CSA Preface
This is the first edition of CAN/CSA-C22.2 No. 61029-2-10, Safety of transportable motor-operated electric tools — Part 2-10: Particular requirements for cutting-off grinders, which is an adoption without modification of the identically titled IEC (International Electrotechnical Commission) Standard 61029-2-10 (first edition, 1998-06). At the time of publication, IEC 61029-2-10:1998 is available from IEC in English only. CSA will publish the French version when it becomes available from IEC.
This Standard is intended to be used in conjunction with CAN/CSA-E1029-1-94, Safety of transportable motor-operated electric tools — Part 1: General requirements (adopted CEI/IEC 1029-1:1990, with Canadian deviations).
This Standard was reviewed for Canadian adoption by the CSA Subcommittee on Portable Electric Tools, under the jurisdiction of the Technical Committee on Consumer and Commercial Products and the Strategic Steering Committee on Requirements for Electrical Safety, and has been formally approved by the Technical Committee. A list of the members of the Technical Committee is available upon request. This Standard has been approved as a National Standard of Canada by the Standards Council of Canada.
Scope
This clause of part 1 is applicable, except as follows:
1.1 Addition:
This standard applies to cutting-off grinders intended mainly for cutting metal with a plain abrasive cutting-off wheel whose diameter does not exceed 406 mm and has a rated peripheral speed not exceeding 80 m/s.