scope:

This document deals with all significant hazards, hazardous situations and events as listed in Clause 4 which are relevant to circular saw benches/up-cutting cross-cut sawing machines, hereinafter referred to as "machines", designed to cut solid wood, chipboard, fibreboard, plywood and also these materials if (where) they are covered with plastic edging and/or plastic/light alloy laminates when they are used as intended and under the conditions foreseen by the manufacturer including reasonably foreseeable misuse.

This document does not apply to:

- hand-held motor-operated electric tools or any adaptation permitting their use in a different mode, i.e. bench mounting;

NOTE 1 Hand-held motor-operated electric tools and saw benches to form an integrated whole with a hand-held motor-operated electric tools are covered by EN 60745-1:2006 together with EN 60745-2-5:2007.

- machines set up on a bench or a table similar to a bench, which is intended to carry out work in a stationary position, capable of being lifted by one person by hand.

NOTE 2 Transportable motor-operated electric tools are covered by the requirements of EN 61029-1:2000 together with EN 61029-2-1:2002.

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This document is not applicable to machines which are manufactured before the date of issue of this EN.

NOTE 3 Circular saw benches are dealt with in prEN 1870-19:2011.

NOTE 4 Machines covered by this document are listed under 1.1 of Annex IV of the Machinery Directive.