This document specifies all the significant hazards, hazardous situations and events as listed in Clause 4 which are relevant to single end tenoning machines with sliding table, hereinafter referred to as " machines" , designed to cut solid wood, chipboard, fibreboard, plywood and also these materials where they are covered with plastic laminate or edgings.
This standard does not apply to:
a) machines where the tenon is produced only by means of saw blades
b) machines where the design speed of any tool spindle exceeds 6000 min-1
c) machines where the average sliding table feed speed in either direction exceeds 25 m min-1 + 5%
d) combined machines used for tenoning (see EN 940:1997)
e) tenoning attachments on a vertical spindle moulding machine (see EN 848-1:2007).
NOTE Single and double end tenoning machines fed by chain or chains are dealt with in EN 1218-2. Single end tenoning machines where the tenon is produced only by means of saw blades are dealt with in EN 1218-3.
This European Standard is primarily applicable to machines which are manufactured after the date of issue of his standard.