Standards Development

Scope

This document applies to

– walk-behind edgers and walk-beside edgers having a blade-tip circle diameter of not more than 305 mm, and where the plane of the blade-tip circle is designed to operate at not more than 15° from the vertical, equipped with a

• cutting accessory; and/or

• cutting means with one or more cutting elements pivotally mounted on a generally circular drive unit and have a kinetic energy for each single cutting element of greater than 10 J.

and

– hand-held edgers having at least one ground-support having a blade-tip circle diameter of not more than 305 mm, equipped with a  

 cutting accessory; and/or

• cutting means with one or more cutting elements pivotally mounted on a generally circular drive unit,
and have a kinetic energy for each single cutting element of greater than 10 J.

This document does not apply to

– lawn trimmers, lawn edge trimmers, grass trimmers, brush cutters and brush saws;

– scissor type edgers and brush cutters; and– machines equipped with metallic cutting accessories consisting of more than one piece, e.g. pivoting chains or flail blades

Purpose

Edgers are widely used by professionals and consumers worldwide. This proposed new Part 4 standard is aligned with IEC 62841-1 Ed. 1.0: Electric motor operated hand-held tools, transportable tools and lawn and garden machinery - Safety - Part 1: General requirements.