National foreword

This British Standard is the UK implementation of EN ISO 19085‑15:2021. It is identical to ISO 19085‑15:2021.

The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical Committee MTE/23, Woodworking machines.

A list of organizations represented on this committee can be obtained on request to its committee manager.

Contractual and legal considerations

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This publication is provided as is, and is to be used at the recipient’s own risk.

The recipient is advised to consider seeking professional guidance with respect to its use of this publication.

This publication is not intended to constitute a contract. Users are responsible for its correct application.

This publication has been prepared under a mandate given to the European Standards Organizations by the European Commission and the European Free Trade Association. It is intended to support requirements of the EU legislation detailed in the European Foreword. A European Annex, usually Annex ZA or ZZ, describes how this publication relates to that EU legislation.

For the Great Britain market (England, Scotland and Wales), if UK Government has designated this publication for conformity with UKCA marking (or similar) legislation, it may contain an additional National Annex. Where such a National Annex exists, it shows the correlation between this publication and the relevant UK legislation. If there is no National Annex of this kind, the relevant Annex ZA or ZZ in the body of the European text will indicate the relationship to UK regulation applicable in Great Britain. References to EU legislation may need to be read in accordance with the UK designation and the applicable UK law. Further information on designated standards can be found at

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For the Northern Ireland market, UK law will continue to implement relevant EU law subject to periodic confirmation. Therefore Annex ZA/ZZ in the European text, and references to EU legislation, are still valid for this market.

UK Government is responsible for legislation. For information on legislation and policies relating to that legislation, consult the relevant pages of www.gov.uk.

Compliance with a British Standard cannot confer immunity from legal obligations.

This British Standard was published under the authority of the Standards Policy and Strategy Committee on 31 May 2022.

Foreword

ISO (the International Organization for Standardization) is a worldwide federation of national standards bodies (ISO member bodies). The work of preparing International Standards is normally carried out through ISO technical committees. Each member body interested in a subject for which a technical committee has been established has the right to be represented on that committee. International organizations, governmental and non-governmental, in liaison with ISO, also take part in the work. ISO collaborates closely with the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) on all matters of electrotechnical standardization.

The procedures used to develop this document and those intended for its further maintenance are described in the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 1. In particular, the different approval criteria needed for the different types of ISO documents should be noted. This document was drafted in accordance with the editorial rules of the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2 (see www.iso.org/directives).

Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent rights. ISO shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights. Details of any patent rights identified during the development of the document will be in the Introduction and/or on the ISO list of patent declarations received (see www.iso.org/patents).

Any trade name used in this document is information given for the convenience of users and does not constitute an endorsement.

For an explanation of the voluntary nature of standards, the meaning of ISO specific terms and expressions related to conformity assessment, as well as information about ISO's adherence to the World Trade Organization (WTO) principles in the Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) see www.iso.org/iso/foreword.html.

This document was prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 39, Machine tools, Subcommittee SC 4, Woodworking machines,in collaboration with the European Committee for Standardization (CEN) Technical Committee CEN/TC 142,Woodworking machines - Safety,in accordance with the Agreement on technical cooperation between ISO and CEN (Vienna Agreement).

Any feedback or questions on this document should be directed to the user’s national standards body. A complete listing of these bodies can be found at www.iso.org/members.html.

This document is intended to be used in conjunction with ISO 19085‑1:20171, which gives requirements common to the different machine types.

A list of all parts in the ISO 19085 seriescan be found on the ISO website.

Introduction

The ISO 19085 seriesof International Standards provides technical safety requirements for the design and construction of woodworking machinery. It concerns designers, manufacturers, suppliers and importers of the machines specified in the Scope. It also includes a list of informative items to be provided the user by the manufacturer.

This document is a type-C standard as stated in ISO 12100.

This document is of relevance, in particular, for the following stakeholder groups representing the market players with regard to machinery safety:

machine manufacturers (small, medium and large enterprises);
health and safety bodies (regulators, accident prevention organisations, market surveillance etc.)

Others can be affected by the level of machinery safety achieved with the means of the document by the above-mentioned stakeholder groups:

machine users/employers (small, medium and large enterprises);
machine users/employees (e.g. trade unions, organizations for people with special needs);
service providers, e. g. for maintenance (small, medium and large enterprises);
consumers (in case of machinery intended for use by consumers).

The above-mentioned stakeholder groups have been given the possibility to participate at the drafting process of this document.

The machinery concerned and the extent to which hazards, hazardous situations or hazardous events are covered are indicated in the Scope of this document.

When requirements of this type-C standard are different from those which are stated in type-A or type-B standards, the requirements of this type-C standard take precedence over the requirements of the other standards for machines that have been designed and built according to the requirements of this type-C standard.

The full set of requirements for a particular type of woodworking machine are those given in the part of ISO 19085applicable to that type, together with the relevant requirements from ISO 19085‑1:2017, to the extent specified in the Scope of the applicable part of ISO 19085.

As far as possible, in parts of ISO 19085other than ISO 19085‑1:2017, safety requirements are referenced to the relevant sections of ISO 19085‑1:2017, to avoid repetition and reduce their length. The other parts contain replacements and additions to the common requirements given in ISO 19085‑1:2017.

Thus, Clauses 5, 6, 7and 8with their subclauses and the annexes of this document can either

confirm as a whole,
confirm with additions,
exclude in total, or
replace with specific text

the corresponding subclauses or annexes of ISO 19085‑1:2017.

This interrelation is indicated in the first paragraph of each subclause or annex right after the title by one of the following possible statements:

“ISO 19085‑1:2017, [subclause/Annex], applies”;
“ISO 19085‑1:2017, [subclause/Annex], applies with the following additions.” or “ISO 19085‑1:2017, [subclause/Annex], applies with the following additions, subdivided into further specific subclauses.”;
“ISO 19085‑1:2017, [subclause/Annex], does not apply.”;
“ISO 19085‑1:2017, [subclause/Annex], is replaced by the following text.” or “ISO 19085‑1:2017, [subclause/Annex], is replaced by the following text, subdivided into further specific subclauses.”.

Specific subclauses and annexes in this document without correspondent in ISO 19085‑1:2017are indicated by the introductory sentence: “Subclause/Annex specific to this document.”.

Clauses 1, 2and 4replace the corresponding clauses of ISO 19085‑1:2017, with no need for indication since they are specific to each part of the series.

This document refers to ISO 19085‑1:2017because it experienced delays in preparation. A new edition of this document is under preparation, which refers to ISO 19085‑1:2021.

This European Standard was approved by CEN on 4 September 2021.

CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration. Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national standards may be obtained on application to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre or to any CEN member.

This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other language made by translation under the responsibility of a CEN member into its own language and notified to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre has the same status as the official versions.

CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and United Kingdom.

European foreword

This document (EN ISO 19085‑15:2021) has been prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 39 "Machine tools" in collaboration with Technical Committee CEN/TC 142 “Woodworking machines - Safety” the secretariat of which is held by UNI.

This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by May 2022, and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at the latest by May 2022.

Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent rights. CEN shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.

This document has been prepared under a Standardization Request given to CEN by the European Commission and the European Free Trade Association, and supports essential requirements of EU Directive(s) / Regulation(s).

For the relationship with EU Directive(s) / Regulation(s), see informative Annex ZA, which is an integral part of this document.

Any feedback and questions on this document should be directed to the users’ national standards body/national committee. A complete listing of these bodies can be found on the CEN website.

According to the CEN-CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organizations of the following countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom.

Endorsement notice

The text of ISO 19085‑15:2021has been approved by CEN as EN ISO 19085‑15:2021without any modification.

1 Scope

This document gives the safety requirements and measures for stationary manually loaded and unloaded:

cold presses;
hot presses;
bending presses;
edge/face gluing presses;
membrane presses;
embossing presses;

where the pressing force is applied by hydraulic actuators pushing two flat or shaped surfaces against each other, hereinafter referred to as "machines".

It deals with all significant hazards, hazardous situations and events as listed in Clause 4relevant to machines, when operated, adjusted and maintained as intended and under the conditions foreseen by the manufacturer including reasonably foreseeable misuse. Also, transport, assembly, dismantling, disabling and scrapping phases are taken into account.

NOTE For relevant but not significant hazards, e.g. sharp edges of the machine frame, see ISO 12100:2010.

It is also applicable to machines fitted with one or more of the following devices/additional working units, whose hazards have been dealt with:

device for hot gluing;
device for high-frequency gluing;
device for high-frequency shaping;
automatic work-piece loading and unloading system;
intermediate additional platens;
work-piece extractor;
work-piece clamping pressure beam;
split moveable platens.

The machines are designed to process work-pieces consisting of:

solid wood;
materials with similar characteristics to wood (see ISO 19085‑1:2017, 3.2);
honeycomb board.

This document does not deal with any hazards related to:

specific devices that differ from the list above;
hot fluid heating systems internal to the machine other than electrical;
any hot fluid heating systems external to the machine;
operation of taking intermediate platens out and in again;
the combination of a single machine being used with any other machine (as part of a line).

It is not applicable to:

frame presses;
membrane presseswhere the pressing force is applied by vacuum only;
presses for producing chipboard, fibreboard, OSB;
machines intended for use in potentially explosive atmosphere;
machines manufactured before the date of its publication as an international standard.

2 Normative references

3 Terms and definitions

4 List of significant hazards

5 Safety requirements and measures for controls

5.1 Safety and reliability of control systems

5.2 Control devices

5.3 Start

5.4 Safe stops

5.5 Braking function of tool spindles

5.6 Mode selection

5.7 Spindle speed changing

5.8 Failure of any power supply

5.9 Manual reset control

5.10 Enabling control

5.11 Machine moving parts speed monitoring

5.12 Time delay

6 Safety requirements and measures for protection against mechanical hazards

6.1 Stability

6.2 Risk of break-up during operation

6.3 Tool holder and tool design

6.4 Braking

6.5 Safeguards

6.6 Prevention of access to moving parts

6.7 Impact hazard

6.8 Clamping devices

6.9 Measures against ejection

6.10 Work-piece support and guides

7 Safety requirements and measures for protection against other hazards

7.1 Fire

7.2 Noise

7.3 Emission of chips and dust

7.4 Electricity

7.5 Ergonomics and handling

7.6 Lighting

7.7 Pneumatics

7.8 Hydraulics

7.9 Electromagnetic compatibility

7.10 Laser

7.11 Static electricity

7.12 Errors of fitting

7.13 Isolation

7.14 Maintenance

7.15 Extreme temperatures

8 Information for use

8.1 Warning devices

8.2 Marking

8.3 Instruction handbook

Bibliography

BS EN ISO 19085-15:2021

Woodworking machines. Safety - Presses

Published:

31 May 2022

Withdrawn:

22 Dec 2025