International Electrotechnical Commission

Household and similar electrical appliances – Safety – Part 2-67: Particular requirements for floor treatment machines, for commercial use - Edition 4.1; Consolidated Reprint
 N 60335-2-67

Annotation

This clause of Part 1 is replaced by the following.

This International Standard deals with the safety of powered floor treatment machines intended for commercial indoor or outdoor use for the following applications:

– scrubbing,

– wet or dry pick-up,

– polishing and dry buffing,

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

– shampooing,

– stripping, grinding and scarifying

of floors with an artificial surface.

Their cleaning motion is more lateral or periodic than linear.

NOTE 101 By contrast, the cleaning motion of machines covered by IEC 60335-2-72 is more linear than lateral or periodic.

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;