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Part 1 - BS ENs for woodworking machines

BS EN 847-1
Tools for Woodworking. Safety requirements. Milling tools, circular saw blades
BS EN 847-2
Tools for Woodworking. Safety requirements. Requirements for the shank of shank-mounted milling tools.
BS EN 847-3
Tools for Woodworking. Safety requirements. Clamping devices
BS EN 848-1
Safety of Woodworking machines. One side moulding machines with rotating tool. Single spindle vertical moulding machines
BS EN 848-2
Safety of woodworking machines. One side moulding machines with rotating tool. Single spindle hand fed/integrated fed routing machines.
BS EN 848-3
Safety of Woodworking machines. One side moulding machines with rotating tool. Numerically controlled (NC) boring and routing machines.
BS EN 859
Safety of Woodworking Machines - Hand fed surface planning machines
BS EN 860
Safety of Woodworking machines. One side thickness planing machines.
BS EN 861
Safety of Woodworking machines. Surface planing and thicknessing machines.
BS EN 940
Safety of Woodworking Machines. Combined Woodworking Machines.
BS EN 1218-1
Safety of Woodworking Machines. Tenoning machines. Single & tenoning machines with sliding table.
BS EN 1218-2
Safety of Woodworking Machines. Tenoning machines. Double end tenoning and/or profiling machines fed by chain or chains
BS EN 1218-3
Safety of Woodworking Machines. Tenoning machines. Hand fed tenoning machines with sliding table for cutting structural timbers
BS EN 1218-4
Safety of Woodworking Machines. Tenoning machines. Edge banding machines fed by chain(s)
BS EN 1218-5
Safety of Woodworking Machines. Tenoning machines. One side profiling machined with fixed table and feed rollers or fed by chain.
BS EN 1807-1
Safety of Woodworking machines. Band sawing machines. Table band-saws and band re-saws.
BS EN 1807-2
Safety of Woodworking machines. Band sawing machines. Log sawing machines.
BS EN 1870-3
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
Safety of Woodworking Machines. Circular sawing machines. Multiblade rip sawing machines with manual loading and/or unloading.
BS EN 1870-5
Safety of Woodworking Machines. Circular sawing machines. Circular sawbenches/up cutting cross-cut sawing machines.
BS EN 1870-6
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
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
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
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
Safety of Woodworking Machines. Circular Sawing Machines. Single blade automatic and semi-automatic up-cutting cross-cut sawing machines.
BS EN 1870-11
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
Safety of Woodworking Machines. Circular sawing machines. Pendulum cross-cut sawing machines.
BS EN 1870-13
Safety of Woodworking machines. Circular sawing machines. Horizontal beam panel sawing machines
BS EN 1870-14
Safety of Woodworking machines. Circular sawing machines. Vertical panel sawing machines.
BS EN 1870-15
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
Safety of Woodworking Machines. Circular sawing machines. Double mitre sawing machines for V-cutting.
BS EN 1870-17
Safety of Woodworking Machines. Circular sawing machines. Manual horizon cutting cross-cut sawing machines with one saw unit (manual radial arm saws).
BS EN 1870-18
Safety of Woodworking machines. Circular sawing machines. Dimension saws
BS EN 1870-19
Safety of Woodworking machines. Circular sawing machines. Circular saw benches (with and without sliding table) and building site saws.
BS EN 12750
Safety of Woodworking Machines. Four sided moulding machines

Part 2 - General relevant BS ENs and BSs

BS 4163
Health and Safety for design and technology in schools and similar establishments. Code of practice
BS EN 12779
Safety of Woodworking Machines. Chip and dust extraction systems with fixed installation. Safety related performances and safety requirements.
BS EN 13850
Safety of machinery – Emergency Stop – principles of design
BS EN ISO 13857
Safety of machinery – Safety distances to prevent hazard zones being reached by upper and lower limbs
BS EN 144916
Dust explosion venting protective systems
BS EN 1037
Safety of machinery – Prevention of unexpected start-up

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Updated 2021-01-19