AS 2657.1, 2025 – Garden equipment – Safety requirements for combustion-engine-powered lawnmowers, Part 1: Terminology and common tests (ISO 5395-1:2013, MOD)

This part of ISO 5395 specifies terminology and common test methods used for verification of safety
requirements for combustion engine powered rotary lawnmowers and cylinder lawnmowers including
pedestrian-controlled (with or without sulky) and ride-on types (hereafter named “lawnmower”), and
equipped with:

— metallic cutting means and/or;

— 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.

This document does not apply to:

— robotic and remote-controlled lawnmowers, flail mowers, grassland mowers, sickle bar
mowers, towed/semi-mounted grass cutting machines, and scrub-clearing machines;

— cutting-means assembly when used in combination with an agricultural tractor;

— electrically powered and battery-powered lawnmowers.

NOTE IEC 60335-1[1] together with IEC 60335-2-77[2] give requirements for pedestrian-controlled walk-behind
electrically powered lawnmowers.

AS 2657.1 is not applicable to lawnmowers which are manufactured before the date of publication
of this document.