1 Scope
This European Standard deals with all significant hazards, hazardous situations and
events as listed in Clause 4 which are relevant to double blade circular sawing machines for cross-cutting with
integrated feed of the saw units and with manual loading and/or unloading, hereinafter referred to
as 'machines'. These are machines designed to cut solid wood, chipboard, fibreboard
and plywood, and also these materials when covered with plastic edging and/or plastic/light
alloy laminate, when they are used as intended and under the conditions foreseen by
the manufacturer including reasonably foreseeable misuse.
This document does not apply to:
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— machines for cross cutting logs;
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— double blade up-cutting cross-cut sawing machines.
This document is not applicable to machines which are manufactured before its date
of publication as an EN.