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AS 2657.2:2025
[Current]Garden equipment - Safety requirements for combustion-engine-powered lawnmowers, Part 2: Pedestrian-controlled lawnmowers (ISO 5395-2:2013, MOD)
AS 2657.2:2025 adopts and modifies ISO 5395-2:2013, which specifies safety requirements and their verification for combustion-engine-powered pedestrian-controlled rotary lawnmowers and cylinder lawnmowers, including pedestrian-controlled mowers with a sulky having a seated operator (hereafter named “lawnmower”), and equipped with:
(a) metallic cutting means; and/or
(b) non-metallic cutting means with one or more cutting elements pivotally mounted on a generally circular drive unit, where these cutting elements rely on centrifugal force to achieve cutting, and have a kinetic energy for each single cutting element of 10 J or more.
Published: 04/04/2025
Pages: 43
Table of contents
Cited references
Content history
Table of contents
Header
About this publication
Preface
Foreword
Introduction
1 Scope
1.1
1.2
1.3
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 Requirements for pedestrian-controlled lawnmowers
4.1 General
4.2 Controls
4.2.1 Location
4.2.2 Engine speed
4.2.3 Engine starting
4.2.4 Engine stopping
4.2.5 Brake steering or clutch steering
4.2.6 Traction drive
4.3 Operator presence control (OPC)
4.4 Handle
4.4.1 Distance
4.4.2 Pivoting
4.5 Guards
4.5.1 General
4.5.2 Detaching or opening of guards
4.6 Brakes
4.6.1 Service-brake performance
4.6.1.1 Requirements
4.6.1.2 Service brake test
4.6.2 Parking brake
4.6.2.1 Requirements
4.6.2.2 Parking brake test
4.7 Transport position of the cutting-means assembly
4.7.1 Disengagement of the cutting means
4.7.2 Manual movement to the transport position
4.7.3 Securing in the transport position
4.7.4 Movement from the transport position
4.8 Separate fan for grass collection
4.9 Hot surfaces
4.10 Exhaust fumes
4.11 Pressurized components of hydraulic systems
4.12 Liquid spillage
4.12.1 Requirements
4.12.2 Spillage test
4.13 Electrical system
4.13.1 Electrical cables and wiring (including high tension cables)
4.13.2 Starting battery installation
4.13.3 Overload protection
4.13.4 Terminals and electrical parts
4.13.5 Ignition circuits (spark ignition engines)
4.14 Electromagnetic immunity
4.15 Noise
4.15.1 Reduction by design, at source and by protective measures
4.15.2 Noise measurements
4.16 Vibration
4.16.1 Reduction by design, at source and by protective measures
4.16.2 Vibration measurements
4.17 Additional requirements for a lawnmower with a sulky with a seat
4.17.1 Braking
4.17.1.1 Requirements
4.17.1.2 Brake test
4.17.2 Controls
4.17.3 Platform and foot rest
4.17.4 Stability
5 Particular requirements for pedestrian-controlled rotary lawnmowers
5.1 Stopping time of the cutting means
5.1.1 Stopping time and durability
5.1.2 Imbalance
5.1.2.1 Requirements
5.1.2.2 Imbalance test
5.2 Impact of the cutting means
5.3 Cutting-means enclosure
5.3.1 Enclosure
5.3.2 Foot protection
5.3.2.1 Requirements
5.3.2.2 Foot protection test
5.4 Structural integrity
5.5 Thrown objects
5.6 Grass catcher
6 Particular requirements for pedestrian-controlled cylinder lawnmowers
6.1 Throw line
6.2 Cutting-means enclosure
6.2.1 Requirements
6.2.2 Verification
6.3 Stopping time of the cutting means
7 Information for use
7.1 Instruction handbook
7.1.1 General
7.1.2 Technical data
7.1.3 Other information
7.2 Markings and warnings
7.2.1 Marking requirements
7.2.2 Warning requirements
7.2.3 Artificial weathering test
Annex A
Bibliography
Amendment 1: OPC, cutting means, pressurized hoses
Amendment 2: Cutting-means-enclosure guards
Appendix ZZ
ZZ.1 Scope
ZZ.2 Modifications
Cited references in this standard
Content history
[Current]
[Current]
ISO 5395-2:2013/Amd.1:2016
ISO 5395-2:2013/Amd.2:2017
DR AS 5395.2:2024