This category covers the many standards that are included for chainsaws in the forestry industry. These standards include everything from vocabulary to chain brake performance.
This document defines terms relating to the mechanical aspects of portable chain-saws, saw-chain and guide bars. The chain-saw positions are shown in Annex A, Figure A.1.
This document specifies safety requirements and measures for verification for the design, construction, transporting and commissioning of portable, combustion-engine, hand-held chain-saws. The chain-saws are intended to be used for forest work by only one operator, with the right hand on the rear handle and left hand on the front handle. Dismantling and scrapping of the product is not covered by this document. Methods for the elimination or reduction of hazards arising from the use of these machines and the type of information on safe working practices to be provided by the manufacturer are specified. This document deals with all significant hazards, hazardous situations and hazardous events, with the exception of kickback and balance for machines with an engine displacement of more than 80 cm 3 , relevant to these machines when they are used as intended and under conditions of misuse which are reasonably foreseeable by the manufacturer (see Annex A). This document is applicable to chain-saws manufactured after its date of publication.
This document specifies safety requirements and measures for verification for the design, construction, transporting and commissioning for tree service of portable, combustion-engine, hand-held chain-saws having a maximum mass of 4,3 kg (without the guide bar and saw-chain and with tanks empty). The chain-saws are intended to be used, with the right hand on the rear handle and left hand on the front handle, by a trained operator. Dismantling and scrapping of the product is not covered by this document. Methods for the elimination or reduction of hazards arising from the use of these machines and the type of information on safe working practices to be provided by the manufacturer are specified. This document deals with all significant hazards, hazardous situations and hazardous events relevant to these machines when they are used as intended and under conditions of misuse which are reasonably foreseeable by the manufacturer (see Annex B). This document is applicable to chain-saws manufactured after its date of publication. NOTE Figure 1 shows an example of a chain-saw within the scope of this document.
This document specifies a method for testing the performance and fuel consumption of internal combustion engines used to power manually portable (hand-held) powered lawn and garden equipment and forest machinery, for example, chain-saws, hedge trimmers, brush-cutters, grass-trimmers, pole-mounted pruners, and edgers.
This document specifies the minimum clearances and related dimensions for the front and rear handles of portable, hand-held chain-saws.
This document specifies a test method and strength requirements for the handles of portable hand-held chain-saws for use primarily in forestry and tree-service.
This document specifies the dimensions and clearances for front hand-guards and their openings on portable hand-held chain-saws. These dimensions and clearances ensure the necessary safety provided by the hand-guard, which serves as both a shield between the operator's hand and the saw-chain and as an actuator for manually operated chain brakes.
For chain-saws with wrap around handles (see Figure 1), this document is not applicable to the portion of the front handle to the right (when viewed from the rear) of the top brace.
This document specifies the mechanical strength requirements relating to the front and rear hand-guards of portable hand-held chain-saws for use primarily in forestry and for tree service. It also gives the corresponding test methods.
Specifies minimum dimensions for cutting attachment guards of portable hand-held brush cutters and grass-trimmers with internal combustion engines, for use primarily in forestry. Does not apply for lawn-trimmers.
ISO 8334:2007 specifies a test method for the longitudinal and the lateral balance of portable combustion engine hand-held chain-saws. It also provides a test method for determining the maximum holding moment of tree service chain-saws.
Specifies a test method and the corresponding strength requirements of portable hand-held combustion engine brush-cutters, for use primarily in forestry, and grass-trimmers, to test their safety in practical use. This ensures safety for the operator being protected from thrown objects and unintentional contacts with the cutting attachment. Required dimensions are given in ISO 7918. Does not apply to cutting attachment guards for lawn-trimmers, which are dealt with in ISO 10518.
This document specifies a method for testing the performance and fuel consumption of internal combustion engines used to power manually portable (hand-held) powered lawn and garden equipment and forest machinery, for example, chain-saws, hedge trimmers, brush-cutters, grass-trimmers, pole-mounted pruners, and edgers.
This document establishes requirements and test procedures for determining the performance of spark arrestor exhaust systems of multi position small engines used in portable applications, such as chain-saws, brush-cutters, grass-trimmers, pole-mounted pruners, edgers and similar shaft-drive machines, hedge trimmers and hand-held and back-pack blowers. It is not applicable to spark arrestors used in vehicles or stationary equipment.
This document specifies the methodology for determining the kickback potential of gasoline-powered and electric-powered (including battery powered) chain-saws, complete with guide bar and saw-chain.
This document has been demonstrated to be an accurate method of measurement for evaluating computed kickback angles and energy associated with chain-saw kickback for electric-powered chain-saws (including battery powered) and gasoline-powered chain-saws with engine capacity up to 80 cm3. It is not intended to evaluate chain-saws with an engine capacity of above 80 cm3. Furthermore, because of physical size limitations of the kickback machine, it is not intended for testing of units with guide bar cutting length in excess of 63 cm.
Modifications to the methodology for determining the kickback potential introduced in this edition are aimed to have a better reproducibility of the results; test results obtained according to the previous methodology still maintain their validity.
ISO 13772:2018 specifies a method for checking the functioning and performance of the non-manually actuated chain brake on an electric or gasoline engine powered, portable hand-held chain-saw.
This document defines test procedures for classifying the lubrication ability of saw chain lubricant when using guide bar and saw chain.