IEC 62841-4-3:2020 ED1

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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