SIST EN 15895:2025
(Main)Powder actuated hand-held fixing and hard marking tools - Safety requirements
Powder actuated hand-held fixing and hard marking tools - Safety requirements
This document covers safety requirements for powder actuated fixing and hard marking tools which operate with an intermediate member (piston) and are handled manually.
This document deals with all significant hazards (see Annex I), hazardous situations and events relevant to powder actuated fixing and hard marking tools, when they are used as intended and under conditions of misuse which are reasonably foreseeable (see Clause 4). It deals with the significant hazards in the different operating modes and intervention procedures as referred to in EN ISO 12100:2010, 5.4, 5.5, 5.6.
Although the safe use of powder actuated tools depends to an important extent on the use of appropriate cartridges and fasteners, this document is not formulating requirements for the cartridges and fasteners to be used with the tools (see Clause 6).
This document applies to tools designed for use with cartridges with casings made of metal or plastic and with solid propellant and containing a minor quantity of primer mix with a composition different from that of the main propellant.
This document applies to tools designed for use with single cartridges or with cartridges collated in disks or in strips.
The fixing tools in the scope are those intended for use with fasteners made from metal.
NOTE Information about cartridges can be found either in EN 16264:2014 or the publication of the Permanent International Commission for the Proof of Small Arms (C.I.P.).
This document is not applicable to powder actuated fixing and hard marking tools which are manufactured before this document’s date of publication.
Pulverkraftbetriebene handgeführte Befestigungs- und Markierungswerkzeuge - Sicherheitsanforderungen
Dieses Dokument behandelt Sicherheitsanforderungen für pulverbetriebene handgeführte Befestigungs- und Hartmarkierwerkzeuge, die mit einem Zwischenglied (Kolben) funktionieren und manuell bedient werden.
Dieses Dokument befasst sich mit allen signifikanten Gefährdungen (siehe Anhang I), Gefährdungssituationen und Ereignissen, die auftreten können, wenn pulverbetriebene Befestigungs- und Hartmarkierwerkzeuge wie vorgesehen verwendet werden oder unter Bedingungen einer vernünftigerweise vorhersehbaren Fehlanwendung (siehe Abschnitt 4). Es behandelt die signifikanten Gefährdungen in den verschiedenen Betriebsarten sowie Eingriffsmöglichkeiten nach EN ISO 12100:2010, 5.4, 5.5, 5.6.
Obwohl die Gebrauchssicherheit pulverbetriebener Werkzeuge in erheblichem Maß von der Verwendung geeigneter Kartuschen und Befestigungselemente abhängig ist, formuliert dieses Dokument keine Anforderungen an die mit den Werkzeugen zu verwendenden Kartuschen und Befestigungselemente (siehe Abschnitt 6).
Dieses Dokument ist anwendbar für Werkzeuge, die für die Verwendung von Kartuschen mit Hülsen aus Metall oder Kunststoff sowie festem Treibmittel vorgesehen sind, welche eine geringe Menge Zündmittel mit einer von der des Haupttreibmittels abweichenden Zusammensetzung enthalten.
Dieses Dokument ist anwendbar für Werkzeuge, die für die Verwendung mit einzelnen Kartuschen oder mit Kartuschen, die in Scheiben oder Streifen zusammengefasst sind, ausgelegt sind.
Die in den Anwendungsbereich fallenden Befestigungswerkzeuge sind jene, die für den Gebrauch mit Befestigungselementen aus Metall vorgesehen sind.
ANMERKUNG Angaben zu Kartuschen sind entweder in EN 16264:2014 oder den Veröffentlichungen der Ständigen Internationalen Kommission zur Prüfung von Handfeuerwaffen (C.I.P, en: Commission for the Proof of Small Arms) zu entnehmen.
Dieses Dokument ist nicht anwendbar für kartuschenbetriebene Befestigungs- und Hartmarkierwerkzeuge, die vor dem Datum der Veröffentlichung dieses Dokuments hergestellt werden.
Outils portatifs de scellement et de marquage actionnés par poudre - Prescriptions de sécurité
Le présent document couvre les exigences de sécurité relatives aux outils de scellement et de marquage actionnés par poudre qui fonctionnent avec un élément intermédiaire (piston) et sont manipulés manuellement.
Le présent document traite tous les phénomènes dangereux, situations dangereuses ou événements dangereux significatifs (voir Annexe I) pertinents pour les outils de scellement et de marquage actionnés par poudre, lorsque ces outils sont utilisés normalement et dans les conditions de mauvais usage raisonnablement prévisible (voir Article 4). Il traite tous les phénomènes dangereux significatifs dans les différents modes de fonctionnement et modes opératoires d’intervention tels que mentionnés dans l’EN ISO 12100:2010, 5.4, 5.5, 5.6.
Bien que l’usage sûr d’outils actionnés par poudre dépend, dans une importante mesure, de l’emploi de cartouches et d’éléments de fixation appropriés, le présent document ne formule pas d’exigences relatives aux cartouches et aux éléments de fixation à utiliser avec les outils (voir Article 6).
Le présent document s’applique aux outils conçus pour être utilisés avec des cartouches munies d’étuis en métal ou en plastique et avec une charge propulsive pyrotechnique solide et contenant une faible quantité de mélange d’amorçage dont la composition diffère de celle de la cartouche pyrotechnique principale.
Le présent document s’applique aux outils conçus pour être utilisés avec des cartouches individuelles ou avec des cartouches groupées en disques ou en bandes.
Les outils de scellement du domaine d’application sont ceux destinés à être utilisés avec des éléments de fixation en métal.
NOTE Les informations relatives aux cartouches sont données dans l’EN 16264:2014 ou dans la publication de la Commission internationale permanente pour l’épreuve des armes à feu portatives (C.I.P.).
Le présent document ne s’applique pas aux outils de scellement et de marquage actionnés par poudre qui sont fabriqués avant la date de publication du présent document.
Ročna orodja za pritrjevanje in trdo označevanje s prašnim pogonom - Varnostne zahteve
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SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-september-2025
Ročna orodja za pritrjevanje in trdo označevanje s prašnim pogonom - Varnostne
zahteve
Powder actuated hand-held fixing and hard marking tools - Safety requirements
Pulverkraftbetriebene handgeführte Befestigungs- und Markierungswerkzeuge -
Sicherheitsanforderungen
Outils portatifs de scellement et de marquage actionnés par poudre - Prescriptions de
sécurité
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 15895:2025
ICS:
25.140.99 Druga ročna orodja Other hand-held tools
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.
EN 15895
EUROPEAN STANDARD
NORME EUROPÉENNE
June 2025
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
ICS 25.140.99 Supersedes EN 15895:2011+A1:2018
English Version
Powder actuated hand-held fixing and hard marking tools -
Safety requirements
Outils portatifs de scellement et de marquage Pulverbetriebene handgeführte Befestigungs- und
actionnés par poudre - Exigences de sécurité Hartmarkierungswerkzeuge -
Sicherheitsanforderungen
This European Standard was approved by CEN on 4 May 2025.
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Contents Page
European foreword . 4
Introduction . 6
1 Scope . 7
2 Normative references . 7
3 Terms and definitions . 8
4 Safety requirements and/or protective measures . 29
4.1 General. 29
4.1.1 Safety requirements . 29
4.1.2 Additional requirements. 29
4.2 Carrying box and tools to be supplied . 29
4.3 General design of the tool . 29
4.4 Resistance at overpressure and temperature / operating safety and reliability . 30
4.4.1 General. 30
4.4.2 Pressure resistance . 30
4.4.3 Temperature resistance / operating safety . 30
4.4.4 Compatibility with collated cartridges . 31
4.5 Velocity limit of the piston and of the fasteners (fixing tools) . 31
4.6 Safe retention of the piston of a powder actuated tool . 31
4.7 Prevention of unintentional firing. 32
4.7.1 Operating safety . 32
4.7.2 Impact safety . 32
4.7.3 Drop safety . 32
4.7.4 Free firing safety . 32
4.8 Reduction of noise emission . 32
4.9 Reduction of recoil . 32
4.10 Exhaust of combustion gases . 33
4.11 Ergonomics . 33
4.11.1 General. 33
4.11.2 Handle . 33
4.11.3 Trigger and actuation . 33
5 Verification of the safety requirements and/or protective measures . 34
5.1 General. 34
5.2 Verification of equipment and packaging . 34
5.3 Verification of safe design. 34
5.4 Verification of resistance at overpressure and of operating safety . 34
5.4.1 General. 34
5.4.2 Overpressure test . 35
5.4.3 Verification of temperature resistance and operating safety . 35
5.4.4 Verification of correct breech function for tools with cartridges collated in strips . 35
5.5 Verification of the permissible muzzle velocity (fixing tools) . 36
5.6 Verification of the safe retention of the piston . 37
5.7 Prevention of unintentional firing or improper use . 38
5.7.1 Verification of safe operation . 38
5.7.2 Verification of firing safety in the case of impacts and blows . 38
5.7.3 Verification of free fall safety . 38
5.7.4 Verification of free firing safety . 39
5.8 Verification of the noise emission . 39
5.9 Verification of the recoil (shock) levels . 39
5.10 Verification of exhaust direction . 39
5.11 Verification of ergonomic design . 39
6 Information for use . 40
6.1 General . 40
6.2 Signals and warning device . 40
6.3 Accompanying documents . 40
6.3.1 General . 40
6.3.2 Information for the safe use . 41
6.3.3 Information for maintenance and servicing . 42
6.3.4 Information on noise emission . 42
6.3.5 Information on vibration . 43
6.4 Residual risks . 43
6.4.1 Emission of hazardous substances: Carbon monoxide . 43
6.4.2 Emission of hazardous substances: Lead . 43
6.5 Marking . 44
Annex A (normative) Values of combustion equation for the calculation of maximum gas
pressure p in the cartridge chamber according to 3.21 . 45
max
Annex B (informative) Volumes in cartridge and cartridge chamber relevant for the internal
ballistics of a powder actuated tool . 48
Annex C (informative) Example of testing procedures for determination of muzzle velocity
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Annex D (normative) Testing for the verification of safe operation . 50
Annex E (normative) Noise test code . 52
Annex F (informative) Information on the ergonomic design of the handle . 62
Annex G (normative) Essential safety dimensions . 63
Annex H (normative) Testing for the verification of safe operation (system test) . 64
Annex I (informative) List of significant hazards . 65
Annex ZA (informative) Relationship between this European Standard and the essential
requirements of Directive 2006/42/EC aimed to be covered . 68
Bibliography . 70
European foreword
This document (EN 15895:2025) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 213 “Powder
actuated hand-held tools - Safety”, the secretariat of which is held by SNV.
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 December 2025, and conflicting national standards shall
be withdrawn at the latest by December 2025.
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of
patent rights. CEN shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.
This document supersedes EN 15895:2011+A1:2018.
EN 15895:2011+A1:2018:
— applicability for single cartridge, collated cartridges in disks as well as collated cartridges in strips;
— enhanced design requirements for safety-related parts;
— improved compatibility with EN 16264:2014 to enable conformity assessments of new
tool/cartridge systems;
— updated requirements for drop tests;
— new and
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