Overview

This standard defines relevant requirements set out in Annex I of the EC Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC, which apply to machines that are placed on the European Economic Area (EEA) market for the first time, to facilitate proof of compliance with these requirements. Once this standard is designated a harmonized standard in the Official Journal of the European Communities, the manufacturer applying this standard may assume compliance with the requirements of the Machinery Directive (the so-called presumption of conformity). EN 500 "Mobile road construction machinery - Safety" comprises the following parts: - Part 1: Common requirements; - Part 2: Specific requirements for road-milling machines; - Part 3: Specific requirements for soil-stabilising machines and recycling machines; - Part 4: Specific requirements for compaction machines; - Part 6: Specific requirements for paver-finishers. This part of EN 500 contains the safety requirements for compaction machines as defined in clause 3 and deals with all significant hazards, hazardous situations and events relevant to compaction machines, when they are used as intended and under conditions of misuse which are reasonably foreseeable by the manufacturer. This document specifies additional requirements to and/or exceptions from EN 500-1 "Common requirements". This part of EN 500 is not applicable for seated ride-on operated rollers with a drum width less than nominal 0,8 m. This standard contains the German version of EN 500-4:2006+A1:2009, which has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 151 "Construction equipment and building material machines - Safety" of the European Committee for Standardization (CEN). The following changes have been introduced with regard to DIN EN 500-4:2010-07: - exclusion of seated ride-on operated rollers with a drum width less than nominal 0,8 m from the scope of this standard; - affixation of an additional warning decal and addition of additional instructions in the instruction handbook for rollers with a drum width less than nominal 1 m; - vibrating rollers, irrespective whether they are intended for ride-on operation, pedestrian- or remote controlled are measured on a cushion/elastic underlay; - non-vibrating rollers, irrespective whether they are intended for ride-on operation, pedestrian- or remote controlled are measured on a rigid reflecting plane without load and engine operating at nominal power output; - vibratory rammers are measured on the gravel-track; - vibratory plates are measured on the gravel-track; - for pragmatic reasons the deletion of explosion rammers and non-vibrating towed rollers/equipment is suggested ancillary, because today explosion-rammers cannot be found in the market any longer and non-vibrating towed rollers/equipment represent a passive attachment without any power-source and a function based on static-load only. The national interests during the preparation of the standard are represented by Committee NA 060-13-05 AA "Straßenbaumaschinen" ("Road construction machines") of Technical Section "Construction equipment and building material machines" of the Mechanical Engineering Standards Committee (NAM) at DIN. Representatives of the manufacturers and users of road construction machines, as well as of professional and trade associations are involved in the preparation of this standard.

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Responsible national committee

NA 060-13-05 AA - Road construction machines  

Responsible european committee

CEN/TC 151/WG 5 - Road construction machines - Safety