Preface

This is the harmonized CSA Group and UL Standard For Electric Motor-Operated Hand-Held Tools, Transportable Tools And Lawn And Garden Machinery — Safety — Part 3-10: Particular Requirements for Transportable Cut-Off Machines. It is the First edition of CAN/CSA-C22.2 No. 62841-3-10 and the First edition of UL 62841-3-10.

This harmonized standard is based on IEC Publication 62841-3-10: First edition Standard For Electric Motor-Operated Hand-Held Tools, Transportable Tools And Lawn And Garden Machinery — Safety — Part 3-10: Particular Requirements for Transportable Cut-Off Machines issued September 2015. IEC publication 62841-3-10 is copyrighted by the IEC.

Scope

This clause of Part 1 is applicable, except as follows:

Addition:

This part of IEC 62841 applies to transportable cut-off machines intended to cut materials such as metals, concrete and masonry and to be fitted with one abrasive

- bonded reinforced wheel of Type 41, or

— diamond cut-off wheel with the peripheral gaps, if any, not exceeding 10 mm

and with

— a rated no-load speed not exceeding a peripheral speed of the wheel of 100 m/s with the maximum wheel diameter and

— a wheel diameter range of 250 mm to 410 mm.

This standard does not apply to:

— transportable mitre saws;

— transportable tile saws;

— transportable metal saws.

NOTE 101 Transportable mitre saws are covered by IEC 62841-3-9. Transportable tile saws will be covered by a future part of IEC 62841-3. Transportable metal saws will be covered by a future part of IEC 62841-3.