Agricultural machinery - Safety - Silage loading, mixing and/or chopping and distributing machines

Available format(s)

Hardcopy

Language(s)

English

Published date

16-08-2018

Publisher

Netherlands Standards

This document, used together with EN ISO 4254-1, specifies the safety requirements and their verification for the design and construction of mounted, semi-mounted, trailed or self-propelled machines that have a combination of two or more of the following functions: loading, mixing, chopping and distributing silage and/or other feedstuffs or materials used for animal bedding such as straw, to be used by one operator only. It includes those fitted with a built-in loading crane. In addition, it specifies the type of information on safe working practices (including residual risks) to be provided by the manufacturer. This document applies only to machines that have the following functional combinations: - mixing and distributing functions; or - mixing, chopping and distributing functions; or - loading, mixing and distributing functions; or - loading, mixing, chopping and distributing functions; or - chopping and distributing functions; or - loading, chopping and distributing functions. Silage block cutters, even if they carry out a single function, are covered by this document. This document does not apply to: - machines which pick up green fodder directly from the field; - loading cranes; - silage buckets.