European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization

Household and similar electrical appliances - Safety - Part 2-72: Particular requirements for floor treatment machines with or without traction drive, for commercial use
 N EN 60335-2-72

Annotation

This clause of Part 1 is replaced by the following.

This International Standard deals with the safety of powered ride-on and powered walkbehind machines intended for commercial indoor or outdoor use for the following applications:

– sweeping,

– scrubbing,

– wet or dry pick-up,

– polishing,

– application of wax, sealing products and powder based detergents,

– shampooing

of floors with an artificial surface.

Their cleaning motion is more linear than lateral or periodic.

NOTE 101 By contrast, the cleaning motion of machines covered by IEC 60335-2-67 is more lateral or periodic than linear.

NOTE 102 This standard applies to machines for commercial use. The following list, although not comprehensive, gives an indication of locations that are included in the scope:

– public use areas such as hotels, schools, hospitals;

– industrial locations, for example factories and manufacturing shops;

– retail outlets, for example shops and supermarkets;