Garden equipment. Safety requirements for combustion- engine-powered lawnmowers Terminology and common tests

Amendment of

BS EN ISO 5395-1 : 2013

Available format(s)

Hardcopy , PDF

Language(s)

English

Published date

14-06-2018

Publisher

British Standards Institution

This part of ISO 5395 specifies terminology and common test methods used for verification of safety requirements for combustion engine powered rotary lawnmowers and cylinder lawnmowers including pedestrian-controlled (with or without sulky) and ride-on types (hereafter named “lawnmower”), and equipped with: — metallic cutting means and/or; — non-metallic cutting means with one or more cutting elements pivotally mounted on a generally circular drive unit, where these cutting elements rely on centrifugal force to achieve cutting, and have a kinetic energy for each single cutting element of 10 J or more.

metallic cutting means and/or;
non-metallic cutting means with one or more cutting elements pivotally mounted on a generally circular drive unit, where these cutting elements rely on centrifugal force to achieve cutting, and have a kinetic energy for each single cutting element of 10J or more.

This document does not apply to:

robotic and remote-controlled lawnmowers, flail mowers, grassland mowers, sickle bar mowers, towed/semi-mounted grass cutting machines, and scrub-clearing machines;
cutting-means assembly when used in combination with an agricultural tractor;
electrically powered and battery-powered lawnmowers.

NOTE IEC60335-1^[¹^] together with IEC60335-2-77^[²^] give requirements for pedestrian-controlled walk-behind electrically powered lawnmowers.

This document is not applicable to lawnmowers which are manufactured before the date of publication of this document.

Committee	AGE/20
DocumentType	Amendment
Pages	62
PublisherName	British Standards Institution
Status	Current
Supersedes	BS EN 836:1997+A4:2011