This document deals with the significant hazards, hazardous situation and events as listed in Clause 4 relevant to stationary and displaceable one side thickness planning machines fitted with an integrated feed and with cutterblock fixed in position and manual loading of the work-piece, hereinafter referred to as “machines” designed to cut solid wood, chipboard, fibreboard and plywood when they are used as intended and under the conditions foreseen by the manufacturer.
This document does not apply to:
a) machines set up on a bench or a table similar to bench, which is intended to carry out work in a stationary position, capable of being lifted by one person by hand;
NOTE 1 Transportable motor-operated electric tools are dealt with in EN 61029-1-2000 together with prEN 61029-2-3-2004.
b) Hand held planers or any adaptation permitting their use in a different mode, i.e. bench mounting.
NOTE 2 Hand-held motor-operated electric tools are dealt with by EN 60745-2-14-2003.
c) thickness planning machines where the cutterblock is adjustable for depth of cut setting.
This document is not applicable to one side thickness planning machines fitted with an integrated feed and with cutterblock fixed in position which are manufactured before the date of its publication as EN.
NOTE 3 Machines covered by this European Standard are listed under A.3 of Annex IV of the Machinery Directive.