CEN/TC 142/WG 13 - Common requirements and safety of integrated fed machines

This document specifies the safety requirements and measures for manually loaded and unloaded vertical panel circular sawing machines (defined in 3.1) capable of continuous production use, with hand feed or integrated feed, hereinafter referred to also as “machines”.
This document deals with all significant hazards, hazardous situations and events, as listed in Annex A, relevant to the machines, when operated, adjusted and maintained as intended and under the conditions foreseen by the manufacturer, including reasonably foreseeable misuse. Transport, assembly, dismantling, disabling and scrapping phases are also taken into account.
This document is also applicable to machines fitted with one or more of the following devices/additional working units, whose hazards have been dealt with:
—     an integrated feed device;
—     a device for scoring;
—     an angle cutting device;
—     a middle support device;
—     programmable end stops for parallel vertical cuts;
—     a device for grooving with a milling tool with a cutting width not exceeding 27 mm;
—     a panel pusher;
—     a panel lowering device;
—     stop devices for workpiece during horizontal cuts.
The machines are designed for cutting panels consisting of:
a)       solid wood;
b)       material with similar physical characteristics to wood (see ISO 19085-1:2021, 3.2);
c)        composite materials with core consisting, for example, of polyurethane or mineral material laminated with light alloy;
d)       polymer-matrix composite materials and reinforced thermoplastic/thermoset/elastomeric materials;
e)       gypsum boards, gypsum bounded fibreboards;
f)         honeycomb aluminium boards;
g)       matrix engineered mineral boards, silicate boards;
h)       aluminium light alloy plates;
i)         composite boards made from the materials listed above.
This document does not apply to machines
—     with pressure beam and saw unit mounted behind the workpiece support,
—     where the guide rails on which the saw unit moves vertically are fixed on the machine frame and the horizontal cut can only be made by manually feeding the panel,
—     designed to cut in vertical direction only,
—     automatically performing two or more cutting cycles in sequence,
—     intended for use in potentially explosive atmosphere, and
—     manufactured prior to the publication of this document.

This document specifies the safety requirements and measures for wide belt sanding machines (defined in 3.1) and for surface treating machines (defined in 3.2) capable of continuous production use, altogether referred to as “machines”.
This document deals with all significant hazards, hazardous situations and events, as listed in Annex A, relevant to the machines, when operated, adjusted and maintained as intended and under the conditions foreseen by the manufacturer, including reasonably foreseeable misuse. Transport, assembly, dismantling, disabling and scrapping phases are also taken into account.
This document is also applicable to machines fitted with one or more of the following devices/additional working units, whose hazards have been dealt with:
—     transversal sanding unit;
—     cleaning brushing unit;
—     satining roller unit;
—     disk brushing unit;
—     texturing brushing roller unit;
—     texturing brushing belt unit;
—     cutterblock unit;
—     texturing band saw unit;
—     spiked roller unit;
—     multi blade unit;
—     conveyor directly controlled by the machine;
—     additional workpiece vacuum clamping device;
—     antistatic bar unit.
NOTE 1        An antistatic bar is a device that eliminates electrostatic charges on the workpiece to ease its subsequent cleaning from dust by airflow.
This document is also applicable to machines fitted with a laser engraving unit, but the specific hazards of this unit have not been dealt with.
The machines are designed to process workpieces with flat surface and even thickness, in shape of panels or beams or frames, consisting of:
a)       solid wood;
b)       material with similar physical characteristics to wood (see ISO 19085-1:2021, 3.2);
c)        gypsum boards, gypsum bounded fibreboards;
d)       composite materials with core consisting of, e.g. polyurethane or mineral material;
e)       composite boards made from the materials listed above;
f)         all materials listed above, already lacquered.
This document does not deal with hazards related to:
—     specific devices other than those listed above;
—     access through in-feed and out-feed openings of machines with a work piece height capacity greater than 700 mm;
—     systems for powered loading or unloading, or both, of the workpiece to or from a single machine;
NOTE 2        Loading the machine manually includes manually placing the workpiece onto a conveyor directly controlled by the machine. Unloading the machine manually includes manually removing the workpiece from a conveyor directly controlled by the machine.
—     out-feed workpieces on machines with feed speed higher than 60 m/min;
—     interfacing of the machine with any other machine.
This document is not applicable to machines intended for use in a potentially explosive atmosphere and to machines manufactured prior to the date of its publication.

This document specifies the safety requirements and measures for circular saw benches with or without sliding table or demountable power feed unit or both and capable of continuous production use, also known as “table saws” (in the USA), hereinafter referred to also as “machines”.
The machines are designed to cut solid wood and material with similar physical characteristics to wood (see ISO 19085-1:2021, 3.2).
This document deals with all significant hazards, hazardous situations and events as listed in Annex A relevant to the machines when operated, adjusted and maintained as intended and under the conditions foreseen by the manufacturer; reasonably foreseeable misuse has been considered too. Transport, assembly, dismantling, disabling and scrapping phases have also been taken into account.
This document is also applicable to machines fitted with one or more of the following devices or working units, whose hazards have been dealt with:
—     device for the main saw blade and scoring saw blade to be raised and lowered through the table;
—     device to tilt the main saw blade and scoring saw blade for angled cutting;
—     device for scoring;
—     device for grooving with milling tool with a width not exceeding 20 mm in one pass;
—     demountable power feed unit;
—     additional manually operated sliding table;
—     powered workpiece clamping device.
This document does not apply to:
a)       machines intended for outdoor use on building sites;
NOTE            Building site saws (contractor saws) are covered by the requirements of ISO 19085-10:2018.
b)       handheld woodworking machines including any adaptation permitting their use in a different mode, i.e. bench mounting;
c)        machines intended for use in a potentially explosive atmosphere;
d)       machines manufactured prior to the publication of this document.

This document gives the safety requirements and measures for edge banding machines fed by chains or belts, with manual loading and unloading and maximum workpiece height capacity of 100 mm, capable of continuous production use, hereinafter referred as “machines”.
It deals with all significant hazards, hazardous situations and events, listed in Annex A, relevant to the machines, when operated, adjusted and maintained as intended and under the conditions foreseen by the manufacturer; reasonably foreseeable misuse has been considered too. Also, transport, assembly, dismantling, disabling and scrapping phases are taken into account.
The machines are designed to process in one pass one end (single-end machine) or both ends (double-end machine) of panels of:
—    materials with similar physical characteristics to wood (see ISO 19085-1:2021, 3.2), even with a core sheet of aluminium light alloy;
—    gypsum plaster boards.
Edges to be applied by the machine can be made of:
—    paper;
—    melamine;
—    plastic;
—    composite materials;
—    aluminium;
—    light alloy;
—    veneer;
—    solid wood.
It is also applicable to machines fitted with one or more of the following devices/working units, whose hazards have been dealt with:
—    hot air banding unit;
—    laser banding unit;
—    infrared banding unit;
—    dynamic processing units;
—    sanding belt units;
—    milling unit installed out of the integral enclosure at the panel side on single-end machines;
—    milling unit installed out of the integral enclosure between machines halves of double-end machines;
—    additional fixed or movable workpiece support along the feed;
—    additional infeed workpiece support;
—    additional outfeed workpiece support;
—    in-feed device for transversal loading of panels in single-end machines;
—    intermediate workpiece support in double-end machines;
—    automatic panel returner in single-end machines;
—    automatic tool changing;
—    quick tool changing system;
—    automatic multiple edges infeed device;
—    workpiece heaters.
This document does not deal with any hazards relating to:
a)   systems for loading and unloading of the workpiece to a single machine other than automatic panel returner and infeed and outfeed workpiece supports (e.g. robots);
b)   the combination of a single machine being used with other machines (as part of a line);
c)   workpiece dividing unit installed out of the integral enclosure and/or whose tools protrude out of the integral enclosure;
d)   plasma banding unit.
It is not applicable to machines intended for use in potentially explosive atmosphere nor manufactured before the date of its publication.

This European Standard deals with all significant hazards, hazardous situations and events as listed in Clause 4 which are relevant to semi-automatic horizontal cutting cross-cut sawing machines with one saw unit (radial arm saws), hereinafter referred to as “machines”, designed to cut solid wood, chipboard, fibreboard, plywood and also these materials when covered with plastic edging and/or plastic/light alloy laminates when they are used as intended and under the conditions foreseen by the manufacturer including reasonably foreseeable misuse. Machines which are designed to work wood based materials may also be used for working rigid plastic materials with similar physical characteristics as wood.
Any work-piece positioning equipment fitted to the machine is included in this European Standard.
This European Standard does not apply to machines:
a)   with manual feed of the saw unit; or
b)   for cross cutting logs; or
c)   specifically designed for sawing and/or milling roof timber frames; or
d)   fitted with hydraulic braking systems.
NOTE 1   Radial arm saws with manual feed of the saw unit (the saw unit is moved by hand) are dealt with in EN 1870 17:2012 and EN 61029 2-2:2009.
NOTE 2   The requirements of this European Standard apply to all machines whatever their method of control, e.g. electromechanical and/or electronic.
This European Standard is not applicable to machines which are manufactured before the date of its publication as EN.
NOTE 3   Machines covered by this European Standard are listed under 1.4 of Annex IV of the Machinery Directive.

This document deals with all significant hazards, hazardous situations and events as listed in Clause 4 which are relevant to stationary and displaceable single blade automatic and semi-automatic up-cutting cross cut sawing machines with one sawing unit herein after referred to as machines designed to cut solid wood, chip-board, fibreboard, plywood and also these materials if they are covered with plastic edging and/or plastic/light alloy laminates when they are used as intended and under the conditions foreseen by the manufacturer including reasonably foreseeable misuse.
Machines which are designed to work wood based materials may also be used for working hardened plastic materials with similar physical characteristics as wood.
For the definition of stationary and displaceable machine see 3.2.4 and 3.2.5.
Any work piece positioning equipment fitted to the machine is included in this document.
This document does not apply to machines designed for cross cutting logs.
This document is not applicable to machines which are manufactured before the date of its publication as EN.
NOTE   Machines covered by this document are listed under 1.4 of Annex IV of the Machinery Directive.

This European Standard deals with all significant hazards, hazardous situations and events as listed in Clause 4 which are relevant to single blade edging circular rip sawing machines with power driven saw unit and manual loading and/or unloading, hereinafter referred to as "machines", designed to cut solid wood, chipboard, fibreboard and plywood when they are used as intended and under the conditions foreseen by the manufacturer including reasonably foreseeable misuse.
This European Standard applies to machines where the workpiece is stationary, the vertical and horizontal movements of the saw unit are power driven, and where the machine is provided with workpiece clamping. The workpiece may or may not be clamped during cutting.
This European Standard does not apply to machines:
-   where the workpiece is fed to the saw blade during cutting;
-   designed for cutting veneers;
-   provided with a device situated behind the line of cut, which moves in a direction parallel to the line of cut, for automatically unloading the workpiece during the return of the saw unit to the rest position.
This document is not applicable to machines manufactured before its date of publication as EN.

This European Standard specifies all significant hazards, hazardous situations and events as listed in Clause 4 which are relevant to double mitre sawing machines for V-cutting with a maximum cutting capacity (width and height) of  200 mm, fitted or not with pneumatic systems, hereinafter referred to as the machine, designed to cut solid wood, chipboard, fibreboard or plywood and also these materials where they are covered with plastic laminate or edgings, when they are used as intended and under the conditions foreseen by the manufacturer including reasonably foreseeable misuse.
The requirements of this document apply to stationary and displaceable double mitre saw for V-cutting (see 3.3.3 and 3.3.4).
The requirements of this document apply to all machines whatever their method of control, e.g. electromechanical and/or electronic.
This document does not apply to transportable mitre saws or any adaptation permitting their use in a different mode, i.e. bench mounting.
NOTE 1   Transportable motor-operated electric single blade mitre saws are covered by the requirements of
EN 61029-1:2009 and EN 61029-2-9:2009.
This document is not applicable to double mitre sawing machines for V-cutting fitted with hydraulic system.
This document is not applicable to double mitre sawing machines for V-cutting which are manufactured before the date of its publication as EN.
NOTE 2   Machines covered by this document are listed under 1.4 of Annex IV of the Machinery Directive.

This European Standard deals with all significant hazards, hazardous situations and events as listed in Clause 4 which are relevant to double blade circular sawing machines for cross-cutting with integrated feed of the saw units and with manual loading and/or unloading, hereinafter referred to as 'machines'. These are machines designed to cut solid wood, chipboard, fibreboard and plywood, and also these materials when covered with plastic edging and/or plastic/light alloy laminate, when they are used as intended and under the conditions foreseen by the manufacturer including reasonably foreseeable misuse.
This European Standard does not apply to:
-   machines for cross cutting logs;
-   double blade up-cutting cross-cut sawing machines.
This European Standard is primarily directed at machines which are manufactured after its date of publication as an EN.

This document specifies the safety requirements and measures for horizontal cutting cross-cut sawing machines with one saw unit (radial arm saws) with manual loading and/or unloading of the workpiece and capable of continuous production use, hereinafter referred to also as “machines”.

This document specifies the safety requirements and measures for single blade automatic and semi-automatic up-cutting cross-cut sawing machines, capable of continuous production use, hereinafter referred to also as “machines”.

This document specifies the safety requirements and measures for double blade circular sawing machines for cross-cutting with integrated feed of the cutting-stroke, with manual loading and/or unloading of the workpiece and capable of continuous production use, hereinafter referred to also as “machines”.

ISO 19085-4:2018 gives the safety requirements and measures for manually loaded and unloaded stationary vertical panel sawing machines, hereinafter referred to as "machines".
NOTE 1    In manual loading, the operator puts the work-piece directly onto the work-piece support, with no intermediate loading device to receive and transfer the work-piece from the operator to the cutting position. In manual unloading, the operator removes the work-piece directly from the work-piece support, with no intermediate unloading device to transfer the work-piece from the cutting position to the operator.
ISO 19085-4:2018 deals with all significant hazards, hazardous situations and events as listed in Clause 4 relevant to machines, when operated, adjusted and maintained as intended and under the conditions foreseen by the manufacturer including reasonably foreseeable misuse. Also, transport, assembly, dismantling, disabling and scrapping phases are taken into account.
NOTE 2    For relevant but not significant hazards, e.g. sharp edges of the machine frame, see ISO 12100:2010.
ISO 19085-4:2018 is also applicable to machines fitted with one or more of the following devices/additional working units, whose hazards have been dealt with:
-      an integrated feed device;
-      a device for scoring;
-      an angle cutting device;
-      a middle support device;
-      programmable end stops for parallel vertical cuts;
-      a device for grooving with a width of at most 20 mm in one pass by using a milling tool; and
-      a panel pusher.
The machines are designed for cutting panels consisting of:
a)    solid wood;
b)    material with similar physical characteristics to wood (see ISO 19085‑1:2017, 3.2);
c)    composite materials with core consisting, for example, of polyurethane or mineral material laminated with light alloy;
d)    polymer-matrix composite materials and reinforced thermoplastic/thermoset/elastomeric materials; and
e)    gypsum boards, gypsum bounded fibreboards.
ISO 19085-4:2018 does not apply to machines
-      with pressure beam and saw unit mounted behind the work-piece support;
-      where the guide rails on which the saw unit moves vertically are fixed on the machine frame and the horizontal cut can only be made by manually feeding the panel;
-      designed to cut in vertical direction only;
-      which are displaceable;
-      automatically performing two or more cutting cycles in sequence;
-      intended for use in potentially explosive atmosphere; and
-      manufactured before the date of its publication.

ISO 19085-8:2017 gives the safety requirements and measures for stationary calibrating and sanding machines, with an integrated feed and one or more sanding belt units positioned above and/or below the work piece level, with manual or automatic loading and/or unloading, hereinafter referred to as "machines".
ISO 19085-8:2017 deals with all significant hazards, hazardous situations and events as listed in Clause 4, relevant to the machines, when operated, adjusted and maintained as intended and under the conditions foreseen by the manufacturer, including reasonably foreseeable misuse. Also, transport, assembly, dismantling, disabling and scrapping phases have been taken into account.
NOTE 1    For relevant but not significant hazards, e.g. sharp edges of the machine frame, see ISO 12100:2010.
ISO 19085-8:2017 is also applicable to machines fitted with one or more of the following devices/additional working units, whose hazards have been dealt with:
-      transversal sanding unit;
-      cleaning brushing unit;
-      satining roller unit;
-      disk brushing unit;
-      texturing brushing roller unit;
-      texturing brushing belt unit;
-      cutterblock unit;
-      texturing band saw unit;
-      spiked roller unit;
-      antistatic bars;
-      conveyor directly controlled by the machine;
-      additional work piece vacuum clamping device.
The machines are designed to calibrate and/or sand work pieces, in shape of panels or beams, consisting of:
a)    solid wood;
b)    material with similar physical characteristics to wood (see ISO 19085-1:2017, 3.2);
c)    gypsum boards, gypsum bounded fibreboards;
d)    composite materials with core consisting of e.g. polyurethane or mineral material;
e)    composite boards made from the materials listed above;
f)     all materials listed above, also already lacquered.
ISO 19085-8:2017 does not deal with hazards related to:
-      specific devices other than those listed above;
-      access through in-feed and out-feed openings of machines with a work piece height capacity greater than 550 mm;
-      systems for automatic loading and/or unloading of the work piece to/from a single machine;
NOTE 2    Loading the machine manually includes manually placing the work piece onto a conveyor directly controlled by the machine. Unloading the machine manually includes manually removing the work piece from a conveyor directly controlled by the machine.
-      interfacing of the machine with any other machine.
ISO 19085-8:2017 is not applicable to machines intended for use in potentially explosive atmosphere and to machines manufactured prior to the date of its publication.

This European Standard specifies all requirements and/or measures to reduce the hazards and limit the risks on multi-blade cross-cut sawing machines (with minimum two saw unit) with integrated feed of the work-piece and manual loading and/or unloading fitted with a saw blade drive motor for each saw unit, hereinafter referred to as "machines", designed to cut solid wood, chipboard, fibreboard, plywood and also these materials where they are covered with plastic edging and/or plastic/light alloy laminates, when they are used as intended and under the conditions foreseen by the manufacturer including reasonably foreseeable misuse.
This document deals with all significant hazards, hazardous situations and events which are relevant to these machines as stated in Clause 4. It does not deal with any hazards relating to the mechanical loading and/or unloading of the work-piece or which result from the combination of the machine with any other.
This document does not cover machines designed for climb cutting (see 3.2.10).
The requirements of this document apply to all machines whatever their method of control e.g. electromechanical and/or electronic and/or pneumatic.
This document is not applicable to multi-blade cross-cut sawing machines with integrated feed of the work-piece and manual loading and/or unloading which are manufactured before the date of its publication as EN.
NOTE   Machines covered by this document are listed under 1.3 of Annex IV of the Machinery Directive.

This European Standard deals with all significant hazards, hazardous situations and events as listed in Clause 4 which are relevant to single blade circular log sawing machines with saw blade diameter ≥ 600 mm and with integrated feed table with manual loading and/or unloading, (hereinafter referred to as machines), designed to cut solid wood when they are used as intended and under the conditions foreseen by the manufacturer including reasonably foreseeable misuse.
This European Standard is not applicable to machines manufactured before the date of its publication as EN.

This European Standard deals with all significant hazards, hazardous situations and events as listed in Clause 4, which are relevant to stationary four sided moulding machines with a maximum working width of 350 mm and a maximum speed of the integrated work-piece feed of 200 m/min, with electrical and/or electronic control system, hereafter referred to as "machines" designed to cut solid wood, chipboard, fibreboard, plywood and also these materials where these are covered with plastic laminate or edgings when they are used as intended and under the conditions foreseen by the manufacturer, including reasonably foreseeable misuse of the machine (see 6.3 c)).
For the definition of a stationary machine, see 3.22.
This European Standard deals also with hazards relating to the following optional work units:
-   universal spindle;
-   glass bead cutting unit.
This European Standard is not applicable to machines designed for machining logs which have not previously been machined.
This European Standard does not deal with any hazards relating to:
a)   in-feed devices (magazines, hoppers, etc.);
for mechanical in-feed devices which also prevent access to the in-feed opening, see 5.3.7.2;
b)   the combination of single machines with any other machine as part of a line;
c)   out-feed devices (e.g. mechanical handling systems) except for hazards related to ejection from the machine due to climb cutting.
This European Standard is not applicable to four sided moulding machines which are manufactured before the date of its publication as EN.

ISO 18217:2015 deals with all significant hazards, hazardous situations, and events as listed in Clause 4, which are relevant to edge banding machines fed by chains with manual loading and unloading and maximum work-piece height capacity of 100 mm, when they are used as intended and under the conditions foreseen by the manufacturer, including reasonably foreseeable misuse.
The work-piece is fed through the processing units by an integrated feed. Feeding chains also include "feeding belts".
For the purpose of this International Standard, an edge banding machine fed by chains is hereinafter referred to as "machine".
The machine is designed to process in one pass, one end (single end machine), or both ends (double end machine) panels of wood materials with similar physical characteristics as wood, as well as gypsum plaster boards.
Edges to be applied by the machine can be made of paper, melamine, plastic or composite materials, aluminium or light alloy, veneer or solid wood.
ISO 18217:2015 also applies to machines fitted with the following:
? auxiliary devices essential for edge banding machines fed by chains (see 3.1);
? sanding belt units;
? fixed or movable workpiece support;
? automatic tool changing;
? automatic panel returner.
ISO 18217:2015 also includes information to be provided by the manufacturer to the user.
ISO 18217:2015 does not deal with any hazards relating to the following:
a) systems for loading and unloading of the work-piece to a single machine other than automatic panel returner;
b) single machine being used in combination with any other machine (as part of a line);
c) wireless mobile control sets;
d) additional equipment for grooving and for cutting by circular saw blade, installed out of the integral enclosure and/or whose tools protrude out of the integral enclosure;
e) plasma unit, power laser unit, and hot-air-jet unit.
ISO 18217:2015 applies to machines that are manufactured after the date of issue of this International Standard.

This document specifies all significant hazards, hazardous situations and events as listed in Clause 4 which are relevant to one side profiling machines with fixed table and feed rollers or feed chain hereinafter referred to as "machines", where the loading and unloading is manual and where the maximum work-piece height capacity is 200 mm. The machine is designed to process in one pass one side of solid wood, chip board, fibreboard or plywood and also these materials where they are covered with plastic laminate. The work-piece is fed through the processing units by an integrated feed consisting of rollers or a chain.
This document does not apply to transportable machines.
This document does not deal with any hazards relating to:
a)   mechanical loading and/ or unloading of the work-piece; or
b)   a machine being used in combination with any other machine (as part of a line); or
c)   use of laser.
For Computer Numerically Controlled (CNC) machines this document does not cover hazards related to Electro-Magnetic Compatibility (EMC).
NOTE 1   The requirements of this document apply to all machines whatever their method of control e.g. electromechanical and/or electronic.
This document is primarily directed to machines which are manufactured after the date of publication by CEN.
NOTE 2   Single end tenoning machines with sliding table are dealt with in EN 1218-1:1999. Double end tenoning and/or profiling machines fed by chain or chains are dealt with in EN 1218-2. Single end tenoning machines where the tenon is produced only by means of saw-blades are dealt with in EN 1218-3.

This document specifies all the significant hazards, hazardous situations and events as listed in Clause 4 which are relevant to single end tenoning machines with sliding table, hereinafter referred to as "machines", designed to cut solid wood, chipboard, fibreboard, plywood and also these materials where they are covered with plastic laminate or edgings.
This standard does not apply to:
a)   machines where the tenon is produced only by means of saw blades;
b)   machines where the design speed of any tool spindle exceeds 6000 min-1;
c)   machines where the average sliding table feed speed in either direction exceeds 25 m min-1 + 5%;
d)   combined machines used for tenoning (see EN 940:1997);
e)   tenoning attachments on a vertical spindle moulding machine (see EN 848-1:2007).
NOTE   Single and double end tenoning machines fed by chain or chains are dealt with in EN 1218-2. Single end tenoning machines where the tenon is produced only by means of saw blades are dealt with in EN 1218-3.
This European Standard is primarily applicable to machines which are manufactured after the date of issue of his standard.

This document deals with all the significant hazards, hazardous situations and events as listed in Clause 4 which are relevant to double end tenoning and/or profiling machines fed by chain or chains, hereinafter referred to as the machine, designed to cut solid wood, chipboard, fibreboard or plywood and also these materials where they are covered with plastic laminate or edgings. The workpiece is fed passed the tools by an integrated feed.
This document does not apply to:
a)   double end tenoning and/or profiling machines fed by chain or chains with a complete enclosure as defined in 3.3.11;
b)   transportable machines.
This document does not deal with any hazards relating to:
c)   mechanical loading of the workpiece to a single machine; or
d)   single machine being used in combination with any other machine (as part of a line); or
e)   use of tools working between the machine halves (see 3.1); or
f)   use of laser.
For Computer Numerically Controlled (CNC) machines this document does not cover hazards related to Electro-Magnetic Compatibility (EMC).
NOTE 1   The requirements of this document apply to all machines whatever their method of control e.g. electromechanical and/or electronic.
This document is primarily directed to machines which are manufactured after the date of publication by CEN.
NOTE 2   Single end tenoning machines with sliding table are dealt with in EN 1218-1:1999. Single end tenoning machines where the tenon is produced only by means of saw blades are dealt with in EN 1218-3. Single end profiling machines fed by chain or chains are dealt with in EN 1218-5.

This European Standard deals with all significant hazards, hazardous situations and events as listed in Clause 4 which are relevant to stationary multi-blade rip sawing machines, hereinafter referred to as “machines”, designed to cut solid wood, chipboard, fibreboard, plywood and also these materials, if they are covered with plastic edging and/or plastic/light alloy laminates, when they are used as intended and under the conditions foreseen by the manufacturer including reasonably foreseeable misuse; see also 6.3.
This European Standard does not apply to machines with vertical roller feed or vertical chain conveyor feed or machines designed to make the first rip cut on a log.
This European Standard does not deal with any hazards relating to the combination of single machines with any other machine as part of a line.
This European Standard is not applicable to machines which are manufactured before the date of its publication as EN.
NOTE    Machines covered by this document are listed under 1.3 of the Machinery Directive.

This European Standard specifies all significant hazards, hazardous situations and events as listed in Clause 4 which are relevant to manually loaded and unloaded vertical panel sawing (with or without integrated feed) machines fitted with:
-   the facility for scoring;
-   an angle cutting device;
-   a middle support device;
-   a programmable stop for parallel vertical cuts;
-   the facility for grooving with a width of at most 20 mm in one pass by using a milling tools,
hereinafter referred to as "machines" when they are used as intended and under the conditions foreseen by the manufacturer including reasonably foreseeable misuse.
The machines are designed for cutting panels of the following materials:
a)   wood based materials such as chipboard, fibreboard, plywood and also these materials where they are covered with plastic / light alloy laminates;
b)   solid wood;
c)   hardened rubber and hardened plastic material;
d)   non ferrous materials e.g. light alloy;
e)   compound materials with core consisting of polyurethane or mineral material laminated with light alloy.
This European Standard does not apply to vertical panel saws with pressure beam and saw unit mounted behind the workpiece support.
This European Standard does not deal with hazards relating to the combination of a single machine being used with any other machine (as part of a line).
This European Standard is not applicable to vertical panel saws which are manufactured before the date of its publication as EN.
NOTE   Machines covered by this standard are listed under A.1.4 of Annex IV of the Machinery Directive.

This document deals with the significant hazards, hazardous situations and events as listed in Clause 4 which are relevant to hand fed tenoning machines with sliding table for cutting structural timbers, hereinafter referred to as "machines". "
This European Standard does not apply to:
-   machines where the tenon is produced by means of milling tools;
-   machines designed for a tool spindle speed exceeding 6000 min-1;
-   machines where the cuts are made on both ends of the workpiece during one cycle;
-   combined machines used for tenoning (see !EN 940:2008");
-   the tenoning attachment on a vertical spindle moulding machine (see !EN 848 1:2007").
For Computer Numerically Controlled (CNC) machines this European Standard does not cover hazards related to Electro-Magnetic Compatibility (EMC).
This European Standard is primarily directed to machines which are manufactured after the date of issue of this European Standard.