scope:

This standard applies for gantry-type and cut-to-size saws, consecutively called machines, designed to saw raw slabs/tranches form natural stone, as e. g. granite and other natural stone-like materials.
This standard deals with all significant hazards, hazardous situations and events relevant to gantry-type and cut-tosize saws, when they are used as intended and under conditions of misuse which are reasonably foreseeable by the manufacturer (see Clause 4). This standard specifies the appropriate technical measures to eliminate or reduce risks arising from the significant hazards.
This European Standard does not deal with:
. machines intended for operation in a potentially explosive atmosphere;
. upstream and downstream conveying elements for transporting the work pieces.
This European Standard does not deal with significant hazards associated with noise.
This European Standard does not deal with the following:
a) operation in severe environmental conditions (e. g. extreme temperatures, corrosive environment);
b) supply by electrical networks with voltages, frequencies, tolerances etc. different from those of public suppliers;
c) hazards due to errors in the software;
d) cordless remote controls.
This European standard does not cover machine operation in environments where electromagnetic disturbances are outside the range of those specified in EN 61000-6-2:2005.
This document is not applicable to machinery which are manufactured before the date of publication of this document by CEN.