EN 62841-2-1:2018/A12:2022

Electric motor-operated hand-held tools, transportable tools and lawn and garden machinery - Safety - Part 2-1: Particular requirements for hand-held drills and impact drills

This part of IEC 62841 applies to hand-held drills and impact drills, including diamond core drills. This standard also applies to drills that can be used for driving screws by attaching screwdriver bits.

Elektrische Motorbetriebene handgeführte Werkzeuge, transportable Werkzeuge und Rasen- und Gartenmaschinen - Sicherheit - Teil 2-1: Besondere Anforderungen für handgeführte Bohrmaschinen und Schlagbohrmaschinen

Outils électroportatifs à moteur, outils portables et machines pour jardins et pelouses - Sécurité - Partie 2-1: Exigences particulières pour les perceuses portatives et les perceuses à percussion

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Elektromotorna ročna orodja, prenosna orodja ter stroji za trato in vrt - Varnost - 2-1. del: Posebne zahteve za ročne vrtalnike in udarne (vibracijske) vrtalnike - Dopolnilo A12

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 28-Jul-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: 29-Jul-2022
• Completion Date: 29-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 62841-2-1:2018/A12:2022 - Electric motor-operated hand-held tools, transportable tools and lawn and garden machinery - Safety - Part 2-1: Particular requirements for hand-held drills and impact drills

Relations

• Amends: EN 62841-2-1:2018/A1:2022 - Electric motor-operated hand-held tools, transportable tools and lawn and garden machinery - Safety - Part 2-1: Particular requirements for hand-held drills and impact drills
• Effective Date: 06-Jul-2021
• Amends: EN 62841-2-1:2018 - Electric motor-operated hand-held tools, transportable tools and lawn and garden machinery - Safety - Part 2-1: Particular requirements for hand-held drills and impact drills
• Effective Date: 06-Jul-2021

Overview

EN 62841-2-1:2018/A12:2022 is a CLC/CENELEC amendment to the European safety standard for electric, motor-operated hand-held and transportable tools. It specifically covers hand-held drills and impact (percussion) drills, including diamond core drills, and also applies when drills are used to drive screws with screwdriver bits. Amendment A12 (approved 2022-06-27) updates scope, construction and safety requirements and clarifies conformity with EU machinery law.

Key topics and requirements

• Scope and hazards
  The amendment confirms the document “covers all significant hazards, hazardous situations or hazardous events relevant for tools covered by this document” and clarifies which essential requirements are not applicable.
• Noise emission
  Adjustment to the declaration/verification of noise emission values: the additional allowance (K-values) to include noise under load for drills may be up to 5 dB.
• Battery isolation and disabling devices
  For tools with an integral battery (except single-handle tools with torque M ≤ 25 Nm): manufacturers must provide either an isolation device or a disabling device to prevent injury or unintentional starting during servicing or maintenance. Key attributes:
  • Isolation device must disconnect at least one battery pole from the serviceable region, give an unambiguous indication of its state, and protect against accidental reconnection.
  • Disabling device options include a two-action lock-off (two separate dissimilar motions, not achievable by a single grasp or straight-line motion) or a removable disabling device that prevents operation when applied or removed.
  • Compliance is checked by inspection and manual testing.
• Relationship to EU law
  Annex ZA (replaced in A12) defines correspondence with essential requirements of Directive 2006/42/EC (Machinery Directive). When cited in the Official Journal of the EU, compliance with the normative clauses gives a presumption of conformity within the standard’s scope.

Applications and users

• Who uses this standard: manufacturers, product designers, R&D teams, conformity assessment bodies, test laboratories, safety engineers, and procurement/specification teams for power tools.
• Practical applications: product design and verification for hand-held/impact drills, development of battery safety features, noise and vibration labelling and testing, preparation of technical documentation to support CE marking and conformity with the Machinery Directive.

Related standards and compliance

• EN 62841-2-1 is part of the broader EN 62841 series for motor-operated portable tools. Amendment A12 was prepared by CLC/TC 116 and supports essential requirements of EU machinery legislation. Users should consult the Official Journal of the EU for the current list of harmonized standards and national implementation deadlines.

Standards Content (Sample)

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-november-2022
Elektromotorna ročna orodja, prenosna orodja ter stroji za trato in vrt - Varnost - 2-
1. del: Posebne zahteve za ročne vrtalnike in udarne (vibracijske) vrtalnike -
Dopolnilo A12
Electric motor-operated hand-held tools, transportable tools and lawn and garden
machinery - Safety - Part 2-1: Particular requirements for hand-held drills and impact
drills
Elektrische Motorbetriebene handgeführte Werkzeuge, transportable Werkzeuge und
Rasen- und Gartenmaschinen - Sicherheit - Teil 2-1: Besondere Anforderungen für
handgeführte Bohrmaschinen und Schlagbohrmaschinen
Outils électroportatifs à moteur, outils portables et machines pour jardins et pelouses -
Sécurité - Partie 2-1: Exigences particulières pour les perceuses portatives et les
perceuses à percussion
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 62841-2-1:2018/A12:2022
ICS:
25.080.40 Vrtalniki Drilling machines
25.140.20 Električna orodja Electric tools
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EUROPEAN STANDARD EN 62841-2-1:2018/A12

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 2-1: Particular
requirements for hand-held drills and impact drills
Outils électroportatifs à moteur, outils portables et machines Elektrische Motorbetriebene handgeführte Werkzeuge,
pour jardins et pelouses - Sécurité - Partie 2-1: Exigences transportable Werkzeuge und Rasen- und
particulières pour les perceuses portatives et les perceuses Gartenmaschinen - Sicherheit - Teil 2-1: Besondere
à percussion Anforderungen für handgeführte Bohrmaschinen und
Schlagbohrmaschinen
This amendment A12 modifies the European Standard EN 62841-2-1:2018; it was approved by CENELEC on 2022-06-27. 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.
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European foreword
This document (EN 62841-2-1:2018/A12:2022) 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) 2023-06-27
implemented at national level by publication of
an identical national standard or by
endorsement
• latest date by which the national standards (dow) 2026-06-27
conflicting with this document have to be
withdrawn
This document amends EN 62841-2-1:2018/A1:2022.
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 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.
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 after the NOTE 102:
“This document covers all significant hazards, hazardous situations or hazardous events relevant for tools
covered by this document.
NOTE Z101 Essential requirements not mentioned in Table ZZ.1 are deemed to be not applicable, because the
corresponding hazards are either not relevant for tools covered by this document or do not require specific action by
the designer.”
2 Modification to Subclause I.2.9, "Declaration and verification of noise
emission values"
Replace the existing addition to I.2.9 as follows:
“Addition:
NOTE In order to include the noise emission under load, the values K and K for drills can be expected to be up
pA WA
to 5 dB.“
3 Modification to Clause K.21, "Construction"
Delete the new NOTE 101 and add the following new subclause:
“K.21.18.Z101  Isolation and disabling device
Tools with an integral battery, except for tools with M ≤ 25 Nm measured in accordance with 19.102 and
R
having only a single handle, shall either be equipped:
— with an isolation device to prevent the risk of injury from mechanical hazards during servicing or user
maintenance; or
— with a disabling device that prevents unintentional starting of the tool.
An isolation device shall:
— provide disconnection of at least one pole of the battery from the serviceable region of the tool;
— be equipped with an unambiguous indication of the state of the disconnection device which
corresponds to each position of its manual control (actuator);
— be provided with protection against accidental reconnection.
NOTE Examples of methods to achieve this disconnection include removable jumpers, integral batteries that
can be disconnected for servicing or user maintenance, or an electromechanical power switch with a direct
mechanical link between the actuator and the contact.
A disabling device may be achieved by any of the following:
— a self-restoring or non-self-restoring lock-off device where two separate and dissimilar actions are
necessary before the motor is switched on (e.g. a power switch which has to be pushed in before it
can be moved laterally to close the contacts to start the motor). It shall not be possible to achieve these
two actions with a single grasping motion or a straight-line motion;
— a removable disabling device provided with the tool where it shall not be possible for the tool to be
operated when either applied or removed.
Compliance is checked by inspection and by manual test.”
4 Modification to Clause L.21, "Construction"
Delete the new NOTE 101 and add the following new subclause:
“L.21.18.Z101  Isolation and disabling device
Tools with an integral battery, except fo
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