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This standard defines relevant requirements of Annex I of the new Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC, for machines which were placed on the market in the EEA for the first time, in order to facilitate the verification of the conformity with these requirements. Once it is cited in the Official Journal of the European Communities, it is deemed a harmonized standard, and thus the manufacturer applying this standard may assume compliance with the requirements of the Machinery Directive covered by this standard (so called presumption of conformity). The requirements of this document are directed to manufacturers and their authorised representatives of horizontal beam panel sawing machines. This document is also useful for designers. This European Standard also includes provisions and examples of information to be provided by the manufacturer to the user. Common requirements for tooling are included in EN 847-1:2005+A1:2007. This document deals with all significant hazards, hazardous situations and events as listed in clause 4 which are relevant to horizontal beam panel sawing machines when they are used as intended and under the conditions foreseen by the manufacturer. These machines are designed for cutting panels consisting of: - wood based materials such as chipboard, fibreboard, plywood and also these materials where they are covered with plastic or light alloy laminates which can be cut easily; - solid wood; - hardened rubber and hardened plastic material; - non-ferrous materials, such as light alloy; - gypsum boards, gypsum bounded fibreboards; - composite boards made from the materials listed above. This document does not deal with specific hazards related to: - specific features which differ from the list above; - the machining of panels with grooving tools; - mechanical unloading of panels; - the combination of a single machine being used with any other machine (as part of a line). This document is not applicable to horizontal beam panel sawing machines which are manufactured before the date of its publication as an EN. Machines covered by this document if manually loaded/or unloaded are listed under A.1.4 of Annex IV of the Machinery Directive. The previous standard DIN EN 1870-13:2010-05 has been revised. The following significant modifications have been made: - normative references have been updated; - in subclause 5.2.1, Safety and reliability of control systems, the design requirements for control circuits in certain categories have been replaced by specifications for performance levels; - Annex ZA on the relationship between this European Standard and the Essential Requirements of EU Directive 98/37/EC has been deleted; - the previous informative Annex ZB on the relationship between this European Standard and the Essential Requirements of EU Directive 2006/42/EC is now included as informative Annex ZA. This standard contains the German version of EN 1870-13:2007+A1:2009+A2:2012, which has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 142 "Woodworking machines - Safety" of the European Committee for Standardization (CEN). During the preparation the national interests were represented by Working Committee NA 060-06-01 AA "Sicherheit" ("Safety") of the Mechanical Engineering Standards Committee (NAM) of DIN. Manufacturers' representatives and users of horizontal beam panel sawing machines, as well as representatives of professional and trade associations were involved in the preparation of the standard.

Document: references other documents

Responsible national committee

NA 060-06-01 AA - Woodworking machines - Safety  

Responsible european committee

CEN/TC 142 - Woodworking machines - Safety