BS EN ISO 5395-2:2013+A2:2017 - Page 2

Garden equipment. Safety requirements for combustion-engine-powered lawnmowers. Pedestrian-controlled lawnmowers | Status: Current

1 Scope 1.1 This part of ISO 5395 specifies safety requirements and their verification for combustion-engine-powered pedestrian-controlled rotary lawnmowers and cylinder lawnmowers, including pedestrian-controlled mowers with a sulky having a seated operator (hereafter named “lawnmower”), and equipped with:

• — metallic cutting means; and/or
• — non-metallic cutting means with one or more cutting elements pivotally mounted on a generally circular drive unit, where these cutting elements rely on centrifugal force to achieve cutting, and have a kinetic energy for each single cutting element of 10 J or more.

This part of ISO 5395 does not apply to:

• — robotic and remote-controlled lawnmowers, flail mowers, grassland mowers, sickle bar mowers, towed/semi-mounted grass-cutting machines, and scrub-clearing machines;
• — electrically powered and battery-powered lawnmowers;
• — pedestrian-controlled lawnmowers with a swing-over handle.

NOTE IEC 60335-1[2] together with IEC 60335-2-77,[3] give requirements for pedestrian-controlled walk-behind electrically powered lawnmowers.