CEN/TC 142 - Woodworking machines - Safety

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 combined woodworking machines (defined in 3.1), capable of continuous production use, with manual loading and unloading of the workpiece and 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, 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 applies to machines also equipped with the devices or additional working units listed in the Scopes of ISO 19085-5:2024, ISO 19085-6:2024, ISO 19085-7:2024 and ISO 19085-9:2024.
This document does not apply to:
a)       machines incorporating a planing unit and a mortising device only;
NOTE            Machines incorporating a planing unit and a mortising device only are dealt with in ISO 19085-7:2024.
b)       combined machines incorporating a band saw unit;
c)        machines with a mortising unit with a separate drive other than the planing unit drive;
d)       machines intended for use in potentially explosive atmosphere;
e)       machines manufactured before the publication of this document.

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 specifies the safety requirements and measures for
—     surface planing machines, also called jointers,
—     thickness planing machines, also called planers or single surface planers, and
—     combined surface/thickness planing machines
with fixed cutter block position, with an integrated feed in thickness planing mode, with or without demountable power feed device in planing mode, with manual loading and/or unloading of the workpiece, and capable of continuous production use, altogether referred to 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 surface planing machines and combined surface/thickness planing machines fitted with an optional mortising device, whose hazards have been dealt with.
This document does not apply to:
a)       machines with more than one cutter block;
b)       machines with a mortising unit driven by a separate motor;
c)        machines where the cutter block is adjustable for depth of cut setting in thickness planing mode;
d)       machines where the conversion from planing to thickness planing mode or vice versa is achieved by mounting or demounting parts/units;
e)       machines where surface planing and thickness planing can be performed at the same time;
f)         machines intended for use in potentially explosive atmosphere;
g)       machines manufactured prior to the publication of this document.

This document specifies the safety requirements and measures for dimension saws (defined in 3.1), capable of continuous production use and hereinafter referred to also as “machines”.
The machines are designed to cut solid wood and material with similar physical characteristics to wood.
This document 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. 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/additional working units, whose hazards have been dealt with:
a)       device to raise and lower the main saw blade and scoring saw blade;
b)       device to tilt the main saw blade and scoring saw blade for angled cutting in one or both directions;
c)        device for scoring;
d)       device for grooving with milling tool with a width not exceeding 20 mm;
e)       demountable power feed unit;
f)         power-operated sliding table;
g)       workpiece clamping.
This document is not applicable to machines intended for use in potentially explosive atmospheres or to machines manufactured prior to the date of its publication.

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 single spindle vertical moulding machines (defined in 3.1), capable of continuous production use and hereinafter referred to also as “machines”.
The machines are designed to cut solid wood and material with similar physical characteristics to wood.
This document deals with all significant hazards, hazardous situations and events as listed in Annex A, relevant to the machines when they are 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 have also been 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:
a)       device to adjust the arbor vertically;
b)       device to tilt the arbor;
c)        device to fit a manually operated tenoning sliding table;
d)       glass bead saw unit;
e)       adjustable table insert;
f)         device for changing the direction of rotation of the spindle;
g)       device for fixing shank mounted tools on the arbor;
h)       interchangeable arbor;
i)         quick tool/arbor change system;
j)         demountable power feed unit;
k)       support for the demountable power feed unit with power-driven adjustments.
This document does not apply to
—     machines equipped with outboard bearings,
—     machines equipped with powered movements of a front extension table and/or a tenoning sliding table.
This document is not applicable to machines intended for use in potentially explosive atmospheres or to machines manufactured prior to the date of its publication.

This document gives the safety requirements and measures for numerically controlled (NC/CNC) boring machines, NC/CNC routing machines and NC/CNC boring and routing machines (as defined in 3.2, 3.3 and 3.4), capable of continuous production use, hereinafter referred to as "machines".
This document deals with all significant hazards, hazardous situations and events, listed in Annex A, relevant to the machines when they are 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.
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:
—    additional working units for sawing, sanding, assembling or dowel inserting;
—    fixed or movable workpiece support;
—    mechanical, pneumatic, hydraulic or vacuum workpiece clamping;
—    automatic tool change devices.
It is also applicable to machines fitted with edge-banding equipment, even if the relevant specific hazards have not been dealt with.
NOTE      For the risk assessment needed for the edge-banding equipment, ISO 19085-17 can be useful.
Machines covered in this document are designed for workpieces consisting of:
—    solid wood;
—    material with similar physical characteristics to wood (see ISO 19085-1:2021, 3.2);
—    gypsum boards, gypsum bounded fibreboards, cardboard;
—    matrix engineered mineral boards, silicate boards;
—    composite materials with core consisting of polyurethane or mineral material laminated with light alloy;
—    polymer-matrix composite materials and reinforced thermoplastic/thermoset/elastomeric materials;
—    aluminium light alloy profiles;
—    aluminium light alloy plates with a maximum thickness of 10 mm;
—    composite boards made from the materials listed above.
This document does not deal with specific hazards related to:
—    use of grinding wheels;
—    ejection through openings guarded by curtains on machines where the height of the opening in the enclosure above the workpiece support exceeds 700 mm;
—    ejection due to failure of milling tools with a cutting circle diameter equal to or greater than 16 mm and sawing tools not conforming to EN 847‑1:2017 and EN 847‑2:2017;
—    the combination of a single machine being used with other machines (as a part of a line);
—    integrated workpiece loading/unloading systems (e.g. robots).
This document is not applicable to:
—    single spindle hand fed or integrated fed routing machines;
—    machines intended for use in potentially explosive atmosphere;
—    machines manufactured prior to its publication.

This document gives the safety requirements and measures for stationary manually loaded and unloaded:
—    cold presses;
—    hot presses;
—    bending presses;
—    edge/face gluing presses;
—    membrane presses;
—    embossing presses;
where the pressing force is applied by hydraulic actuators pushing two flat or shaped surfaces against each other, hereinafter referred to as "machines".
It 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      For relevant but not significant hazards, e.g. sharp edges of the machine frame, see ISO 12100:2010.
It is also applicable to machines fitted with one or more of the following devices/additional working units, whose hazards have been dealt with:
a) device for hot gluing;
b) device for high-frequency gluing;
c) device for high-frequency shaping;
d) automatic work-piece loading and unloading system;
e) intermediate additional platens;
f) work-piece extractor;
g) work-piece clamping pressure beam;
h) split moveable platens.
The machines are designed to process work-pieces consisting of:
1)    solid wood;
2)    materials with similar characteristics to wood (see ISO 19085‑1:2017, 3.2);
3)    honeycomb board.
This document does not deal with any hazards related to:
—    specific devices that differ from the list above;
—    hot fluid heating systems internal to the machine other than electrical;
—    any hot fluid heating systems external to the machine;
—    operation of taking intermediate platens out and in again;
—    the combination of a single machine being used with any other machine (as part of a line).
It is not applicable to:
—    frame presses;
—    membrane presses where the pressing force is applied by vacuum only;
—    presses for producing chipboard, fibreboard, OSB;
—    machines intended for use in potentially explosive atmosphere;
—    machines manufactured before the date of its publication as an international standard.

This document gives the safety requirements and measures for table band saws and band resaws, with manual loading and/or unloading and suitable for continuous production use, hereinafter referred to as “machines”.
The machines are designed to cut solid wood and material with similar physical characteristics to wood.
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 have been taken into account.
It is also applicable to machines fitted with one or more of the following devices/additional working units, whose hazards have been dealt with:
a) device to tilt the table;
b) device to tilt the saw unit.
This document does not apply to:
1)    machines driven by combustion engines or power take offs (PTO);
2)    log band sawing machines;
NOTE Log band sawing machines are covered by EN 1807-2:2013.
3)    horizontal band saws and band resaws;
4)    machines designed for cross-cutting of firewood.
This document does not deal with hazards related to the combination of a single machine being used with any other machine (as part of a line).
This document is not applicable to machines intended for use in potentially explosive atmospheres or to machines manufactured prior to the date of its publication.

This document gives the safety requirements and measures for four-sided moulding machines, capable of continuous production use, with a maximum working width of 350 mm and a maximum speed of the integrated workpiece feed of 200 m/min, hereinafter referred to as “machines”, designed to cut solid wood and materials with similar physical characteristics to wood (see ISO 19085-1:2021, 3.2).
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.
It is also applicable to machines fitted with one or more of the following devices / additional working units, whose hazards have been dealt with:
—    universal spindle;
—    glass bead saw unit;
—    fixed or movable workpiece support;
—    quick tool changing system;
—    laser marking unit;
—    automatic workpiece returner;
—    in-feed hopper;
—    loading magazine;
—    unloading table.
This document does not deal with any hazards related to:
a) in-feed devices other than in-feed hopper and loading magazine;
NOTE 1      For mechanical in-feed devices which also prevent access to the in-feed opening, see 6.6.4.
b) out-feed devices other than unloading table, except for hazards related to ejection from the machine due to climb cutting;
c) out-feed of workpieces on machines with feed speed higher than 60 m/min;
NOTE 2      Machines with feed speed higher than 60 m/min are usually combined with mechanical unloading and workpiece transfer systems.
d) machines being used in combination with any other machine (as part of a line).
It is not applicable to machines intended for use in potentially explosive atmosphere and to machines manufactured prior to its publication.

This document gives the safety requirements and measures for horizontal beam panel circular sawing machines with the saw carriage of the front cutting line mounted below the workpiece support, which are manually and/or powered loaded and manually unloaded, capable of continuous production use, as defined in 3.1 and hereinafter 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. Also, transport, assembly, dismantling, disabling and scrapping phases have been taken into account.
It is also applicable to machines fitted with one or more of the following devices/additional working units, whose hazards have been dealt with:
—    side pressure device;
—    device for powered unloading;
—    unit for scoring;
—    unit for post-formed/soft-formed edge pre-cutting;
—    panel turning device;
—    front side turn table;
—    pushing out device;
—    pneumatic clamping of the saw blade;
—    powered panel loading device;
—    device for grooving by milling tool;
—    one or more additional cutting lines inside the machine for longitudinal and/or head cut (before the transversal cutting line);
—    workpiece vacuum clamping as part of a front side turn table or of a panel loading device;
—    panel pusher;
—    independent panel pushers;
—    additional panel pushers mounted on the panel pusher carriage;
—    additional panel pusher with integrated label printer device;
—    lifting platform;
—    device for automatic loading of thin panels;
—    device for base board unloading by gravity;
—    device for base board powered unloading;
—    device for panel unloading in limited space condition;
—    loading or pre-loading roller conveyors;
—    pressure beam with additional flaps to increase dust extraction efficiency;
—    saw blade cooling system by air or water-air or oil-air;
—    vibrating conveyor with/without trimming unit for offcuts management;
—    predisposition for top loading/unloading by an external system directly on the machine table and/or on the machine preloading roller conveyor and/or on the machine lifting table.
NOTE      base board is a support panel underlying the panel stack, to protect the panels from damages during transportation.
The machines are designed for cutting panels consisting of:
a) solid wood;
b) material with similar physical characteristics to wood (see ISO19085‑1:2021, 2);
c) gypsum boards, gypsum bounded fibreboards;
d) composite materials, with core consisting of e.g. polyurethane or mineral material, laminated with light alloy;
e) cardboard;
f) foam board;
g) matrix engineered mineral boards, silicate boards;
h) polymer‐matrix composite materials and reinforced thermoplastic/thermoset/elastomeric materials;
i) aluminium light alloy plates with a maximum thickness of 10 mm;
j) composite boards made from the materials listed above.
This document does not deal with hazards related to:
—    specific features different from those listed above;
—    the machining of panels with milling tools for grooving;
—    powered unloading of panels;
—    rear half of split pressure beam on the front cutting line;
—    the combination of a single machine being used with any other machine (as part of a line).
It is not applicable to:
—    machines intended for use in potentiall

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 document gives the safety requirements and measures for stationary, manually loaded and unloaded:
—     single end tenoning machines with manual feed sliding table;
—     single end tenoning machines with mechanical feed sliding table;
—     single end tenoning and/or profiling machines with mechanical feed;
—     double end tenoning and/or profiling machines with mechanical feed, also designed to be automatically loaded/unloaded;
—     angular systems for tenoning and profiling with mechanical feed;
with maximum work-piece height capacity of 200 mm for single end machines and 500 mm for double end machines, hereinafter referred to as "machines".
It 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     For relevant but not significant hazards, e.g. sharp edges of the machine frame, see ISO 12100:2010.
The machines are designed to process in one pass one end or two sides, either opposite or perpendicular to each other, of work-pieces made of:
1)   solid wood;
2)   materials with similar physical characteristics to wood (see ISO 19085-1:2017, 3.2);
3)   fibre-cement, rock/glass wool, gypsum, plasterboard, only with machines with mechanical feed.
It is also applicable to machines fitted with one or more of the following additional working units, whose hazards have been dealt with:
—     sanding units;
—     fixed or movable work-piece support;
—     automatic tool changing;
—     automatic work-piece returner;
—     glass bead saw unit;
—     hinge recessing unit;
—     post forming edge pre-cutting;
—     boring unit;
—     dynamic processing unit;
—     sawing unit installed out of the integral enclosure, between machine halves in double end machines;
—     foiling unit;
—     coating unit;
—     grooving unit with milling tool installed out of the integral enclosure, between machine halves;
—     brushing unit;
—     gluing unit;
—     sealing unit;
—     dowels inserting unit;
—     tongues inserting unit;
—     inkjet marking unit;
—     laser marking unit;
—     labelling unit;
—     work-piece back-up device (anti-chipping / anti-splintering device);
—     quick tool changing system.
This document does not deal with any hazards related to:
a)   systems for automatic loading and unloading of the work-piece to a single machine other than automatic work-piece returner;
b)   single machine being used in combination with any other machine (as part of a line);
c)   use of tools, other than saw blades or milling tools for grooving, installed between machine halves and out of the integral enclosure in double end machines;
d)   use of tools protruding out of the integral enclosure;
e)   chemical characteristics of fibre-cement, rock/glass wool, gypsum, plasterboard and their dust.
It is not applicable to machines intended for use in potentially explosive atmosphere nor to machines manufactured prior to its publication.

This document gives the safety requirements and measures to reduce risks arising during operation, adjustment, maintenance, transport, assembly, dismantling, disabling and scrapping, related to woodworking machines capable of continuous production use, hereinafter referred as "machines". These safety requirements and measures are those common to most of the machines, when they are used as intended and under the conditions foreseen by the manufacturer; reasonably foreseeable misuse has been considered too.
The machines are designed to process solid wood and material with similar physical characteristics to wood, with hand feed or integrated feed.
This document is intended to be used in conjunction with the other parts of the ISO 19085 series, applicable to specific machine types. The extent to which all significant hazards of a specific machine type are covered is indicated in the specific part of the ISO 19085 series relevant to that machine type. The hazards covered, at least partly, by the requirements of this document, are listed in Annex A.
It is not applicable to machines intended for use in potential explosive atmospheres or to machines manufactured prior to the date of its publication.

2020-07-20 JF: Through the decision C132/2020 taken on 2020-07-08, the CEN Technical Board approved the revised Annex ZA and therefore, the European Amendment, of EN ISO 19085-10:2019. European amendment is under publication.

This document gives the safety requirements and measures for stationary multi-blade rip sawing machines manually loaded and/or unloaded, hereinafter referred to as "machines", designed to cut solid wood and material with similar physical characteristics to wood.
It 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       For relevant but not significant hazards, e.g. sharp edges of the machine frame, see ISO 12100:2010.
This document does not deal with specific hazards related to the combination of single machines with any other machine as part of a line.
It is not applicable to machines:
—          with all saw blades spindles mounted below the workpiece support/level only;
—          intended for use in potentially explosive atmosphere;
—          manufactured prior to its publication.

ISO 19085-10:2018 gives the safety requirements and measures for displaceable building site saws, designed to cut wood and materials with similar physical characteristics to wood, hereinafter referred to as "machines".
NOTE 1    For the definition of displaceable machine, see ISO 19085‑1:2017, 3.5.
ISO 19085-10:2018 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 2    For relevant but not significant hazards, e.g. sharp edges of the machine frame, see ISO 12100:2010.
The machine can also be fitted with a device for the saw blade to be manually raised and lowered through the table, whose hazards have been dealt with.
This document does not apply to the following:
a)    machines with a maximum saw blade diameter smaller than 350 mm or greater than 500 mm;
b)    hand-held woodworking machines, including any adaptation permitting their use in a different mode, i.e. bench mounting;
c)    machines with a device to tilt the saw blade for angle cutting, machines with more than one saw blade rotational speed and machines equipped with a sliding table;
NOTE 3    Hand-held motor-operated electric tools are covered by IEC 62841‑1 together with IEC 62841‑2‑5.
NOTE 4    Machines with the device to tilt the saw blade for angle cutting, machines with more than one saw blade rotational speed and machines equipped with a sliding table are considered as table saws, covered by ISO 19085‑9.
ISO 19085-10:2018 is not applicable to machines intended for use in potentially explosive atmospheres or to machines manufactured prior to the date of its publication.

This document deals with all significant hazards, hazardous situations and events as listed in Clause 4, relevant for chip and dust extraction systems for indoor use designated to be connected to woodworking machines, when they are used as intended and under the conditions foreseen by the manufacturer, including reasonably foreseeable misuse.
This document does not apply to:
a)   extraction systems with a nominal volume flow rate above 8 000 m3 h−1 and/or a volume of the dust loaded part of the dust extractor above 3,5 m3;
b)   vacuum cleaners according to EN 60335-2-69;
c)   extraction systems with fans installed in the dust loaded part;
d)   extraction equipment (e.g. extraction hoods, ducts) within a woodworking machine, i.e. up to and including the outlet to which the extraction system is connected;
e)   extraction systems designed for dust with KST values above 200 bar ms−1, minimum ignition energy below 10 mJ and/or lower explosion level below 30 g m−3;
f)   extraction systems designed for aspiration of explosive atmospheres, e.g. dust load > 50 % lower explosion level;
g)   systems designed for extraction of machines with a higher risk of causing ignition sources.
This document is not applicable to machines which are manufactured before the date of its publication as a European Standard.

This European Standard specifies all hazards arising from the use of tools for woodworking machines, and describes the methods for the elimination or reduction of these hazards by tool design and by the provision of information. This document deals with milling tools (bore mounted, shank mounted), integrated tools and circular saw blades.

This European Standard specifies the determination of the maximum speed for given eccentricity at clamping devices for the shank strength of milling tools with cylindrical and taper shank. It also specifies the marking of the tool. Bore mounted tools which are mounted on an arbor shall be considered as a shank mounted tool.

This European Standard deals with the significant hazards, hazardous situations and events relevant for chip and dust extraction systems for fixed installation and for connection with machines for working on solid wood (including hard wood) and wood-based materials, when they are used as intended and under the conditions foreseen by the manufacturer, including reasonably foreseeable misuse.
This European Standard deals also with the technical requirements to minimize the hazards in connection with the temporary storage of wood dust and chips in a silo, bin or container including charging and discharge systems.
This European standard does not apply to:
a)   chip and dust extraction systems with filters installed indoors (covered by prEN 16770);
b)   extraction equipment (e.g. extraction hoods, ducts) within a woodworking machine including the outlet to which the extraction system is connected;
c)   chip and dust extraction systems designed for KST values above 200 bar ms−1;
d)   mechanical conveying systems between filter and storage facility;
e)   extraction systems and conveying systems with underpressure below 0,3 bar or overpressure above 0,3 bar;
f)   storage devices for pressed wood products (e.g. pellets) and humid shavings.
Requirements for containers are not dealt with in this standard.
This European Standard is not applicable to machines which are manufactured before the date of its publication as EN.

This European Standard specifies all significant hazards, hazardous situation and events as listed in Clause 4, relevant to stationary and displaceable manual horizontal cutting cross-cut circular sawing machines with one saw unit (manual radial arm saws), 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 laminates, when they are used as intended and under the conditions foreseen by the manufacturer including reasonably foreseeable misuse.
NOTE 1   For the definition of stationary and displaceable machine, see 3.2.3 and 3.2.4.
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:
a)   machines set up on a bench or a table similar to a bench, which are intended to carry out work in a stationary position, capable of being lifted by one person by hand; the bench can also be an integrated part of the machine if it consists of hinged legs which can be extended down;
NOTE 2   Transportable motor-operated electrical tools are dealt with in EN 61029-1:2009 together with
IEC 61029-2-2:1993.
b)   machines fitted with hydraulically powered machine actuators;
c)   machines fitted with powered work-piece positioning;
d)   machines fitted with the facility for either ripping, milling (including trenching and grooving), sanding and/or drilling;
e)   machines equipped with more than one saw spindle speed;
NOTE 3   A standard to cover machines that can be used for ripping and moulding will be considered at the next revision.
NOTE 4   Semi-automatic and automatic horizontal cutting cross-cut circular sawing machines with one saw unit (radial arm saws) are dealt with in EN 1870-11:2003+A1:2009.
f)   machines with integrated feed.
This document is not applicable to manual horizontal cutting cross-cut circular sawing machines with one saw unit (manual radial arm saws) which are 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 pendulum cross-cut sawing, herein after 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.
This European Standard does not apply to:
a)   machines for cross cutting logs;
b)   machines where the saw unit can be rotated about a horizontal axis.
NOTE    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 primarily directed at machines which are manufactured after 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 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 European Standard specifies all hazards arising from the use of clamping devices for the fastening of milling tools and circular saw blades on woodworking machines and specifies the methods for the elimination or reduction of these hazards by the design of the clamping device and by the provision of information.
This European Standard does not apply to arbors for spindle moulding machines in accordance with EN 848 1 or to clamping flanges for circular sawing blades to be used on circular sawing machines in accordance with the standard series EN 1870 and does not cover hazard related to the connection of the clamping device with the machine.
Bore mounted tools which are mounted on an interchangeable arbor should be considered as a shank mounted tool.
NOTE   For definition of "woodworking machines", see EN 847 1.

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 stationary and displaceable log band sawing machines with either manual or automatic 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 does not apply to:
a)   table band saws and band re-saws;
NOTE 1   Table band saws and band re-saws are covered by EN 1807-1.
b)   specific hazards related to automatic loading and/or unloading;
c)   any hazards relating to the combination of a single machine being used with any other machine (as part of a line e.g. loading and/or unloading automated systems);
d)   any hazards arising from any other machining processes (e.g. milling and sawing) related to associated machines or cutting groups, e.g. canters and circular saws.
This European Standard does not deal with the specific hazards related to thermal engine and P.T.O. equipment fitted to the machine.
This European Standard is not applicable to machines manufactured before the date of its publication as EN.
NOTE 2   Machines with manual loading and/or unloading covered by this document are listed under 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 circular saw benches/up-cutting cross-cut sawing machines, hereinafter referred to as machines, designed to cut solid wood, chipboard, fibreboard, plywood and also these materials if (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 European Standard does not apply to:
hand-held motor-operated electric tools or any adaptation permitting their use in a different mode, i.e. bench mounting;
NOTE 1   Hand-held motor-operated electric tools and saw benches to form an integrated whole with a hand-held motor-operated electric tools are covered by EN 60745-1:2006 together with EN 60745-2-5:2007.
machines set up on a bench or a table similar to a bench, which is intended to carry out work in a stationary position, capable of being lifted by one person by hand.
NOTE 2   Transportable motor-operated electric tools are covered by the requirements of EN 61029-1:2000 together with EN 61029-2-1:2002.
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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 at machines which are manufactured after the date of issue of this European Standard.
NOTE 3   Circular saw benches are dealt with in #prEN 1870-19:2011.
NOTE 4   Machines covered by this document are listed under 1.1 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 all significant hazards, hazardous situations and events as listed in Clause 4 which are relevant to stationary and displaceable single spindle hand fed/integrated fed routing machines with fixed head but allowing only movement along the axis of the tool during machining hereinafter referred to as "machines" designed to cut solid wood, chip board, fibreboard, plywood and also these materials if they are covered with plastic laminate, edgings or veneer when they are used as intended and under the conditions foreseen by the manufacturer. This document does not apply to inverted pin routers and radial arm routers (machines where the work piece is fixed and the tool head is manually moved); NC boring machines and NC routing machines; hand-held routers or any adaptation permitting their use in a different mode, e.g. bench mounting; routing machines set up on a bench or a table similar to a bench, which are intended to carry out work in a stationary position, capable of being lifted by one person by hand. The bench can also be an integrated part of the machine if it consists of hinged legs which can be extended down. This document is not applicable to single spindle hand fed/integrated fed routing machines which are manufactured before the date of its publication as EN.

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”.

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 gives the safety requirements and measures for stationary:
— cold presses;
— hot presses;
— bending presses;
— edge/face gluing presses;
— membrane presses;
— embossing presses;
where the pressing force is applied by hydraulic actuators pushing two flat or shaped surfaces against each other, capable of continuous production use, hereinafter referred to as "machines".
It deals with all significant hazards, hazardous situations and events as listed in Annex A, 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.
It is also applicable to machines fitted with one or more of the following devices/additional working units, whose hazards have been dealt with:
a) device for hot gluing;
b) device for high-frequency gluing;
c) device for high-frequency shaping;
d) automatic workpiece loading and unloading system;
e) intermediate additional platens;
f) workpiece extractor;
g) workpiece clamping pressure beam;
h) split moveable platens.
The machines are designed to process workpieces consisting of:
1) solid wood;
2) materials with similar characteristics to wood (see ISO 19085 1:2021, 3.2);
3) honeycomb board.
This document does not deal with any hazards related to:
— specific devices that differ from the list above;
— hot fluid heating systems internal to the machine other than electrical;
— any hot fluid heating systems external to the machine;
— operation of taking intermediate platens out and in again;
— the combination of a single machine being used with any other machine (as part of a line).
It is not applicable to:
— frame presses;
— membrane presses where the pressing force is applied by vacuum only;
— presses for producing chipboard, fibreboard, OSB;
— machines intended for use in potentially explosive atmosphere;
— machines manufactured before the date of its publication as an international standard.

This document specifies the safety requirements and measures for manually loaded and unloaded
—     single-end tenoning machines with a manual feed sliding table,
—     single-end tenoning machines with a mechanical feed sliding table,
—     single-end tenoning-profiling machines with mechanical feed,
—     double-end tenoning-profiling machines with mechanical feed, also designed to be automatically either loaded or unloaded, or both, and
—     angular systems for tenoning and profiling with mechanical feed
with maximum workpiece height capacity of 200 mm for single-end machines and 500 mm for double-end machines, 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 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.
The machines are designed to process in one pass one end or two sides, either opposite or perpendicular to each other, of workpieces made of
a)       solid wood, and
b)       materials with similar physical characteristics to wood (see ISO 19085-1:2021, 3.2); and
c)        only the machines with mechanical feed, made of
d)       fibre-cement,
e)       rock wool and glass wool,
f)         gypsum,
g)       plasterboard,
h)       matrix engineered mineral boards, silicate boards and sulfate boards,
i)         composite materials with core consisting of polyurethane or mineral material laminated with light alloy,
j)         polymer-matrix composite materials and reinforced thermoplastic, thermoset and elastomeric materials,
k)       aluminium light alloy profiles, and
l)         composite boards made from the materials listed above.
This document is also applicable to machines fitted with one or more of the following devices or additional working units, whose hazards have been dealt with:
—     sanding units;
—     fixed or movable workpiece support;
—     automatic tool changing;
—     automatic workpiece returner;
—     glass bead saw unit;
—     hinge recessing unit;
—     boring unit;
—     dynamic processing unit;
—     sawing unit installed out of the integral enclosure, between machine halves in double-end machines;
—     foiling unit;
—     coating unit;
—     grooving unit with a milling tool installed out of the integral enclosure, between machine halves;
—     brushing unit;
—     gluing unit;
—     sealing unit;
—     dowels inserting unit;
—     tongues inserting unit;
—     inkjet marking unit;
—     laser marking unit;
—     labelling unit;
—     workpiece back-up device (device that is either anti-chipping or anti-splintering, or both);
—     quick tool changing system;
—     post-formed edge pre-cutting unit;
—     additional workpiece support (at either infeed or outfeed, or both);
—     parallel infeed device on single-end machines;
—     transversal infeed device on single-end machines;
—     intermediate workpiece support on double-end machines;
—     automatic infeed device;
—     feed chain with dogs.
This document does not deal with any hazards related to:
a)       systems for automatic loading and unloading of the workpiece to a single machine other than automatic workpiece returner;
b)       single machine being used in combination with any other machine (as part

This document specifies the safety requirements and measures for multi-blade rip sawing machines with manual loading and/or unloading (defined in 3.1) capable of continuous production use, hereinafter referred to also as “machines”, designed to cut solid wood and materials with similar physical characteristics to wood.
It 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 does not deal with specific hazards related to the combination of single machines with any other machine as part of a line.
It is not applicable to machines:
— with all saw blades spindles mounted below the workpiece support/level only;
— intended for use in potentially explosive atmosphere;
— manufactured prior to its publication.

2011-05-09 EMA: WI can be reactivated if draft or resolution for tolerance is received by the end of May.
2011-05-06 EMA: WI deleted following the 3-year timeframe.

2011-05-09 EMA: WI can be reactivated if draft or resolution for tolerance is received by the end of May.
2011-05-06 EMA: WI deleted following the 3-year timeframe.
2009-09-11 SJ: M/079 and 98/37 removed following request from M. Poidevin.

20090625 - TC confirmed not to publish +A1:2009 but to publish this revision instead.

Replace the first paragraph with the following:
"This document deals with the significant hazards, hazardous situations and events as listed in Clause 4 which are relevant to stationary and displaceable band sawing machines with either manual or automatic loading and/or unloading, 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.".
Delete the second paragraph.
Delete the first sentence of the third paragraph.
Replace in the fourth paragraph the first indent with:
"hand held motor-operated electric tools or any adaptation permitting their use in a different mode, i.e. bench mounting;".
Add a note: "NOTE 1   Hand-held motor operated electric tools are covered by the requirements of
EN 60745-1:2006 together with EN 60745-2-20:2003.".
Replace in the fourth paragraph the second indent with the following:
"transportable machines set up on a bench or a table similar to a bench, which are intended to carry out work in a stationary position, capable of being lifted by one person by hand.".
Add a note: "NOTE 2   Transportable electrically driven machines are covered by the requirements of EN 61029-1:2000 together with EN 61029-2-5:2002.".

This document specifies all significant hazards, hazardous situations and events as listed in Clause 4 which are relevant to stationary and displaceable single spindle hand fed/integrated fed routing machines with fixed head but allowing only movement along the axis of the tool during machining hereinafter referred to as "machines" designed to cut solid wood, chip board, fibreboard, plywood and also these materials if they are covered with plastic laminate, edgings or veneer when they are used as intended and under the conditions foreseen by the manufacturer. This document does not apply to inverted pin routers and radial arm routers (machines where the work piece is fixed and the tool head is manually moved); NC boring machines and NC routing machines; hand-held routers or any adaptation permitting their use in a different mode, e.g. bench mounting; routing machines set up on a bench or a table similar to a bench, which are intended to carry out work in a stationary position, capable of being lifted by one person by hand. The bench can also be an integrated part of the machine if it consists of hinged legs which can be extended down. This document is not applicable to single spindle hand fed/integrated fed routing machines which are manufactured before the date of its publication as EN.

This document specifies all significant hazards, hazardous situations and events as listed in Clause 4, relevant to stationary and displaceable one side thickness planing machines fitted with an integrated feed and with cutterblock fixed in position and manual loading and unloading of the work-piece, 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.
This document does not apply to machines set up on a bench or a table similar to a bench, which is intended to carry out work in a stationary position, capable of being lifted by one person by hand; hand held planers or any adaptation permitting their use in a different mode, i.e. bench mounting; thickness planing machines where the cutterblock is adjustable for depth of cut setting.
This document is not applicable to one side thickness planning machines fitted with an integrated feed and with cutterblock fixed in position which are manufactured before the date of its publication as EN.