SSH EN IEC 62841-4-3:2021

Electric motor-operated hand-held tools, transportable tools and lawn and garden machinery - Safety - Part 4-3: Particular requirements for pedestrian controlled walk-behind lawnmowers

Scope

IEC 62841-4-3:2020 This document applies to the design of pedestrian controlled walk-behind

- cylinder lawnmowers;

and

- rotary lawnmowers

equipped with

- metallic cutting means; and/or

- rigid non-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 greater than 10 J.

This document does not apply to

- robotic lawnmowers;

- remote-controlled lawnmowers;

- flail mowers or flail-type attachments;

- scissors type lawnmowers;

- grassland mowers;

- sickle bar mowers;

- towed/semi-mounted grass-cutting machines;

- scrub-clearing machines;

- lawn trimmers and lawn edge trimmers;

- lawn edgers;

- grass trimmers;

- brush cutters;

- brush saws;

- agricultural mowers;

- trailing seat/sulky units;

- ride-on machines;

- non-powered lawnmowers;

- combustion engine powered lawnmowers;

- hybrid and fuel cell powered machines and associated charging systems; and

- garden tractors or their attachments.

Robotic lawnmowers are covered by IEC 60335-2-107, and will be covered by a future part of IEC 62841.

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