted, trailed and self-propelled agricultural sprayers for use with pesticide products and liquid fertilizer application, designed for use by one operator only. In addition, it specifies the type of information on safe working practices (including residual risks) to be provided by the manufacturer.
ISO 4254-6:2009 is not applicable to pedestrian‑controlled sprayers, knapsack sprayers, aerial sprayers or handheld spraying devices (e.g. spray guns).
ISO 4254-6:2009, taken together with ISO 4254-1, deals with all the significant hazards, hazardous situations and events relevant to sprayers and liquid fertilizer distributors when they are used as intended and under the conditions foreseen by the manufacturer, excepting the hazards arising from: automatically actuated height adjustment systems; electrostatic phenomena; electromagnetic compatibility; the environment, other than noise; inhalation of spraying chemical products due to a lack of effective methods to maintain breathing air quality inside the cab; roll-over and tip-over of self-propelled machines with a ride-on driver; vibration (except the declaration); dust emission; burns; moving parts for power transmission except strength requirements for guards and barriers; safety and reliability of control systems; travelling function of self-propelled machines.

Landmaschinen - Sicherheit - Teil 6: Pflanzenschutzgeräte (ISO/FDIS 4254-6:2009)

Dieser Teil von ISO 4254, der zusammen mit ISO 4254-1 anzuwenden ist, legt sicherheitstechnische
Anforderungen und deren Überprüfung für die Gestaltung und Konstruktion von angebauten, aufgesattelten,
gezogenen und selbstfahrenden landwirtschaftlichen Pflanzenschutzgeräten für die Anwendung von
Pflanzenschutz- und flüssigen Düngemitteln, die für den Betrieb durch eine Bedienungsperson bestimmt sind,
fest. Zusätzlich legt dieser Teil von ISO 4254 fest, welche Informationen zum sicheren Umgang (einschließlich
Restgefahren) vom Hersteller zur Verfügung zu stellen sind.
Dieser Teil von ISO 4254 gilt nicht für
⎯ Handgeführte Pflanzenschutzgeräte;
⎯ Rückentragbare Pflanzenschutzgeräte;
⎯ Pflanzenschutzausrüstung für Luftfahrzeuge;
⎯ Handgehaltene Spritzeinrichtungen (z. B. Spritzpistolen).
Wenn die in dieser Norm festgelegten Anforderungen von Anforderungen in ISO 4254-1 abweichen, haben im
Falle von Maschinen, die entsprechend den Festlegungen dieser Norm konstruiert und gebaut wurden, die
Anforderungen dieser Norm Vorrang vor den Festlegungen in ISO 4254-1.
Dieser Teil von ISO 4254 behandelt zusammen mit ISO 4254-1 alle signifikanten Gefährdungen, Gefährdungssituationen
und Gefährdungsereignisse, die für Pflanzenschutzgeräte und Geräte zum Ausbringen von
flüssigen Düngemitteln, die bestimmungsgemäß und unter den vom Hersteller vorgesehenen Bedingungen
eingesetzt werden, relevant sind (siehe Abschnitt 4). Ausgenommen sind Gefährdungen durch:
⎯ Automatisch funktionierende Systeme zur Höheneinstellung;
⎯ elektrostatische Vorgänge;
⎯ elektromagnetische Verträglichkeit;
⎯ Umwelt mit Ausnahme von Geräuschen;
⎯ Einatmen von Spritzmitteln auf Grund des Fehlens geeigneter Maßnahmen zur Aufrechterhaltung der
Atemluftqualität in der Kabine;
⎯ Umstürzen von selbstfahrenden Maschinen mit Fahrer;
⎯ Schwingungen (mit Ausnahme der Angabe);
⎯ Staubemissionen;

Matériel agricole - Sécurité - Partie 6: Pulvérisateurs et distributeurs d'engrais liquides (ISO 4254-6:2009)

L'ISO 4254-6:2009, à utiliser conjointement avec l'ISO 4254-1, spécifie les exigences de sécurité et leur vérification pour la conception et la construction de pulvérisateurs agricoles portés, semi portés, traînés et automoteurs, conçus pour un seul opérateur, et destinés à appliquer des produits phytosanitaires et des engrais liquides. En outre, elle spécifie le type d'informations que le fabricant doit fournir sur les pratiques d'utilisation sûre (y compris les risques résiduels).
L'ISO 4254-6:2009 ne s'applique pas aux pulvérisateurs à conducteur à pied; aux pulvérisateurs à dos; aux pulvérisateurs montés sur aéronefs; aux dispositifs de pulvérisation tenus à la main (par exemple lance d'épandage).
L'ISO 4254-6:2009, prise avec l'ISO 4254-1, traite de tous les phénomènes dangereux, situations dangereuses et événements dangereux significatifs relatifs aux pulvérisateurs et distributeurs d'engrais liquides, lorsqu'ils sont utilisés normalement et dans les conditions prévues par le fabricant (voir l'Article 4), à l'exception des phénomènes dangereux provenant des systèmes de réglage de la hauteur actionnés automatiquement, des phénomènes électrostatiques, de la compatibilité électromagnétique, de l'environnement, autres que le bruit, de l'inhalation de produits chimiques épandus du fait du manque de méthodes efficaces pour maintenir une qualité d'air respirable à l'intérieur de la cabine, du renversement ou basculement des machines automotrices à conducteur porté, des vibrations (à l'exception de la déclaration), des émissions de poussières, des brûlures, des éléments mobiles de transmission de puissance, à l'exception des exigences de résistance des protecteurs et barres d'éloignement, des fonctions de déplacement des machines automotrices.

Kmetijski stroji - Varnost - 6. del: Škropilnice in naprave za razdeljevanje tekočih gnojil (ISO 4254-6:2009)

Ta del ISO 4254, ki se uporablja skupaj z ISO 4254-1, določa varnostne zahteve in njihovo preverjanje za načrtovanje in konstrukcijo nošenih, polnošenih, vlečenih in samognanih kmetijskih škopilnic za uporabo s pesticidnimi proizvodi in razdeljevanje tekočih gnojil, zasnovane tako, da jih uporablja samo en upravljavec. Poleg tega določa vrste podatkov glede varnih delovnih postopkov (vključno s preostalimi tveganji), ki jih mora zagotoviti proizvajalec. Ta del ISO 4254 se ne uporablja za: - ročno upravljane škropilnice; - nahrbtne škropilnice; - razprševalne škropilnice; - ročne naprave za škropljenje (npr. škropilne pištole). Kadar se določbe tega dela ISO 4254 razlikujejo od določb, navedenih v ISO 4254-1, imajo določbe tega dela ISO 4254 prednost pred določbami ISO 4254-1 za stroje, ki so bili načrtovani in izdelani v skladu z določbami tega dela ISO 4254. Ta del ISO 4254, skupaj z ISO 4254-1, obravnava vse velike nevarnosti, nevarna stanja in dogodke v zvezi s škropilnicami in napravami za razdeljevanje tekočih gnojil pri uporabi v skladu z namembnostjo in pod pogoji, ki jih je predvidel proizvajalec (glej Klavzulo 4), razen nevarnosti, ki izhajajo iz:  - sistemov za prilagoditev višine, ki se samodejno aktivirajo; - elektrostatičnih pojavov; - elektromagnetne združljivosti; - okolja, razen hrupa; - vdihovanja pršenih kemičnih proizvodov zaradi pomanjkanja učinkovitih metod za vzdrževanje kvalitete zraka za dihanje v kabini; - kotaljenja ali prevračanja samognanih strojev, na katerih se upravljavec vozi; - tresljajev (razen deklaracije); - emisij prahu; - opeklin.

General Information

• Status: Withdrawn
• Publication Date: 14-Sep-2009
• Withdrawal Date: 19-May-2020
• ICS: 65.060.40 - Plant care equipment
• Technical Committee: CEN/TC 144 - Tractors and machinery for agriculture and forestry
• Drafting Committee: CEN/TC 144 - Tractors and machinery for agriculture and forestry
• Current Stage: 9960 - Withdrawal effective - Withdrawal
• Completion Date: 20-May-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)
• Directive: 98/37/EC - Machinery
• Mandate: M/396 - Mandate to CEN and Cenelec for standardisation in the field of machinery
• Mandate: M/BC/CEN/91/1 - Standardization request to CEN/CENELEC concerning machines presenting hazards due to mobility or load lifting
• Ref Project: SIST EN ISO 4254-6:2010 - Agricultural machinery - Safety - Part 6: Sprayers and liquid fertilizer distributors (ISO 4254-6:2009)

Relations

• Replaces: EN 907:1997 - Agricultural and forestry machinery - Sprayers and liquid fertilizer distributors - Safety
• Effective Date: 22-Dec-2008
• Replaced By: EN ISO 4254-6:2020 - Agricultural machinery - Safety - Part 6: Sprayers and liquid fertilizer distributors (ISO 4254-6:2020)
• Effective Date: 27-May-2020
• Corrected By: EN ISO 4254-6:2009/AC:2010 - Agricultural machinery - Safety - Part 6: Sprayers and liquid fertilizer distributors (ISO 4254-6:2009)
• Effective Date: 08-Jun-2022

Standards Content (Sample)

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Agricultural machinery - Safety - Part 6: Sprayers and liquid fertilizer distributors (ISO
4254-6:2009)
Landmaschinen - Sicherheit - Teil 6: Pflanzenschutzgeräte (ISO 4254-6:2009)
Matériel agricole - Sécurité - Partie 6: Pulvérisateurs et distributeurs d'engrais liquides
(ISO 4254-6:2009)
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN ISO 4254-6:2009
ICS:
65.060.40 Oprema za nego rastlin Plant care equipment
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EUROPEAN STANDARD
EN ISO 4254-6
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
September 2009
ICS 65.060.40 Supersedes EN 907:1997
English Version
Agricultural machinery - Safety - Part 6: Sprayers and liquid
fertilizer distributors (ISO 4254-6:2009)
Matériel agricole - Sécurité - Partie 6: Pulvérisateurs et Landmaschinen - Sicherheit - Teil 6: Pflanzenschutzgeräte
distributeurs d'engrais liquides (ISO 4254-6:2009) (ISO/FDIS 4254-6:2009)
This European Standard was approved by CEN on 26 August 2009.

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 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 Management Centre has the same status as the
official versions.
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Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom.

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Contents Page
Foreword .3
Annex ZA (informative) Relationship between this International Standard and the Essential
Requirements of EU Directive Machinery Directive 98/37/EC, amended by Directive
98/79/EC .5
Annex ZB (informative) Relationship between this European Standard and the Essential
Requirements of EU Directive 2006/42/EC .6

Foreword
This document (EN ISO 4254-6:2009) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 144 “Tractors and
machinery for agriculture and forestry”, the secretariat of which is held by AFNOR, in collaboration with
Technical Committee ISO/TC 23 "Tractors and machinery for agriculture and forestry".
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 March 2010, and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at
the latest by March 2010.
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 supersedes EN 907:1997.
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 EU Directives.
For relationship with EU Directives, see informative Annex ZA and ZB, which are integral parts of this
document.
This standard has been developed to support the Machinery Directive (98/37/EC and 2006/42/EC). However,
other directives can apply to the sprayers such as:
 Pressure Equipment Directives for sprayers where the functioning depends on putting pressure on the
spray tank or for sprayers with piping exceeding DN 200 or exceeding the product pressure DN x PS of
2000 for DN between 25 to 200;
 Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) Directive for sprayers including electronic functions.
This second edition cancels and replaces the first edition (EN 907:1997), which has been technically revised.
The following major changes were introduced:
 revision of the requirements related to the folding/unfolding of the boom in relation to the height of the
power lines (5.3.2);
 addition of requirements related to the draining (5.4.3);
 addition of requirements related to the clearance zone for hitching operations (5.11);
 addition of a clause for safe maintenance and servicing on pumps and filters (5.12);
 addition of a noise clause (5.13);
 addition of Annexes ZA and ZB;
 deletion of the requirements related to the guarding of moving parts for power transmission dealt with in
EN 15811:— "Agricultural machinery - Guards for moving parts of power transmission - Guard opening
with tool (ISO/TS 28923:2007);
 deletion of the requirements related to the handheld spraying devices;
 deletion of EN 1553:1999 "Agricultural machinery - Agricultural self-propelled, mounted, semi-mounted and trailed
machines - Common safety requirements" and replacement with EN ISO 4254-1:— "Agricultural machinery -
Safety – Part 1: General requirements" (ISO 4254-1:2008).
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, 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 and the United Kingdom.

Annex ZA
(informative)
Relationship between this International Standard and the Essential
Requirements of EU Directive Machinery Directive 98/37/EC, amended by
Directive 98/79/EC
This International Standard has been prepared under a mandate given to CEN by the European Commission
and the European Free Trade Association to provide one means of conforming to Essential Requirements of
the New Approach Directive Machinery Directive 98/37/EC, amended by Directive 98/79/EC.
Once this standard is cited in the Official Journal of the European Union under that Directive and has been
implemented as a national standard in at least one Member State, compliance with the normative clauses of
this standard confers, within the limits of the scope of this standard, a presumption of conformity with the
relevant Essential Requirements of that Directive, except Essential Requirements 1.2.1, 1.2.7, 1.3.1 (for roll-
over and tip-over hazard for self-propelled machines), 1.3.7 (limited to moving parts for power transmission),
1.3.8 A, 1.4 (limited to moving parts for power transmission), 1.5.2, 1.5.5, 1.5.9, 1.5.11, 1.5.13 (1st paragraph),
3.2.2 (2nd par., 2nd sentence), 3.3.3 (for self-propelled machines), 3.3.5 (for self-propelled machines), 3.4.3
(operator at the driving station of a self-propelled machine), 3.4.7 for PTO drive transmission shaft, 3.4.8 (for
self-propelled machines), 3.5.3 (limited to dust), 3.6.3.a) and associated EFTA regulations.

WARNING — Other requirements and other EU Directives may be applicable to the product(s) falling within
the scope of this standard.
Annex ZB
(informative)
Relationship between this European Standard and the Essential
Requirements of EU Directive 2006/42/EC
This International Standard has been prepared under a mandate given to CEN by the European Commission
and the European Free Trade Association to provide one means of conforming to Essential Requirements of
the New Approach Directive Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC.

Once this standard is cited in the Official Journal of the European Union under that Directive and has been
implemented as a national standard in at least one Member State, compliance with the normative clauses of
this standard confers, within the limits of the scope of this standard, a presumption of conformity with the
nd
relevant Essential Requirements of that Directive, except Essential Requirements 1.1.8 (4th par. 2 sentence),
1.2.1, 1.3.1 (limited to roll-over and tip-over hazard for self-propelled machines), 1.3.7 (limited to moving parts
for power transmission), 1.3.8.1, 1.4 (limited to moving parts for power transmission), 1.5.2, 1.5.5, 1.5.9,
1.5.11, 1.5.13 (1st paragraph), 3.3.3 (for self-propelled machines), 3.3.5 (for self-propelled machines), 3.4.3
(operator at the driving station of a self-propelled machine), 3.4.7 for PTO drive transmission shaft, 3.5.3
(limited to dust), 3.6.3.1 and associated EFTA regulations.

WARNING — Other requirements and other EU Directives may be applicable to the product(s) falling within
the scope of this standard.
INTERNATIONAL ISO
STANDARD 4254-6
Second edition
2009-09-15
Agricultural machinery — Safety —
Part 6:
Sprayers and liquid fertilizer distributors
Matériel agricole — Sécurité —
Partie 6: Pulvérisateurs et distributeurs d'engrais liquides

Reference number
ISO 4254-6:2009(E)
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ISO 4254-6:2009(E)
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ISO 4254-6:2009(E)
Contents Page
Foreword. iv
Introduction . v
1 Scope . 1
2 Normative references . 2
3 Terms and definitions. 2
4 List of significant hazards . 2
5 Safety requirements and/or protective measures . 5
5.1 General. 5
5.2 Stability . 5
5.3 Spray booms . 5
5.4 Spray tank. 6
5.5 Pressure indicator (manometer) . 8
5.6 Protection against overpressure. 8
5.7 Fan. 8
5.8 Spray liquid carrying hoses. 9
5.9 Manual spraying stop control. 9
5.10
...