BS EN ISO 5395-1:2013+A1:2018

This standard BS EN ISO 5395-1:2013+A1:2018 Garden equipment. Safety requirements for combustion- engine-powered lawnmowers is classified in these ICS categories:

• 65.060.70 Horticultural equipment

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 walk-behind electrically powered lawnmowers.

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