EN IEC 62841-3-5:2022/A11:2022

Electric motor-operated hand-held tools, transportable tools and lawn and garden machinery - Safety - Part 3-5: Particular requirements for transportable band saws

2020-12-14: This prAA represents common mods to EN IEC (PR=71053) for simultaneous circulation
D164/C043: DOW=DOR+48 months

Elektrische motorbetriebene handgeführte Werkzeuge, transportable Werkzeuge und Rasen- und Gartenmaschinen - Sicherheit - Teil 3-5: Besondere Anforderungen für transportable Bandsägen

Outils électroportatifs à moteur, outils portables et machines pour jardins et pelouses - Sécurité - Partie 3-5: Exigences particulières pour les scies à ruban portables

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Električna motorna ročna orodja, prenosna orodja ter stroji za trato in vrt - Varnost - 3-5. del: Posebne zahteve za prenosne tračne žage - Dopolnilo A11

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 30-Jun-2022
• ICS: 25.140.20 - Electric tools
• Technical Committee: CLC/TC 116 - Safety of hand-held motor-operated electric tools
• Drafting Committee: CLC/TC 116/WG 02 - To carry out comparison to identify any amendments required to ensure that the CLC/TC 61F standards are in agreement with the Machinery Directive
• Current Stage: 6060 - Document made available - Publishing
• Start Date: 01-Jul-2022
• Completion Date: 01-Jul-2022
• 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 IEC 62841-3-5:2022/A11:2022 - Electric motor-operated hand-held tools, transportable tools and lawn and garden machinery - Safety - Part 3-5: Particular requirements for transportable band saws

Relations

• Amends: EN IEC 62841-3-5:2022 - Electric motor-operated hand-held tools, transportable tools and lawn and garden machinery - Safety - Part 3-5: Particular requirements for transportable band saws
• Effective Date: 22-Dec-2020

Overview

EN IEC 62841-3-5:2022/A11:2022 is a CENELEC/CLC amendment for safety requirements specific to transportable band saws. It supplements EN 62841-1 (general requirements for electric motor‑operated hand‑held and transportable tools) and was approved in 2022. The amendment updates scope limits, guarding, marking and instructions, abnormal‑operation performance levels, construction requirements (including restart prevention), and noise/vibration measurement provisions. It also maps the standard to the EU Machinery Directive (Directive 2006/42/EC) via Annex ZZ.

Key topics and requirements

• Scope limits: Applies to transportable band saws with a mass up to 25 kg (one‑person lift) or 50 kg (two‑person lift); excludes stationary band saws.
• Guarding and mechanical hazards: Band wheels, driving mechanism and the entire saw band in the non‑cutting area must be guarded; access covers used for blade changes remain attached and must meet Annex AA requirements.
• Abnormal operation / safety controls: Specifies minimum Performance Levels (PL) for safety‑related control functions (e.g., preventing unwanted restart, overload protection, run‑down control) and references tests for electronic controls.
• Construction / restart prevention: Tools must not automatically restart after mains interruption; operator must release and re‑actuate the power switch.
• Marking and instructions - noise information: Declared noise emission values must state the test method, usability for comparison and for preliminary exposure assessment; instructions must warn that real‑use noise may differ and advise exposure‑based protective measures.
• Noise and vibration: Annex I (Measurement of noise and vibration emissions) is updated; manufacturers must follow the normative measurement methods.
• Regulatory alignment: Annex ZA lists normative references; Annex ZZ maps clauses to Annex I of Directive 2006/42/EC supporting conformity assessment.

Practical applications and users

This amendment is essential for:

• Manufacturers and designers of transportable band saws to ensure product safety and regulatory compliance.
• Test laboratories and certification bodies performing conformity assessment and noise/vibration testing.
• Safety engineers and technical authors preparing instructions, warnings and marking to meet EN IEC 62841 requirements.
• Procurement and compliance teams verifying that tools meet Machinery Directive obligations in EU/EFTA markets.

Adopting EN IEC 62841-3-5:2022/A11:2022 helps reduce mechanical and electrical hazards, manage noise exposure, and streamline market access via presumptions of conformity with the Machinery Directive when cited in the Official Journal.

Related standards

• EN 62841-1 (General requirements for motor‑operated tools)
• EN 1807-1 (stationary band saws - referenced for out‑of‑scope machines)
• IEC 62841 series (international base standards)

Keywords: EN IEC 62841-3-5:2022/A11:2022, transportable band saws, safety standard, band saw guarding, noise emission, Machinery Directive, CENELEC.

Standards Content (Sample)

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-september-2022
Električna motorna ročna orodja, prenosna orodja ter stroji za trato in vrt - Varnost
- 3-5. del: Posebne zahteve za prenosne tračne žage - Dopolnilo A11
Electric motor-operated hand-held tools, transportable tools and lawn and garden
machinery - Safety - Part 3-5: Particular requirements for transportable band saws
Outils électroportatifs à moteur, outils portables et machines pour jardins et pelouses -
Sécurité - Partie 3-5: Exigences particulières pour les scies à ruban portables
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN IEC 62841-3-5:2022/A11:2022
ICS:
25.100.40 Žagni listi Saws
25.140.20 Električna orodja Electric tools
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EUROPEAN STANDARD EN IEC 62841-3-5:2022/A11

NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM July 2022
ICS 25.140.20
English Version
Electric motor-operated hand-held tools, transportable tools and
lawn and garden machinery - Safety - Part 3-5: Particular
requirements for transportable band saws
Outils électroportatifs à moteur, outils portables et machines Elektrische motorbetriebene handgeführte Werkzeuge,
pour jardins et pelouses - Sécurité - Partie 3-5: Exigences transportable Werkzeuge und Rasen- und
particulières pour les scies à ruban portables Gartenmaschinen - Sicherheit - Teil 3-5: Besondere
Anforderungen für transportable Bandsägen
This amendment A11 modifies the European Standard EN IEC 62841-3-5:2022; it was approved by CENELEC on 2022-04-18. CENELEC
members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this amendment 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 CENELEC 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 CENELEC member into its own language and notified to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre has the same status as
the official versions.
CENELEC members are the national electrotechnical committees of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic,
Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the
Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland,
Turkey and the United Kingdom.

European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization
Comité Européen de Normalisation Electrotechnique
Europäisches Komitee für Elektrotechnische Normung
CEN-CENELEC Management Centre: Rue de la Science 23, B-1040 Brussels
© 2022 CENELEC All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved worldwide for CENELEC Members.
Ref. No. EN IEC 62841-3-5:2022/A11:2022 E

Contents Page
European foreword . 3
1 Modification to Clause 1, “Scope” . 5
2 Modification to Clause 8, “Marking and instructions” . 5
3 Replacement of Clause 18, “Abnormal operation” . 5
4 Modification to Clause 19, “Mechanical hazards” . 6
5 Modification to Clause 21, “Construction” . 6
6 Modification to Annex I, “Measurement of noise and vibration emissions” . 6
7 Addition of the Annex ZA, “Normative references to international publications with their
corresponding European publications” . 7
8 Addition of the Annex ZZ, “Relationship between this European Standard and the essential
requirements of Directive 2006/42/EC aimed to be covered” . 7
9 Modification to the Bibliography .10

European foreword
This document (EN IEC 62841-3-5:2022/A11:2022) has been prepared by CLC/TC 116 ”Safety and
environmental aspects of motor-operated electric tools”.
The following dates are fixed:
• latest date by which this document has to be (dop) 2023-04-18
implemented at national level by publication of
an identical national standard or by
endorsement
• latest date by which the national standards (dow) 2026-04-18
conflicting with this document have to be
withdrawn
This document modifies by common modifications EN IEC 62841-3-5:2022, which consists of the text of
116/574/FDIS (future IEC 62841-3-5, Ed. 1) prepared by IEC/TC 116 “Safety of motor-operated electric tools”.
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent
rights. CENELEC shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.
This series is divided into four parts:
Part 1: General requirements which are common to most hand-held electric motor operated tools (for the
purpose of this document referred to simply as tools) which could come within the scope of this document;
Part 2, 3 or 4: Requirements for particular types of tools which either supplement or modify the requirements
given in Part 1 to account for the particular hazards and characteristics of these specific tools.
The Part 3-5 is read in conjunction with EN 62841-1:2015 and all of its amendments and corrigenda.
The Part 3-5 supplements or modifies the corresponding clauses in EN 62841-1:2015, so as to convert it into
the European Standard: Particular requirements for transportable band saws.
Where a particular subclause of Part 1 is not mentioned in Part 3-5, that subclause applies as far as relevant.
When this document states “addition”, “modification” or “replacement”, the relevant text in Part 1 is adapted
accordingly.
The following print types are used:
— requirements; in roman type;
— test specifications: in italic type;
— notes: in smaller roman type.
The terms defined in Clause 3 are printed in bold typeface.
Subclauses, notes, tables and figures which are additional to those in Part 1 are numbered starting from 101.
Clauses, subclauses, notes, tables, figures and annexes which are additional to those in IEC 62841-3-5:2022
are prefixed “Z”.
This document follows the overall requirements of EN ISO 12100.
FprEN IEC 62841-3-5:2022/FprAA:2022 (E)
This document has been prepared under a Standardization Request given to CENELEC by the European
Commission and the European Free Trade Association, and supports essential requirements of EU Directive(s)
/ Regulation(s).
For the relationship with EU Directive(s) / Regulation(s), see informative Annex ZZ, which is an integral part of
this document.
Compliance with the clauses of Part 1 together with Part 3-5 provides one means of conforming with the
essential health and safety requirements of the Directive concerned.
Any feedback and questions on this document should be directed to the users’ national committee. A complete
listing of these bodies can be found on the CENELEC website.
1 Modification to Clause 1, “Scope”
Add the following to the existing Clause 1:
“This document applies to band saws having a mass of:
— maximum 25 kg for tools capable of being lifted by hand by one person;
— maximum 50 kg for tools capable of being lifted by hand by two persons.
This document does not apply to stationary band saws intended to cut wood and similar materials.
NOTE Z101 EN 1807-1:2013 gives requirements for stationary band saws and band saws with a mass greater than
indicated above.
This document covers all significant hazards, hazardous situations or hazardous events relevant for tools
covered by this document.
NOTE Z102 Essential requirements not mentioned in Table ZZ.1 are deemed to be not applicable, because the
corresponding hazards are either not relevant for machines covered by this document or do not require specific action by
the designer.”
2 Modification to Clause 8, “Marking and instructions”
Add the following after 8.14.2 b):
“8.14.2 Za)  Replacement of items 3, 4 and 5 with the following:
3) The following information:
— that the declared noise emission value(s) have been measured in accordance with a standard test
method and may be used for comparing one tool with another;
— that the declared noise emission value(s) may also be used in a preliminary assessment of exposure.
4) A warning:
— that the noise emissions during actual use of the power tool can differ from the declared values
depending on the ways in which the tool is used especially what kind of workpiece is processed; and
— of the need to identify safety measures to protect the operator that are based on an estimation of
exposure in the a
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