What is ISO 14955‑5 about?
ISO 14955‑5 is part fifth of the multi-series standard that specifies technical requirements for testing procedures for evaluation of energy supplied during use phase for the design of machine tools to process wood and materials with similar physical characteristics to wood.
ISO 14955‑5, along with ISO 14955-1 and ISO 14955-2, covers all significant energy requirements relevant to woodworking machine tools, when they are used as intended and under the conditions foreseen by the manufacturer/supplier.
ISO 14955‑5 defines relevant operating states, optional shift regimes and optional machine toolactivities for several types of woodworking machine tools.
ISO 14955‑5 helps you in evaluation of energy supplied during use phase for the design of machine tools to process wood and materials with similar physical characteristics to wood.
ISO 14955‑5 also applies to peripheral devices which are supplied as an integral part of the machine. ISO 14955‑5 also applies to machine tools which are part of an integrated manufacturing system where the energy required is comparable to those of machine tools working separately.
ISO 14955‑5 applies to the following woodworking machine tools:
- NC boring and routing machines
- Horizontal beam panel sawing machines
- Vertical panel sawing machines
- Edge banding machines fed by chains
- Wide belt calibrating and sanding machines
- Four-sided moulding machines
- Tenoning and/or profiling machines
- Foiling/laminating machines
- Dimension saws and circular saw benches
- Single spindle vertical moulding machines (toupie)
- Surface planing, thickness planing, combined surface/thickness planing machines
- Band sawing machines
- Combined machines
- Multi-blade rip-sawing machines
- Presses and bending presses
Who is ISO 14955‑5 for?
ISO 14955‑5 on principles for testing woodworking machine tools with respect to energy supplied is useful for:
- Metal-cutting machine tools manufacturers
- Industries using metal-cutting machine tools
- Designers of metal-cutting machine tools
Why should you use ISO 14955‑5?
As environmental impact is a common challenge for all products and natural resources become scarce, environmental performance criteria for machine tools need to be defined and the use of these criteria needs to be specified.
Woodworking machine tools are complex products for industrial use to manufacture workpieces ready for use or semi-finished products. Their environmental impact includes waste raw material, use of auxiliary substances such as lubricants and other material flows as well as the conversion of electrical energy into heat, dissipation of heat to the ambient or heat exchange by fluids and eventually the use of other resources such as compressed air.
ISO 14955‑5 provides guidance on the basics for measurement and calculation of energy supplied and evaluation of energy supplied to different types of woodworking machine tools.
ISO 14955‑5 lays out instructions for reporting which includes the machine tool description, measurement setup description, and test results.
