BS EN 848-3:2007+A2:2009 Safety of woodworking machines. One side moulding machines with rotating tools. Numerically controlled (NC) boring and routing machines
BS EN 848-3 specifies all significant hazards, hazardous situations and events which are relevant to NC boring machines, NC routing machines and NC combined boring/routing machines designed to cut solid wood, chip board, fibreboard, plywood and also these materials where these are covered with plastic laminate or edgings when they are used as intended and under the conditions foreseen by the manufacturer.
BS EN 848-3 also applies to machines fitted with:
a) Additional equipment for sawing, sanding and edge banding
b) Fixed or movable workpiece support
c) Mechanical, pneumatic, hydraulic or vacuum workpiece clamping
d) Automatic tool change facilities.
BS EN 848-3 does not deal with the specific hazards of edge banding equipment fitted to NC boring machines, NC routing machines and NC combined boring/routing machines.
BS EN 848-3 is only applicable to NC boring machines, NC routing machines and NC combined boring/routing machines which are designed to use milling tools with a cutting circle diameter below 16 mm or milling tools or saw-blades conforming to EN 847-1:2005 and EN 847-2:2001 and boring tools or sanding wheels.
BS EN 848-3 is not applicable to NC boring machines, NC routing machines and NC combined boring/routing machines which are designed to use grinding wheels.
BS EN 848-3 is not applicable to single spindle hand fed/integrated fed routing machines.
BS EN 848-3 this document is not applicable to NC boring machines, NC routing machines and NC combined boring/routing machines which are manufactured before the date of its publication as EN.
Contents of BS EN 848-3:
Foreword
Introduction
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 List of significant hazards
5 Safety requirements and/or measures
6 Information for use
