BS EN 14018:2005 – Agricultural and forestry machinery — Seed drills — Safety
1 Scope
This European Standard, applied together with EN 1 553:1 999, specifies the safety requirements and their verification for design and construction of mounted, semi-mounted, trailed or self-propelled seed drills, including the seeding function of combined seed and fertilizer drills, used in agriculture and in forestry. In addition, this European Standard specifies the type of information on safe working practices (including residual risks) to be provided by the manufacturer.
When requirements of this European Standard are different from those which are stated in EN 1 553:1 999 the requirements of this European Standard take precedence over the requirements of EN 1 553:1 999 for machines that have been designed and built according to the provisions of this European Standard.
It does not apply to:
fertilizer distributors designed only for solid fertilizer application (dealt with in EN 1 401 7);
seed drills with integrated and inseparable powered soil working tools (see 3.2).
NOTE Powered soil working tools are dealt with in EN 708:1 996 and EN 708:1 996/A1 :2000.
This European Standard deals with all the significant hazards, hazardous situations and events relevant to seed drills, when they are used as intended and under the conditions foreseen by the manufacturer (see Clause 4), excepting the hazards arising from:
electrostatic phenomena;
external influences on electrical equipment;
failure of energy supply;
failure, malfunction of control system;
minadequate visibility from drivers/operators position;
travelling functions (drive, braking etc.);
break-up of parts rotating at high speed;
equipment for loading seeds (and fertilizer).
It is not applicable to electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) nor to environmental hazards (except noise). These aspects are covered by EN 1 3740-1 :2003 and EN 1 3740-2:2003 for combined seed and solid fertilizer drills.
This European Standard is not applicable to seed drills which are manufactured before the date of its publication as EN.
2 Normative references
The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application of this European Standard. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
EN 294:1 992, Safety of machinery – Safety distances to prevent danger zones being reached by the upper limbs
EN 1 553:1 999, Agricultural machinery – Agricultural self-propelled, mounted, semi-mounted and trailed machines – Common safety requirements
EN ISO 1 1 688-1 :1 998, Acoustics – Recommended practice for the design of low-noise machinery and equipment – Part 1: Planning (ISO/TR 11688-1:1995)
EN ISO 1 21 00-1 :2003, Safety of machinery – Basic concepts, general principles for design – Part 1: Basic terminology, methodology (ISO 12100-1:2003)
EN ISO 1 21 00-2:2003, Safety of machinery – Basic concepts, general principles for design – Part 2: Technical principles (ISO 12100-2:2003)
3 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this European Standard, the terms and definitions given in EN ISO 1 21 00-1 :2003 and the following apply.
3.1
seed drill
machine for sowing seeds (e.g. cereals) in a continuous manner
BS EN 14018:2005 – Agricultural and forestry machinery — Seed drills — Safety