EN 786:1996/A1:2001

Garden equipment - Electrically powered walk-behind and hand-held lawn trimmers and lawn edge trimmers - Mechanical safety

This amendment to EN 786:1996 gives a test method for measuring the vibration at handles of electrically powered wald behind and hand-held lawn trimmers and lawn edge trimmers and the noise at the operator position.

Gartengeräte - Elektrisch betriebene handgeführte und handgehaltene Rasentrimmer und Rasenkantentrimmer - Mechanische Sicherheit

Matériel de jardinage - Coupe-gazon et coupe-bordures électriques portatifs et à conducteur à pied - Sécurité mécanique

Oprema za nego vrta - Električno gnane, ročno vodljive in prenosne motorne kose za trate in robove trat - Mehanska varnost

General Information

• Status: Withdrawn
• Publication Date: 20-Mar-2001
• Withdrawal Date: 20-Oct-2009
• ICS: 65.060.70 - Horticultural equipment
• Technical Committee: CEN/TC 144 - Tractors and machinery for agriculture and forestry
• Drafting Committee: CEN/TC 144/WG 7 - Garden equipment
• Current Stage: 9960 - Withdrawal effective - Withdrawal
• Start Date: 21-Oct-2009
• Completion Date: 21-Oct-2009
• Directive: 98/37/EC - Machinery
• Mandate: M/079 - Mandate to CEN and CENELEC for standardization in the field of machines
• Ref Project: SIST EN 786:1996/A1:2001 - Garden equipment - Electrically powered walk-behind and hand-held lawn trimmers and lawn edge trimmers - Mechanical safety

Relations

• Merged Into: EN 786:1996+A2:2009 - Garden equipment - Electrically powered walk-behind and hand-held lawn trimmers and lawn edge trimmers - Mechanical safety
• Effective Date: 18-Jan-2023
• Amends: EN 786:1996 - Garden equipment - Electrically powered walk-behind and hand-held lawn trimmers and lawn edge trimmers - Mechanical safety
• Effective Date: 22-Dec-2008

Standards Content (Sample)

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
SIST EN 786:1996/A1:2001
01-december-2001
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]DWUDWHLQURERYHWUDW0HKDQVNDYDUQRVW
Garden equipment - Electrically powered walk-behind and hand-held lawn trimmers and
lawn edge trimmers - Mechanical safety
Gartengeräte - Elektrisch betriebene handgeführte und handgehaltene Rasentrimmer
und Rasenkantentrimmer - Mechanische Sicherheit
Matériel de jardinage - Coupe-gazon et coupe-bordures électriques portatifs et a
conducteur a pied - Sécurité mécanique
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 786:1996/A1:2001
ICS:
65.060.70 Vrtnarska oprema Horticultural equipment
SIST EN 786:1996/A1:2001 en
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

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EUROPEAN STANDARD
EN 786:1996/A1
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
March 2001
ICS 65.060.70
English version
Garden equipment - Electrically powered walk-behind and hand-
held lawn trimmers and lawn edge trimmers - Mechanical safety
Matériel de jardinage - Coupe-gazon et coupe-bordures Gartengeräte - Elektrisch betriebene handgeführte und
électriques portatifs et à conducteur à pied - Sécurité handgehaltene Rasentrimmer und Rasenkantentrimmer -
mécanique Mechanische Sicherheit
This amendment A1 modifies the European Standard EN 786:1996; it was approved by CEN on 4 February 2001.
CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for inclusion of this
amendment into the relevant national standard without any alteration. Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such
national standards may be obtained on application to the Management Centre or to any CEN member.
This amendment 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 Management Centre has the same status as the official versions.
CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece,
Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom.
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Management Centre: rue de Stassart, 36  B-1050 Brussels
© 2001 CEN All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved Ref. No. EN 786:1996/A1:2001 E
worldwide for CEN national Members.

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EN 786:1996/A1:2001
Foreword
This Amendment EN 786:1996/A1:2001 to EN 786:1996 has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 144
"Tractors and machinery for agriculture and forestry", the secretariat of which is held by AFNOR
This Amendment to the European Standard EN 786:1996 shall be given the status of a national standard, either by
publication of an identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by September 2001, and conflicting national
standards shall be withdrawn at the latest by September 2001.
This Amendment to the European Standard EN 786:1996 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
Directive(s).
For relationship with EU Directive(s), see informative Annex ZA, which is an integral part of this standard.
This amendment which specifically deals with the garding of cutting means, vibration and noise, replaces :

the previous Figures 2 and 3 ; and

the "Not yet dealt with" notes in the right hand column of Table A.1 against hazard items 4.1, 4.2 and 5 listed in
the left hand column.
Annexes D and E are normative. Annex F is informative.
According to the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organizations of the following
countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland,
France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden,
Switzerland and the United Kingdom.

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EN 786:1996/A1:2001
2 Normative references
Add the following references:
EN 292-2:1991/A1:1995, Safety of machinery - Basic concepts, general principles for design – Part 2: Technical
principles and specifications.
EN 836:1997, Garden equipment - Powered lawnmowers – Safety.
EN 28662-1:1992, Hand-held portable power tools - Measurement of vibrations at the handle – Part 1: General
(ISO 8662-1:1988).
EN ISO 354:1993, Acoustics – Measurement of sound absorption in a reverberation room (ISO 354:1985).
EN ISO 3744:1995, Acoustics - Determination of sound power levels of noise sources using sound pressure -
Engineering method in an essentially free field over a reflecting plane (ISO 374
...