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Timestamp: 2019-04-20 05:25:29+00:00

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4.2. sawing machinery with blade(s) assembled on a carriage with reciprocating motion..
Annex IV sets out the list of categories of machinery that may be subject to one of the two conformity assessment procedures involving a Notified Body: EC type-examination or Full quality assurance. These categories include machinery in the broad sense – see §33: comments on Article 2. Machinery belonging to one of the categories listed in Annex IV may also be subject to the procedure for assessment of conformity with internal checks when it is manufactured in accordance with harmonised standards that cover all of the applicable EHSRs – see §129 and §130: comments on Article 12 (3) and (4).
The list set out in Annex IV is exhaustive, in other words, only the machinery belonging to the categories listed is subject to the conformity assessment procedures set out in Article 12 (3) and (4). Machinery belonging to categories not listed in Annex IV, even if it is similar or presents similar hazards to the categories listed, is subject only to the procedure for assessment of conformity with internal checks – see §128: comments on Article 12 (2).
Item 1 covers only circular saws for working with wood and analogous materials or for working with meat or analogous materials belonging to the categories referred to in items 1.1 to 1.4.
It should also be noted that not all circular saws for working wood are concerned; for example, sawing machinery with a blade moved by hand during cutting (such as some mitre saws) are not referred to in Annex IV.
Materials analogous to wood include, for example, chipboard, fibreboard, plywood (and also these materials when they are covered with plastic or light alloy laminates), cork, bone, rigid rubber or plastic. On the other hand, stone, concrete and similar materials requiring an abrasive type of cutting tool are not considered as materials analogous to wood.
Materials analogous to meat include fish and frozen or deep-frozen food.
Items 1.3, 1.4, 3 and 4 refer to manual loading and/or unloading. Manual loading and/or unloading occurs when the operator places workpieces directly in the feed device or workpiece support device and removes them directly from that device, so that it is possible for the operator to have direct contact with the workpiece while it is in contact with the tool. Machinery is not considered to have manual loading or unloading if it is equipped with a feed device or a device for loading and unloading workpieces (such as, for example, a conveyor) such that the tools are out of reach of the user while the device is being used and the machinery cannot be operated without the device.
Items 1.1, 2, 6 and 7 refer to manual feed or hand fed machinery. Manual feed or hand feed occurs when either the workpiece or the tool is manually moved during machining so that it is possible for the operator to come into contact with the tool. The same applies to the machinery with a manually operated reciprocating saw-bench or carriage referred to in item 1.2.
The combined woodworking machinery referred to in item 5 is machinery designed to carry out any combination of the functions referred to in items 1 to 4 and 7, with manual removal of the workpiece between each operation - see §210: comments on section 1.3.5 of Annex I. Only combined machinery carrying out functions referred to in items 1 to 4 and 7 is subject to item 5 of Annex IV, however such machinery may also carry out other additional functions. Since the necessary protective measures are often common to several or all of the combined functions, the EC type-examination or the assessment of the full quality assurance system for such combined woodworking machinery shall always concern the entire machinery.
The vertical spindle moulding machines referred to in item 7 have a spindle passing through the table and a drive motor situated beneath the table. Routing machinery with a spindle located completely above the table is not covered by item 7.
The presses for cold working of metals referred to in item 9 are presses the intended or foreseeable use of which includes the possibility of the operator placing or removing workpieces between the tools with his hands without the use of integrated ancillary handling devices. The term 'cold working' refers to the shaping of metal without heating, usually at room temperature. The term 'metal' refers to material in sheet, rolled or forged form.
- a closing speed greater than 30 mm/s.
When establishing the closing speed of mechanical presses, the highest instantaneous speed reached by the slide (in general, at about the mid-point of its travel) should be taken into consideration.
- the machinery is fitted with loading and unloading devices such that it is not possible to operate the machinery without those devices.
In all other cases, loading and unloading shall be considered as manual.
Locomotives for underground working referred to in item 12.1 are self-powered vehicles running on a track of one or two rails situated above or under the vehicle for use in mines or other underground workings, designed for hauling or transporting persons, materials or mineral. Brake vans are railway vehicles for underground working equipped with a brake which can be applied by the operator.
- entire mine face support systems under central control.
Tunnelling machines are not covered by item 12.
An explanation of the term 'manual loading' with respect to manually loaded trucks for the collection of household refuse incorporating a compression mechanism referred to in item 13 is given in a specific guidance document. The document also shows examples of machinery that is within the scope of item 13 and machinery that is outside the scope of item 13.
In general, the vehicle itself is excluded from the scope of the Machinery Directive, so the machinery referred to in item 13 is the refuse collection and compression equipment mounted on the chassis – see §37: comments on the third indent of Article 2 (a), and §54: comments on Article 1 (2) (e).

References: §33
 §129
 §130
 §128
 §210
 §37
 §54