1 Scope
This European Standard deals with all significant hazards, hazardous situations and
events as listed in Clause 4 which are relevant to stationary and displaceable circular saw benches (with or without
sliding table and/or demountable power feed unit) and building site saws , hereinafter referred to as “machines”, designed to cut solid wood, chipboard, fibreboard,
plywood and also these materials, if 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.
Machines which are designed to cut wood-based material may also be used for cutting
hardened plastic materials with similar physical characteristics as wood.
NOTE 1 For the definition of stationary and displaceable machine see 3.2.9 and 3.2.10.
NOTE 2 Circular saw benches are used for ripping, cross cutting, dimensioning and grooving . Building site saws are used for ripping, cross cutting and dimensioning.
The requirements of this document apply also to machines designed for grooving with a width not exceeding 20 mm in one pass by using a milling tool.
This document does not apply to:
a) machines set up on a bench ...