BS EN 609-1:2017
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Agricultural and forestry machinery. Safety of log splitters – Wedge splitters
| Published By | Publication Date | Number of Pages |
| BSI | 2017 | 64 |
This European Standard specifies the safety requirements, and their verification for the design and construction of horizontal and vertical wedge splitters, designed for splitting logs for firewood, irrespective of the nature of the power source used. This standard deals with wedge splitters that are designed so that the splitting operation is activated by one person only, however it is foreseeable that other operators may be working with the machine e.g. for loading or unloading. In addition, it specifies the type of information on safe working practices to be provided by the manufacturer.
This document deals with all the significant hazards, hazardous situations and hazardous events relevant to these machines when they are used as intended and under the conditions of misuse which are reasonably foreseeable by the manufacturer (see Table 1).
This document is not applicable to machines that are designed for both cutting into length for splitting and splitting for firewood.
This document is not applicable to wedge splitters which are manufactured before the date of publication of this document by CEN.
PDF Catalog
| PDF Pages | PDF Title |
|---|---|
| 8 | 1 Scope 2 Normative references |
| 10 | 3 Terms and definitions |
| 13 | 4 List of significant hazards |
| 15 | 5 Safety requirements and/or protective measures 5.1 General 5.2 Electrical equipment 5.3 Control systems 5.3.1 General |
| 16 | 5.3.2 Reliability of the control systems 5.3.3 Ergonomic requirements of control actuators 5.3.3.1 General 5.3.3.2 Identification of control actuators 5.3.3.3 Manual controls |
| 17 | 5.4 Starting and stopping of the power source 5.4.1 General 5.4.2 Stopping of other than electrically powered machines 5.4.3 Stopping of the electrically powered machines 5.5 Emergency stop 5.6 Two-hand control device |
| 18 | 5.7 Power supply 5.7.1 Electrically powered machines 5.7.2 Machines powered by an external power supply 5.7.3 Machines powered by an internal combustion engine |
| 19 | 5.7.4 Machines with two or more power supplies 5.8 Hydraulic equipment 5.9 Safe guarding of the splitting zone 5.9.1 General 5.9.2 Horizontal short log wedge splitter 5.9.2.1 General 5.9.2.2 Horizontal short log wedge splitter guarded with a combination of guards |
| 20 | 5.9.2.3 Horizontal short log wedge splitter guarded with a combination of guards with a two-hand-control device |
| 22 | 5.9.2.4 Horizontal short log wedge splitter guarded with a combination of guards with a semi-automatic function |
| 23 | 5.9.2.5 Horizontal short log wedge splitter guarded with a combination of guards with an active optoelectronic protective device and with a semiautomatic function |
| 24 | 5.9.3 Horizontal long log wedge splitter 5.9.3.1 General 5.9.3.2 Horizontal long log wedge splitter guarded with a combination of guards 5.9.3.3 Horizontal long log wedge splitter guarded with a combination of guards with a two-hand-control device |
| 28 | 5.9.3.4 Horizontal long log wedge splitter guarded with a combination of guards with an AOPD |
| 29 | 5.9.4 Vertical short log wedge splitter 5.9.4.1 General 5.9.4.2 Vertical short log wedge splitter guarded with a combination of guards 5.9.4.3 Vertical short log wedge splitter guarded with a two-hand control device |
| 31 | 5.9.4.4 Vertical short log wedge splitter guarded with a combination of guards with an AOPD |
| 35 | 5.9.5 Vertical long log wedge splitter 5.9.5.1 General 5.9.5.2 Vertical long log wedge splitter guarded with a combination of guards 5.9.5.3 Vertical long log wedge splitter guarded with a two-hand control device |
| 37 | 5.9.5.4 Vertical long log wedge splitter guarded with a combination of guards with an AOPD |
| 39 | 5.10 Log holding requirements 5.10.1 General |
| 40 | 5.10.2 Prior to and during the splitting 5.10.3 After the splitting 5.10.3.1 Horizontal short log wedge splitter 5.10.3.2 Horizontal long log wedge splitter 5.10.3.3 Vertical short log wedge splitter |
| 41 | 5.10.3.4 Vertical long log wedge splitter |
| 42 | 5.11 Return movement of the moving device of the splitter |
| 43 | 5.12 Log-handling device |
| 44 | 5.13 Requirements for hauling winches for a wedge splitter |
| 45 | 5.14 Bluntness of edges 5.15 Stability 5.16 Transport and handling of the machine 5.16.1 General 5.16.2 Ergonomic requirements |
| 46 | 5.17 The guarding of power transmission from an external power source 5.18 Unprotected gravity moving objects with semi-automatically controlled movement 6 Verification of safety requirements |
| 48 | 7 Information for use 7.1 Marking of machine 7.2 Warnings on machine |
| 49 | 7.3 Instruction handbook 7.3.1 General 7.3.2 Other information |
| 51 | Annex A (normative)Log holding test for vertical log wedge splitters A.1 Long log wedge splitters – Test requirements for the log fixing device A.1.1 General A.1.2 Holding force |
| 52 | Short log wedge splitters – Test requirements for the log fixing device A.2.1 General A.2.2 Holding force |
| 54 | Annex B (normative)Examples of solutions and verification of the two-hand control device for wedge splitters B.1 Prevention of accidental actuation and of defeat B.2 Example for prevention of defeat using one hand B.3 Example for prevention of defeat using hand and elbow of the same arm |
| 55 | B.4 Example for prevention of defeat using the forearm(s) or elbow(s) |
| 56 | B.5 Example for prevention of defeat using the hand and other parts of the body e.g. knee(s) |
| 57 | Annex C (normative)Testing requirements for hot exhaust surfaces and hot surfaces C.1 Temperature measuring equipment C.2 Method of test C.3 Test acceptance |
| 59 | Annex D (normative)Stability test for log splitters equipped with a hauling winch D.1 General D.2 Lateral stability test and requirements |
| 60 | Annex ZA (informative)Relationship between this European Standard and the Essential Requirements of EU Directive 2006/42/EC on machinery |
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