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British Standards

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Part 1 - BS ENs for woodworking machines

BS EN 847-1:2005
Tools for Woodworking. Safety requirements. Milling tools, circular saw blades
BS EN 847-2:2001
Tools for Woodworking. Safety requirements. Requirements for the shank of shank-mounted milling tools.
BS EN 847-3:2004
Tools for Woodworking. Safety requirements. Clamping devices
BS EN 848-1:2007
Safety of Woodworking machines. One side moulding machines with rotating tool. Single spindle vertical moulding machines
BS EN 848-2:2007
Safety of woodworking machines. One side moulding machines with rotating tool. Single spindle hand fed/integrated fed routing machines.
BS EN 848-3:2007
Safety of Woodworking machines. One side moulding machines with rotating tool. Numerically controlled (NC) boring and routing machines.
BS EN 859:2007
Safety of Woodworking Machines - Hand fed surface planning machines
BS EN 860:2007
Safety of Woodworking machines. One side thickness planing machines.
BS EN 861:2007
Safety of Woodworking machines. Surface planing and thicknessing machines.
BS EN 940:1997
Safety of Woodworking Machines. Combined Woodworking Machines.
BS EN 1218-1:1999
Safety of Woodworking Machines. Tenoning machines. Single & tenoning machines with sliding table.
BS EN 1218-2:2004
Safety of Woodworking Machines. Tenoning machines. Double end tenoning and/or profiling machines fed by chain or chains
BS EN 1218-3:2001
Safety of Woodworking Machines. Tenoning machines. Hand fed tenoning machines with sliding table for cutting structural timbers
BS EN 1218-4:2004
Safety of Woodworking Machines. Tenoning machines. Edge banding machines fed by chain(s)
BS EN 1218-5:2004
Safety of Woodworking Machines. Tenoning machines. One side profiling machined with fixed table and feed rollers or fed by chain.
BS EN 1807:1999
Safety of Woodworking Machines. Band sawing machines.
BS EN 1870-1:2007+A1:2009
Safety of Woodworking machines. Circular sawing machines. Circular saw benches (with and without sliding table), dimension saws and building site saws
BS EN 1870-3:2001+A1:2009
Safety of Woodworking Machines. Circular sawing machines. Down cutting cross-cut saws and dual purpose down cutting cross-cut saws/circular saw benches
BS EN 1870-4:2001
Safety of Woodworking Machines. Circular sawing machines. Multiblade rip sawing machines with manual loading and/or unloading.
BS EN 1870-5:2002
Safety of Woodworking Machines. Circular sawing machines. Circular sawbenches/up cutting cross-cut sawing machines.
BS EN 1870-6:2002
Safety of Woodworking Machines. Circular sawing machines. Circular sawing machines for firewood and dual purpose circular sawing machines for firewood/ circular saw benches with manual loading and/or unloading.
BS EN 1870-7:2002
Safety of Woodworking Machines. Circular sawing machines. Single blade log sawing machines with integrated feed table and manual loading and/or unloading.
BS EN 1870-8:2001
Safety of Woodworking machines. Circular sawing machines. Single blade edging circular rip sawing machines with power driven saw unit and manual loading and/or unloading.
BS EN 1870-9:2000
Safety of Woodworking Machines. Circular Sawing Machines. Double blade circular sawing machines for cross-cutting with integrated feed and with manual loading and/or unloading.
BS EN 1870-10:2003
Safety of Woodworking Machines. Circular Sawing Machines. Single blade automatic and semi-automatic up-cutting cross-cut sawing machines.
BS EN 1870-11:2003
Safety of Woodworking Machines. Circular sawing machines. Semi-automatic and automatic horizontal cross-cut sawing machines with one saw unit (radial arm saws)
BS EN 1870-12:2003
Safety of Woodworking Machines. Circular sawing machines. Pendulum cross-cut sawing machines.
BS EN 1870-13:2007
Safety of Woodworking machines. Circular sawing machines. Horizontal beam panel sawing machines
BS EN 1870-14:2007
Safety of Woodworking machines. Circular sawing machines. Vertical panel sawing machines.
BS EN 1870-15:2004
Safety of Woodworking Machines. Circular sawing machines. Multiblade cross-cut sawing machines with integrated feed of the workpiece and manual loading and/or unloading.
BS EN 1870-16:2005
Safety of Woodworking Machines. Circular sawing machines. Double mitre sawing machines for V-cutting.
BS EN 1870-17:2007
Safety of Woodworking Machines. Circular sawing machines. Manual horizon cutting cross-cut sawing machines with one saw unit (manual radial arm saws)
BS EN 12750:2001
Safety of Woodworking Machines. Four sided moulding machines

Part 2 - General relevant BS ENs and BSs

BS 4163:2007
Health and Safety for design and technology in schools and similar establishments. Code of practice
BS EN 12779:2004
Safety of Woodworking Machines. Chip and dust extraction systems with fixed installation. Safety related performances and safety requirements.
BS EN 13850:2006
Safety of machinery – Emergency Stop – principles of design
BS EN ISO 13857:2008
Safety of machinery – Safety distances to prevent hazard zones being reached by upper and lower limbs
BS EN 14491:2006
Dust explosion venting protective systems
BS EN 1037:1995 + A1:2008
Safety of machinery – Prevention of unexpected start-up

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Updated 2012-12-31