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BS EN 609-1:2017 – TC:2020 Edition

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Tracked Changes. Agricultural and forestry machinery. Safety of log splitters – Wedge splitters

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BSI 2020 143
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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.

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PDF Pages PDF Title
87 1 Scope
2 Normative references
89 3 Terms and definitions
92 4 List of significant hazards
94 5 Safety requirements and/or protective measures
5.1 General
5.2 Electrical equipment
5.3 Control systems
5.3.1 General
95 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
96 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
97 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
98 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
99 5.9.2.3 Horizontal short log wedge splitter guarded with a combination of guards with a two-hand-control device
101 5.9.2.4 Horizontal short log wedge splitter guarded with a combination of guards with a semi-automatic function
102 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
103 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
107 5.9.3.4 Horizontal long log wedge splitter guarded with a combination of guards with an AOPD
108 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
110 5.9.4.4 Vertical short log wedge splitter guarded with a combination of guards with an AOPD
114 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
116 5.9.5.4 Vertical long log wedge splitter guarded with a combination of guards with an AOPD
118 5.10 Log holding requirements
5.10.1 General
119 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
120 5.10.3.4 Vertical long log wedge splitter
121 5.11 Return movement of the moving device of the splitter
122 5.12 Log-handling device
123 5.13 Requirements for hauling winches for a wedge splitter
124 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
125 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
127 7 Information for use
7.1 Marking of machine
7.2 Warnings on machine
128 7.3 Instruction handbook
7.3.1 General
7.3.2 Other information
130 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
131 Short log wedge splitters – Test requirements for the log fixing device
A.2.1 General
A.2.2 Holding force
133 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
134 B.4 Example for prevention of defeat using the forearm(s) or elbow(s)
135 B.5 Example for prevention of defeat using the hand and other parts of the body e.g. knee(s)
136 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
138 Annex D (normative)Stability test for log splitters equipped with a hauling winch
D.1 General
D.2 Lateral stability test and requirements
139 Annex ZA (informative)Relationship between this European Standard and the Essential Requirements of EU Directive 2006/42/EC on machinery
BS EN 609-1:2017 - TC
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