ISO 19085-13:2020

Overview

ISO 19085-13:2020 - Woodworking machines - Safety - Part 13 specifies safety requirements and protective measures for stationary multi-blade rip sawing machines with manual loading and/or unloading. The standard covers machines designed to cut solid wood and similar materials and addresses all significant hazards, hazardous situations and events relevant to normal operation, adjustment, maintenance and reasonably foreseeable misuse. It also considers transport, assembly, dismantling, disabling and scrapping phases. The document excludes machines with all saw blade spindles mounted below the workpiece support, machines for potentially explosive atmospheres, and machines manufactured before publication.

Keywords: ISO 19085-13, woodworking machine safety, multi-blade rip sawing machines, safety requirements.

Key Topics and Requirements

The standard organizes safety provisions into practical technical areas, including:

• List of significant hazards relevant to multi-blade rip sawing machines (Clause 4).
• Control systems and operator controls: safety and reliability of control systems, start/stop functions, emergency stop, enabling controls, mode selection, manual reset and time delays.
• Safe stops and braking: requirements for spindle braking, braking performance and run-down times, plus normative tests (Annex B).
• Mechanical protection and guarding: fixed and interlocked movable guards, prevention of access to moving parts, guarding of tools, drives, crushing and shearing zones.
• Protection against ejection: materials and design requirements for guards to prevent ejection through infeed and outfeed openings.
• Workpiece support, clamping and handling: guidelines for safe feeding, pressure shoes, anti-splinter systems and guided supports.
• Other hazards: noise emission (including measurement methods), dust and chip emission, fire, electrical, pneumatic and hydraulic hazards, ergonomics, lighting and maintenance.
• Testing and verification: normative test methods for stability, impact and braking (Annexes C–F).
• Information for use: marking, warning devices and instruction handbook requirements.

Keywords: guards, braking function, noise emission, machine controls, risk assessment.

Practical Applications and Users

ISO 19085-13 is essential for:

• Manufacturers and machine designers developing multi-blade rip sawing equipment to meet safety regulatory expectations.
• Safety engineers and compliance officers performing risk assessments, machine validation and CE/market conformity checks.
• Machine operators and maintenance personnel who need clear guidance for safe operation, adjustment and servicing.
• Test laboratories and certification bodies conducting braking, stability and impact tests per the normative annexes.
• Purchasers and facility managers specifying safe equipment for woodworking production lines.

Keywords: woodworking safety standard, machine certification, operator safety.

Related Standards

• ISO 12100:2010 - general principles for risk assessment and risk reduction (referenced for non-significant hazards).
• Other parts of the ISO 19085 series (general machine family safety requirements).
• ISO 7960:1995 - referenced for certain noise emission measurement methods.

Using ISO 19085-13 helps reduce mechanical and operational risk, improve operator safety and support regulatory compliance for multi-blade rip sawing machines.