International Organization for Standardization

Garden equipment - Safety requirements for combustion-enginepowered lawnmowers - Part 1: Terminology and common tests - Second Edition
 N 5395-1

Annotation

This part of ISO 5395 specifies terminology and common test methods used for verification of safety requirements for combustion engine powered rotary lawnmowers and cylinder lawnmowers including pedestrian-controlled (with or without sulky) and ride-on types (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 document 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;

- cutting-means assembly when used in combination with an agricultural tractor;

- electrically powered and battery-powered lawnmowers.

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

This document is not applicable to lawnmowers which are manufactured before the date of publication of this document.

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