Article 12U.K.Equipment subject to noise limits

The guaranteed sound power level of equipment listed below shall not exceed the permissible sound power level as laid down in the following tables of limit values:

a

P el for welding generators: conventional welding current multiplied by the conventional load voltage for the lowest value of the duty factor given by the manufacturer.

P el for power generators: prime power according to ISO 8528-1:1993, clause 13.3.2

b

The figures for stage II are merely indicative for the following types of equipment:

  • walk-behind vibrating rollers;

  • vibratory plates (> 3kW);

  • vibratory rammers;

  • dozers (steel tracked);

  • loaders (steel tracked > 55 kW);

  • combustion-engine driven counterbalanced lift trucks;

  • compacting screed paver-finishers;

  • hand-held internal combustion-engine concrete-breakers and picks (15 < m < 30)

  • lawnmowers, lawn trimmers/lawn-edge trimmers.

Definitive figures will depend on amendment of the Directive following the report required in Article 20(1). In the absence of any such amendment, the figures for stage I will continue to apply for stage II.

c

For single-engine mobile cranes, the figures for stage I shall continue to apply until 3 January 2008 . After that date, stage II figures shall apply.

The permissible sound power level shall be rounded up or down to the nearest integer number (less than 0,5, use lower number; greater than or equal to 0,5, use higher number)]

[F1Type of equipment Net installed power P (in kW) Electric power P el a in kW Mass of appliance m in kg Cutting width L in cm Permissible sound power level in dB/1 pW
Stage I as from 3 January 2002 Stage II as from 3 January 2006
Compaction machines (vibrating rollers, vibratory plates, vibratory rammers) P ≤ 8 108 105 b
8 < P ≤ 70 109 106 b
P > 70 89 + 11 lg P 86 + 11 lg P b
Tracked dozers, tracked loaders, tracked excavator-loaders P ≤ 55 106 103 b
P > 55 87 + 11 lg P 84 + 11 lg P b
Wheeled dozers, wheeled loaders, wheeled excavator-loaders, dumpers, graders, loader-type landfill compactors, combustion-engine driven counterbalanced lift trucks, mobile cranes, compaction machines (non-vibrating rollers), paver-finishers, hydraulic power packs P ≤ 55 104 101 b c
P > 55 85 + 11 lg P 82 + 11 lg P b c
Excavators, builders’ hoists for the transport of goods, construction winches, motor hoes P ≤ 15 96 93
P > 15 83 + 11 lg P 80 + 11 lg P
Hand-held concrete-breakers and picks m ≤ 15 107 105
15 < m < 30 94 + 11 lg m 92 + 11 lg m b
m ≥ 30 96 + 11 lg m 94 + 11 lg m
Tower cranes 98 + lg P 96 + lg P
Welding and power generators P el ≤ 2 97 + lg P el 95 + lg P el
2 < P el ≤ 10 98 + lg P el 96 + lg P el
[X1P el > 10] 97 + lg P el 95 + lg P el
Compressors P ≤ 15 99 97
P > 15 97 + 2 lg P 95 + 2 lg P
Lawnmowers, lawn trimmers/lawn-edge trimmers L ≤ 50 96 94 b
50 < L ≤ 70 100 98
70 < L ≤ 120 100 98 b
L > 120 105 103 b

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