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DIN Standards Committee Mechanical Engineering

Overview

This standard defines essential requirements set out in Annex I of the EC Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC, relating to machines which were placed on the European Economic Area (EEA) market for the first time, with the intent of simplifying the means of proving conformity with such requirements. This European Standard is applicable to woodworking machines with cutting tools and/or sanding tools as defined in 3.2.1 when they are used as intended and under the conditions foreseen by the manufacturer. This document deals with some but not all significant hazards, hazardous situations and events relevant to woodworking machines: those that are common to most of such machines. When a relevant part EN 691does not exist, EN 691-1 can help to establish the requirements for the machine, but will not by itself provide a means of conforming to the relevant essential health and safety requirements of the Machinery Directive. In this case a risk assessment should be performed. Reasonably foreseeable misuse of machines is dealt with in the relevant parts EN 691. Reasonably foreseeable misuse of machines is dealt with in the relevant parts EN 691. This document is not applicable to: * 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, having a mass not exceeding 25 kg. The bench can also be an integrated part of the machine if it consists of hinged legs which can be extended down. A relevant part EN 691 may define different criteria for delimiting the Scope. Transportable electrically driven machines excluded by the Scope of this document are covered by the requirements of EN 61029-1:2009 and parts of EN 61029-2. * hand held woodworking machines (hand held motor operated tools) or any adaptation permitting their use in a different mode, that is bench mounting. Driven hand held motor operated tools are covered by EN 60745-1:2009 and parts of EN 60745-2. Machines for capturing and extracting dust are covered by EN 12779:2004+A1:2009. This document is not applicable to woodworking machines which are manufactured before the date of its publication as EN. This document covers also woodworking machines which fulfil the criteria of the Machinery Directive, Annex IV. This standard contains the German version of EN 691-1:2012, 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) at DIN. Representatives of manufacturers and users of numerically controlled (NC) boring, routing machines as well as combined NC boring and routing machines and of the employers' liability insurance associations contributed to the preparation.

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Responsible national committee

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

Responsible european committee

CEN/TC 142 - Woodworking machines - Safety