prEN 81-30
(Main)Safety rules for the construction and installation of lifts - Lifts for the transport of goods only - Part 30: Electric and hydraulic service lifts
Safety rules for the construction and installation of lifts - Lifts for the transport of goods only - Part 30: Electric and hydraulic service lifts
This standard specifies the safety rules for the construction and installation of permanently installed new electric service lifts with traction or positive drive, or hydraulic service lifts defined as lifting equipment, serving defined landing levels, having a car, the interior of which is regarded as inaccessible to persons on account of its dimensions and means of construction, suspended by ropes or chains or supported by a ram and moving between rigid vertical guide rails or guide rails whose inclination to the vertical does not exceed 15° and driven electrically or hydraulically.
This standard covers service lifts with rated load not exceeding 300 kilogrammes and not intended to move persons.
Sicherheitsregeln für die Konstruktion und den Einbau von Aufzügen - Aufzüge für den Transport von Gütern - Teil 30: Elektrisch und hydraulisch betriebene Kleingüteraufzüge
1.1 Dieses Dokument legt die Sicherheitsregeln fest für die Konstruktion und den Einbau von dauerhaft installierten neuen Kleingüteraufzügen mit einem Treibscheiben-, Trommel- oder Kettenantrieb, oder mit hydraulischem Antrieb, die festgelegte Ebenen bedienen, einen Fahrkorb besitzen, dessen Inneres wegen seiner Maße und Ausführung für Personen als nicht betretbar gilt, der an Seilen oder Ketten aufgehängt oder von Hebern getragen wird und der sich zwischen Führungen, die nicht mehr als 15° gegen die Senkrechte geneigt sind, bewegt.
Dieses Dokument gilt für Kleingüteraufzüge mit einer Nennlast, die 300 kg nicht übersteigt und die nicht für den Transport von Personen vorgesehen sind.
1.2 Zusätzlich zu den Anforderungen dieser Norm müssen in speziellen Fällen (explosionsgefährdete Atmosphäre, extreme klimatische Verhältnisse, Erdbebenbedingungen, Transport gefährlicher Güter usw.) weitere Anforderungen beachtet werden.
1.3 Dieses Dokument behandelt nicht:
a) Kleingüteraufzüge mit anderen als in 1.1 genannten Antrieben;
b) Kleingüteraufzüge, die die folgenden Abmessungen überschreiten:
1) für Grundflächen, 1,0 m2;
2) für die Tiefe, 1,0 m;
3) für die Höhe 1,20 m. Die Höhe ist nicht beschränkt, wenn der Fahrkorb mehrere dauerhafte Abteile umfasst, die jeweils die obigen Abmessungen nicht überschreiten.
ANMERKUNG Hebezeuge, die ausschließlich zum Transport von Gütern dienen und einen Fahrkorb mit Maßen haben, die die oben angegebenen überschreiten, werden nicht den Kleingüteraufzügen zugeordnet;
c) wesentliche Änderungen (siehe Anhang C) an einem Kleingüteraufzug, der vor dem Inkrafttreten dieses Dokuments errichtet wurde;
d) Hebezeuge wie Umlaufaufzüge, Schachtförderanlagen, Einrichtungen mit selbsttätiger Beladung, Kübelaufzüge, Bauaufzüge, Schiffsaufzüge, Bohrplattformen auf See, Bau- und Wartungseinrichtungen;
e) Sicherheit beim Transport, bei der Errichtung, der Instandsetzung und der Demontage von Kleingüteraufzügen;
f) die Verwendung von Glas in Schachtumwehrungen, am Fahrkorb und in den Schachttüren einschließlich der Schauöffnungen;
g) hydraulische Kleinaufzüge, bei denen die Einstellung des Druckentlastungsventils 50 MPa überschreitet;
h) jede Form von Strahlung mit Ausnahme von EMV (siehe 4.10.1.1.3).
Hierfür kann jedoch sachdienlich von diesem Dokument ausgegangen werden.
Lärm und Schwingungen werden in diesem Dokument nicht behandelt, weil sie für den betreffenden Typ des Kleingüteraufzugs nicht als signifikante oder relevante Gefährdung angesehen werden.
Die Ausbreitung von Feuer wird in diesem Dokument nicht behandelt.
1.4 Der Aufzugsschacht wird als für Instandhaltungspersonal zugänglich angesehen, wenn die Zugangsöffnung Abmessungen von mindestens 0,40 m × 0,50 m hat und:
a) die horizontale Tiefe des Aufzugsschachts mehr als 1 m beträgt oder
b) die Fläche des Schachts mehr als 1 m2 beträgt oder
c) vorgesehen ist, die Instandhaltung ungeachtet der Abmessungen des Schachts vom Dach des Fahrkorbs oder der Schachtgrube aus durchzuführen.
1.5 Der Triebwerksraum gilt als für das Instandhaltungspersonal zugänglich, wenn:
a) die Öffnungen Abmessungen von mindestens 0,60 m x 0,60 m haben und
b) die Höhe des Bewegungsbereichs mindestens 1,80 m beträgt.
1.6 Dieses Dokument deckt die Sicherheitsanforderungen für Kleingüteraufzüge mit Nenngeschwindigkeiten bis 1 m/s ab.
1.7 Dieses Dokument gilt nicht für Kleingüteraufzüge, die vor dem Datum seiner Veröffentlichung als EN eingebaut wurden.
Règles de sécurité pour la construction et l'installation des ascenseurs - Partie 30 : Monte-charge électriques et hydrauliques
1.1 Le présent document précise les règles de sécurité pour la construction et l'installation à demeure de monte-charge neufs hydrauliques, à entraînement par adhérence ou à treuil attelé, définis comme équipement de levage, desservant des niveaux définis, comportant un habitacle inférieur est inaccessible aux personnes en raison de ses dimensions et de sa constitution, suspendue par des câbles ou chaînes ou un vérin et se déplaçant le long de guides rigides dont l'angle avec la verticale n'excède pas 15°.
Le présent document concerne les monte-charge de charge nominale n'excédant pas 300 kg et non prévus pour déplacer des personnes.
1.2 Outre les prescriptions du présent document, des prescriptions supplémentaires doivent être prises en compte dans des cas particuliers (atmosphère explosible, conditions climatiques extrêmes, conditions sismiques, transport de produits dangereux, etc.).
1.3 Le présent document ne concerne pas :
a) les monte-charge à entraînement autre que ceux indiqués en 1.1 ;
b) les monte-charge dont l'habitacle présente des dimensions supérieures à :
1) pour la surface au sol, 1,0 m2 ;
2) pour la profondeur, 1,0 m ;
3) pour la hauteur, 1,20 m. La hauteur n'est pas limitée si l'habitacle comporte plusieurs compartiments fixes répondant chacun aux dimensions ci-dessus ;
NOTE Un équipement de levage destiné exclusivement au transport d'objets, mais dont les dimensions de l'habitacle excèdent l'une quelconque des valeurs ci-dessus ne doit pas être classé dans la catégorie « monte charge ».
c) les transformations importantes d'un monte-charge (voir Annexe C) installé avant la mise en application du présent document ;
d) les appareils de levage, tels que pater-noster, ascenseurs de mines, élévateurs de machinerie théâtrale, appareils à encagement automatique, skips, monte-charge et monte-matériaux de chantier du bâtiment et des travaux publics, appareils élévateurs destinés à l'équipement des navires, plates formes de recherche ou de forage en mer, appareils de construction et d'entretien ;
e) la sécurité lors des opérations de transport, d'installation, de réparation et de démontage des monte-charge ;
f) l'utilisation du verre pour les parois de la gaine, pour l'habitacle, pour les portes palières y compris les regards transparents ;
g) les monte-charge hydrauliques, où le réglage du limiteur de pression dépasse 50 MPa ;
h) toute forme de rayonnement, à l'exception de la CEM (voir 4.10.1.1.3).
Toutefois, on pourra utilement s'inspirer du présent document.
Le présent document ne traite pas du bruit et des vibrations dans la mesure où ils ne sont pas considérés comme un phénomène dangereux significatif ou pertinent pour le type de monte-charge actuel.
Le présent document ne traite pas de la propagation du feu.
1.4 La gaine est considérée comme accessible au personnel de maintenance si les dimensions de l'ouverture y donnant d'accès sont d'au moins 0,40 m x 0,50 m, et :
a) la hauteur de la gaine est supérieure à 1 m ; ou
b) si la surface de la gaine est supérieure à 1 m2 ; ou
c) la maintenance est destinée à être effectuée depuis le toit de l'habitacle ou la cuvette, quelles que soient les dimensions de la gaine.
1.5 Un emplacement de machinerie est considéré comme accessible au personnel de maintenance si :
a) les ouvertures y donnant accès ont une dimension d'au moins 0,60 m x 0,60 m ; et
b) la hauteur de la zone de translation est de 1,80 m au moins.
1.6 Le présent document traite des prescriptions de sécurité pour des monte-charge de vitesse nominale jusqu'à 1 m/s.
1.7 Le présent document ne s'applique pas aux monte-charge qui sont installés avant sa date de publication en tant que Norme européenne.
Varnostna pravila za konstruiranje in vgradnjo dvigal (liftov) - Dvigala za prevoz blaga - 30. del: Električna in hidravlična mala tovorna dvigala
General Information
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Overview
prEN 81-30 is a CEN draft standard prepared by CEN/TC 10 that specifies safety rules for the construction and installation of permanently installed electric and hydraulic service lifts used for the transport of goods only. The standard covers lifts with a rated load not exceeding 300 kilogrammes and equipment not intended to carry persons. It applies to traction or positive drive electric lifts and hydraulic lifts that are suspended by ropes or chains or supported by a ram, moving between vertical guide rails (or rails inclined up to 15°).
This document consolidates requirements for design, protective measures, verification, testing and information for use to ensure safe, compliant installations in commercial and light industrial environments.
Key Topics
The standard addresses practical and safety-critical topics, including:
- Scope and definitions: Clarifies the intended application (goods-only service lifts ≤300 kg) and key terms.
- Safety requirements and protective measures: Design provisions for wells, machinery spaces, carrier entrances, landing and carrier doors, carrier structure and components.
- Suspension and drive arrangements: Rules for ropes, chains, rams and positive-drive systems and related protective measures.
- Precautions against free fall and excessive speed: Safety gear, rupture valves and restrictors for hydraulic and electric drives.
- Guide rails and buffers: Guidance on guiding, buffers and fixed stops for carriers and counterweights.
- Electrical and control systems: Requirements for wiring, safety devices, failure analysis and priority controls.
- Verification and testing: Design verification, tests before putting into use and periodic checks.
- Information for use and documentation: Instruction handbook, logbook, maintenance and breakdown procedures.
- Annexes: Normative and informative annexes covering electric safety devices, technical documentation, building interfaces, calculations for hydraulic components and failure exclusion for electronic components.
Applications
prEN 81-30 is aimed at stakeholders involved in the specification, manufacture, installation and maintenance of small goods service lifts. Typical applications include:
- Back-of-house goods movement in retail, hospitality and foodservice
- Light industrial and workshop material handling
- Small warehousing and storage access
- Building service and utility areas where persons are not intended to use the lift
Benefits for users and specifiers:
- Clear, uniform safety requirements for goods-only service lifts
- Guidance to achieve compliance during design, installation and commissioning
- Structured verification and testing to reduce risk and improve maintainability
Related Standards
- prEN 81-30 (this document) will supersede EN 81-3:2000+A1:2008 as noted in the draft.
- For broader context, consult the wider EN 81 series for passenger and other lift safety rules and national implementations derived from CEN publications.
For project teams, manufacturers and building designers, prEN 81-30 provides the practical framework required to design and install safe, compliant electric and hydraulic service lifts for goods-only applications.
Frequently Asked Questions
prEN 81-30 is a draft published by the European Committee for Standardization (CEN). Its full title is "Safety rules for the construction and installation of lifts - Lifts for the transport of goods only - Part 30: Electric and hydraulic service lifts". This standard covers: This standard specifies the safety rules for the construction and installation of permanently installed new electric service lifts with traction or positive drive, or hydraulic service lifts defined as lifting equipment, serving defined landing levels, having a car, the interior of which is regarded as inaccessible to persons on account of its dimensions and means of construction, suspended by ropes or chains or supported by a ram and moving between rigid vertical guide rails or guide rails whose inclination to the vertical does not exceed 15° and driven electrically or hydraulically. This standard covers service lifts with rated load not exceeding 300 kilogrammes and not intended to move persons.
This standard specifies the safety rules for the construction and installation of permanently installed new electric service lifts with traction or positive drive, or hydraulic service lifts defined as lifting equipment, serving defined landing levels, having a car, the interior of which is regarded as inaccessible to persons on account of its dimensions and means of construction, suspended by ropes or chains or supported by a ram and moving between rigid vertical guide rails or guide rails whose inclination to the vertical does not exceed 15° and driven electrically or hydraulically. This standard covers service lifts with rated load not exceeding 300 kilogrammes and not intended to move persons.
prEN 81-30 is classified under the following ICS (International Classification for Standards) categories: 91.140.90 - Lifts. Escalators. The ICS classification helps identify the subject area and facilitates finding related standards.
prEN 81-30 has the following relationships with other standards: It is inter standard links to EN 81-3:2000+A1:2008, EN 81-3:2000. Understanding these relationships helps ensure you are using the most current and applicable version of the standard.
prEN 81-30 is associated with the following European legislation: EU Directives/Regulations: 2006/42/EC; Standardization Mandates: M/396. When a standard is cited in the Official Journal of the European Union, products manufactured in conformity with it benefit from a presumption of conformity with the essential requirements of the corresponding EU directive or regulation.
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SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-september-2022
Varnostna pravila za konstruiranje in vgradnjo dvigal (liftov) - Dvigala za prevoz
blaga - 30. del: Električna in hidravlična mala tovorna dvigala
Safety rules for the construction and installation of lifts - Lifts for the transport of goods
only - Part 30: Electric and hydraulic service lifts
Sicherheitsregeln für die Konstruktion und den Einbau von Aufzügen - Aufzüge für den
Transport von Gütern - Teil 30: Elektrisch und hydraulisch betriebene Kleingüteraufzüge
Règles de sécurité pour la construction et l'installation des ascenseurs - Partie 30 :
Monte-charge électriques et hydrauliques
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: prEN 81-30
ICS:
91.140.90 Dvigala. Tekoče stopnice Lifts. Escalators
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.
DRAFT
EUROPEAN STANDARD
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
July 2022
ICS 91.140.90 Will supersede EN 81-3:2000+A1:2008
English Version
Safety rules for the construction and installation of lifts -
Lifts for the transport of goods only - Part 30: Electric and
hydraulic service lifts
Règles de sécurité pour la construction et l'installation Sicherheitsregeln für die Konstruktion und den Einbau
des ascenseurs - Partie 30 : Monte-charge électriques von Aufzügen - Aufzüge für den Transport von Gütern -
et hydrauliques Teil 30: Elektrisch und hydraulisch betriebene
Kleingüteraufzüge
This draft European Standard is submitted to CEN members for enquiry. It has been drawn up by the Technical Committee
CEN/TC 10.
If this draft becomes a European Standard, CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations
which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration.
This draft European Standard was established by CEN in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other
language made by translation under the responsibility of a CEN member into its own language and notified to the CEN-CENELEC
Management Centre has the same status as the official versions.
CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia,
Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway,
Poland, Portugal, Republic of North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye and
United Kingdom.
Recipients of this draft are invited to submit, with their comments, notification of any relevant patent rights of which they are
aware and to provide supporting documentation.
Warning : This document is not a European Standard. It is distributed for review and comments. It is subject to change without
notice and shall not be referred to as a European Standard.
EUROPEAN COMMITTEE FOR STANDARDIZATION
COMITÉ EUROPÉEN DE NORMALISATION
EUROPÄISCHES KOMITEE FÜR NORMUNG
CEN-CENELEC Management Centre: Rue de la Science 23, B-1040 Brussels
© 2022 CEN All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved Ref. No. prEN 81-30:2022 E
worldwide for CEN national Members.
Contents Page
European foreword . 5
Introduction . 6
1 Scope . 10
2 Normative references . 11
3 Terms and definitions . 14
4 Safety requirements and/or protective measures . 19
4.1 General . 19
4.2 Service lift well and machinery spaces . 19
4.2.1 General provision . 19
4.2.2 Access to well and to machinery spaces. 21
4.2.3 Inspection doors – inspection traps – access doors – access traps . 21
4.2.4 Notices . 23
4.2.5 Well . 23
4.2.6 Machinery spaces . 26
4.3 Carrier entrance . 28
4.3.1 General provisions . 28
4.3.2 Height and width of entrances . 28
4.4 Landing and carrier doors . 28
4.4.1 General provisions . 28
4.4.2 Sills, guides, door suspension . 28
4.4.3 Strength of doors and their frames . 29
4.4.4 Protection in relation to door operation . 29
4.4.5 Local lighting and 'carrier here' signal lights . 30
4.4.6 Locked and closed landing door check . 31
4.4.7 Locking and emergency unlocking . 31
4.4.8 Sliding doors with multiple, mechanically linked panels . 34
4.5 Carrier, counterweight and balancing weight . 34
4.5.1 Height of carrier . 34
4.5.2 Available carrier area and rated load . 34
4.5.3 Rated load and manufacturer’s name . 34
4.5.4 Walls, floor and roof of the carrier . 35
4.5.5 Apron and automatic bridging sills . 35
4.5.6 Carrier roof . 36
4.5.7 Counterweight and balancing weight . 36
4.6 Suspension and related protection means . 37
4.6.1 General . 37
4.6.2 Suspension . 37
4.6.3 Sheave, pulley, drum and rope diameter ratios, rope/chain terminations . 37
4.6.4 Rope traction . 38
4.6.5 Winding up of ropes for positive drive service lifts. 38
4.6.6 Distribution of load between the ropes or the chains . 39
4.6.7 Protection for sheaves, pulleys and sprockets . 39
4.7 Precautions against free fall, excessive speed, creeping of the carrier . 41
4.7.1 General provision . 41
4.7.2 Safety gear . 42
4.7.3 Rupture valve . 46
4.7.4 Restrictor, also one-way restrictor . 46
4.8 Guide rails, buffers . 47
4.8.1 General provisions concerning guide rails . 47
4.8.2 Guiding of the carrier, counterweight or balancing weight . 48
4.8.3 Buffers and fixed stops for carrier and counterweight . 48
4.9 Lift machine and associated equipment . 48
4.9.1 General provision . 48
4.9.2 Protection of machinery . 49
4.9.3 Lift machines for traction and positive service lifts . 49
4.9.4 Lift machine, jack and other hydraulic equipment for hydraulic service lifts . 52
4.10 Electric installations and appliances . 60
4.10.1 General provisions . 60
4.10.2 Contactors, contactor relays, components of safety circuits . 61
4.10.3 Protection of electrical equipment . 62
4.10.4 Main switches . 62
4.10.5 Electric wiring . 63
4.10.6 Lighting and socket outlets . 65
4.10.7 Electrical identification . 65
4.11 Protection against electric faults; failure analysis; controls; priorities . 65
4.11.1 Failure analysis and electric safety devices . 65
4.11.2 Controls – Final limit switches – Priorities . 70
5 Verification of the safety requirements and/or protective measures - Tests . 74
5.1 Technical compliance documentation . 74
5.2 Verification of design . 74
5.3 Verification tests before putting into use . 78
5.3.1 General . 78
5.3.2 Tests and verifications . 78
6 Information for use . 82
6.1 General . 82
6.2 Instruction handbook . 82
6.2.1 General . 82
6.2.2 Information . 82
6.2.3 Instructions for erection and dismantling . 84
6.2.4 Instructions for tests before putting into use . 84
6.2.5 Instruction for normal use . 84
6.2.6 Breakdown procedures . 85
6.2.7 Maintenance . 85
6.2.8 Verifications and tests . 86
6.3 Logbook . 87
Annex A (normative) List of the electric safety devices . 88
Annex B (informative) Technical compliance documentation . 90
B.1 General . 90
B.2 Technical details and plans . 90
B.3 Electric schematic diagrams and hydraulic circuit diagrams . 91
Annex C (informative) Periodical verifications and tests, verifications and tests after an
important modification or after an accident . 92
C.1 Periodical verifications and tests . 92
C.2 Verifications and tests after important modifications or after accidents . 92
Annex D (informative) Construction of walls of service lift wells and landing doors facing a
carrier entrance . 94
Annex E (informative) Building interfaces . 95
E.1 General provisions . 95
E.2 Support of Guide Rails . 95
E.3 Ventilation of well and machinery spaces. 95
E.3.1 General . 95
E.3.2 Ventilation of the well and machinery spaces . 95
Annex F (normative) Electronic components - Failure exclusion. 97
Annex G (normative) Calculations of rams, cylinders, rigid pipes and fittings . 103
G.1 Calculation against over pressure . 103
G.1.1 General . 103
G.1.2 Calculation of wall thickness of rams, cylinders, rigid pipes and fittings . 103
G.1.3 Calculation of the base thickness of cylinders (examples) . 103
G.2 Calculations of the jacks against buckling. 104
G.2.1 General . 104
G.2.2 Single acting jacks . 105
G.2.3 Telescopic jacks without external guidance, calculation of ram . 106
G.2.4 Telescopic jacks with external guidance . 107
Annex H (informative) Information to the owner/user of a service lift . 109
H.1 General . 109
H.2 Means of access to machine room entrance of the service lift . 109
H.3 Maintenance work carried out from a step of a ladder . 109
Annex I (informative) List of significant hazards . 110
Annex ZA (informative) Relationship between this European Standard and the essential
requirements of Directive 2006/42/EC aimed to be covered . 113
Bibliography . 118
European foreword
This document (prEN 81-30:2022) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 10 “Lifts,
escalators and moving walks”, the secretariat of which is held by AFNOR.
This document is currently submitted to the CEN Enquiry.
This document is part of the EN 81 series of standards “Safety rules for the construction and installation
of lifts”. A list of all parts in a series can be found on the CEN website.
This document will supersede EN 81-3:2000+A1:2008.
In comparison with the previous edition, the following technical modifications have been made:
— All Essential Health and Safety Requirements from the Directive 2006/42/EC have been
incorporated. Specifically added: EMC reference; verification of design; handbooks requirements for
erection/test/breakdown;
— Requirements have been updated, taking into account EN 81-20:2020 and EN 81-50:2020.
Specifically: carrier material flammability; machinery stopping; rope's retainers; strength of the
doors and of the well, screens, partitions; definitions; data plates;
— Improvements in safety due to changes in proven technology have been reflected. Specifically:
performance levels; doors locking; electrical equipment;
— Changes in the state of the art have been incorporated. Specifically: ropes and terminations; lighting;
balancing weights; existing buildings; emergency electrical operation; fluid characteristics;
— Reported errors have been eliminated. Specifically: hydraulic formulae;
— The text has been clarified. Specifically: accessible/inaccessible well;
— References to other standards (according to the progress in that field) have been improved. All
references now include a date;
— Informative Annex “List of significant hazards” has been added;
— Informative Annex “Building interface” has been added;
— Annex ZA replaces the previous Annex ZA and Annex ZB. The new informative Annex ZA (on the
relationship with EU Directive 2006/42/EC) is now an integral part of this document.
This document has been prepared under a Standardization Request given to CEN by the European
Commission and the European Free Trade Association, and supports essential requirements of EU
Directive(s) / Regulation(s).
For relationship with EU Directive(s) / Regulation(s), see informative Annex ZA, which is an integral part
of this document.
Introduction
0.1 General
This document is a type C standard as stated in EN ISO 12100:2010.
This document is of relevance, in particular, for the following stakeholder groups representing the market
players with regard to machinery safety:
— machine manufacturers (small, medium and large enterprises);
— health and safety bodies (regulators, accident prevention organizations, market surveillance, etc.).
Others can be affected by the level of machinery safety achieved with the means of the document by the
above-mentioned stakeholder groups:
— machine users/employers (small, medium and large enterprises);
— machine users/employees (e.g. trade unions, organizations for people with special needs);
— service providers, e.g. for maintenance (small, medium and large enterprises);
— consumers (in case of machinery intended for use by consumers).
The above-mentioned stakeholder groups have been given the possibility to participate in the drafting
process of this document.
The machinery concerned and the extent to which hazards, hazardous situations and hazardous events
are covered are indicated in the scope of this document.
When provisions of this type C standard are different from those which are stated in type A or B
standards, the provisions of this type C standard take precedence over the provisions of the other
standards, for machines that have been designed and built according to the provisions of this type C
standard.
0.2 General notes
0.2.1 The object of this document is to define safety rules related to service lifts with a view to
safeguarding persons and objects against the risk of accidents associated with the normal use and
1)
maintenance operation of service lifts .
a) Persons to be safeguarded:
1) users;
2) maintenance and inspection personnel;
3) persons in the immediate surrounding area the service lift well and the machinery space(s).
1)
Within CEN/TC 10 an interpretation committee has been established to answer questions about the spirit in
which the experts have drafted the various clauses of this standard. All such interpretations are published within
CEN/TS 81-11 until incorporated by amendment into the standards concerned.
b) Property to be safeguarded:
1) loads in the carrier;
2) components of the service lift installation;
3) building in which the service lift is installed;
4) the immediate surrounding area of the service lift installation.
0.2.2 A study has been made of the various possible hazards with service lifts; see Annex I.
0.2.3 When the weight, size and/or shape of components prevent them from being moved by hand,
they are either:
a) fitted with attachments for lifting gear, or
b) designed so that they can be fitted with such attachments (e.g. by means of threaded holes), or
c) shaped in such a way that standard lifting gear can be attached.
0.3 Principles
0.3.1 This document does not repeat all the general technical rules applicable to every electrical,
mechanical, or building construction including the protection of building elements against fire.
It has, however, seemed necessary to establish certain requirements of good construction, either because
they are peculiar to service lift manufacture or because in the case of service lift utilization the
requirements can be more stringent than elsewhere.
0.3.2 This document addresses the Essential Health and Safety Requirements of the Annex I of
Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC, and additionally states minimum rules for the installation of service
lifts into buildings/constructions. In some countries there can be regulations for the construction of
buildings, etc. which cannot be ignored.
Typical clauses affected by this are those defining minimum values for the height of the machine room,
for their access doors dimensions and for protection from fire.
0.3.3 As far as possible the standard sets out only the requirements that materials and equipment have
to meet in the interests of safe operation of service lifts.
0.4 Assumptions
0.4.1 Relevant risks have been considered of each component that may be incorporated in a complete
service lift installation.
Rules have been drawn up accordingly.
0.4.2 Negotiations have been made between the customer and the manufacturer, or the manufacturer’s
authorized representative, and agreement reached about:
a) the intended use of the service lift;
b) environmental conditions such as temperature, humidity, exposure to sun or wind, snow, corrosive
atmosphere;
c) civil engineering problems (for example, building regulations);
d) other aspects related to the place of installation, e.g. presence of unsupervised children;
e) the type and mass of any handling devices intended to be used.
See also Annex H (information about access and maintenance with ladders).
0.4.3 Components are:
a) designed in accordance with usual engineering practice and calculation codes, taking into account all
failure modes;
b) of sound mechanical and electrical construction;
c) made of materials with adequate strength and of sound quality;
d) free of defects;
e) free from harmful materials, e.g. asbestos.
0.4.4 Components, and where applicable well and machine room, are kept in good repair and working
order, so that the required dimensions remain fulfilled despite wear. All service lift components are
considered as requiring inspection to ensure safe continued operation during their use.
NOTE Components not requiring maintenance (e.g. maintenance free, sealed for life) are still required to be
available for inspection.
0.4.5 Components are selected and installed so that foreseeable environmental influences and special
working conditions do not affect the safe operation of the service lift.
0.4.6 By design of the load bearing elements, a safe normal operation of the service lift is ensured for
loads ranging from 0 % to 100 % of the rated load.
The overload of 25 % to be considered for test purpose as per 5.3.2.
0.4.7 The requirements of this document are such that the possibility of a failure of an electric safety
device complying with all the requirements of this document needs not to be taken into consideration.
0.4.8 Users have to be safeguarded against their own negligence and unwitting carelessness when
using the service lift in the intended way.
A user can, in certain cases, make one imprudent act. The possibility of two simultaneous acts of
imprudence and/or the abuse of instructions for use is not considered.
0.4.9 Persons are not transported inside the well.
0.4.10 If in the course of maintenance work a safety device, normally not accessible to the users, is
deliberately neutralized, safe operation of the service lift is no longer ensured, but compensatory
measures will be taken to ensure users safety in conformity with maintenance instructions.
It is assumed that maintenance personnel are instructed and work according to the instructions.
0.4.11 Horizontal forces and energies to consider are indicated in the applicable clauses of the standard.
Typically, where not otherwise specified in this document, the energy exerted by a person, resulting in
an equivalent static force is:
a) 300 N;
b) 1 000 N where impact can occur.
0.4.12 With the exception of the items listed below, a mechanical device built according to good practice
and the requirements of this document will not deteriorate to a point of creating hazard without the
possibility of detection, provided that all of the instructions given by the manufacturer have been duly
applied.
The following mechanical failures are considered:
a) breakage of the suspension;
b) uncontrolled slipping of the ropes on the traction sheave;
c) breakage and slackening of all linkage by auxiliary ropes, chains and belts;
d) failure of a component associated with the main drive elements and the traction sheave;
e) rupture in the hydraulic system (jack excluded);
f) small leakage in the hydraulic system (jack included).
0.4.13 The possibility of devices providing protection against free fall or descent with excessive speed
not setting, should the carrier free fall from a stationary position at the lowest landing, before the carrier
strikes the buffer(s) or fixed stop(s) is considered acceptable.
0.4.14 When the speed of the carrier is linked to the electrical frequency of the mains the speed is
assumed not to exceed 115 % of the rated speed.
0.4.15 From the scope, service lifts carriers are regarded as inaccessible for users who have purpose to
work inside for loading/unloading goods.
0.4.16 Means of access are provided for the hoisting of heavy equipment (see 0.4.2 and 4.2.1.6).
0.4.17 This document does not address the health and safety of animals.
0.4.18 To ensure the correct functioning of the equipment in the well and machinery space(s), the
ambient temperature in these spaces is assumed to be maintained between +5 °C and +40 °C.
To achieve this, the well and machinery space(s) may be ventilated, taking into consideration the national
building regulations.
0.4.19 Access ways to the working areas are adequately lit.
0.4.20 The fixing system of guards, used specifically to provide protection against mechanical, electrical
or any other hazards by means of a physical barrier, which have to be removed during regular
maintenance and inspection, remains attached to the guard or to the equipment, when the guard is
removed.
0.4.21 The fluids used for the operation of hydraulic lifts are according to EN ISO 6743-4:2015.
1 Scope
1.1 This document specifies the safety rules for the construction and installation of permanently
installed new service lifts, with traction, positive, or hydraulic drive, serving defined landing levels,
having a carrier the interior of which is regarded as inaccessible to persons on account of its dimensions
and means of construction, suspended by ropes or chains or jack and moving between rigid guide rails
inclined not more than 15° to the vertical.
This document covers service lifts with rated load not exceeding 300 kg and not intended to transport
persons.
1.2 In addition to the requirements of this document, supplementary requirements have to be
considered in special cases (potentially explosive atmosphere, extreme climate conditions, seismic
conditions, transporting dangerous goods, etc.).
1.3 This document does not cover:
a) service lifts with drives other than those stated in 1.1;
b) services lifts having carrier with dimensions that exceed:
1) for floor area, 1,0 m ;
2) for depth, 1,0 m;
3) for height, 1,20 m. The height is not limited if the carrier comprises several permanent
compartments, each of which satisfies the above dimensions.
NOTE Lifting equipment intended exclusively for the transportation of goods but having a carrier with
dimensions exceeding any one of the figures above is not entered in the category 'service lifts';
c) important modifications (see Annex C) to a service lift installed before this document is brought into
application;
d) lifting appliances, such as paternosters, mines lifts, theatrical lifts, appliances with automatic caging,
skips and hoists for building and public works sites, ships hoists, platforms for exploration or drilling
at sea, construction and maintenance appliances;
e) safety during operations of transport, erection, repairs and dismantling of service lifts;
f) use of glass for the walls of the well, for the carrier and for the landing doors including the vision
panels;
g) hydraulic service lifts where the setting of the pressure relief valve exceeds 50 MPa;
h) any form of radiation except EMC (see 4.10.1.1.3).
However, this document can usefully be taken as a basis.
Noise and vibrations are not dealt with in this document as they are not considered a significant nor
relevant hazard for the actual type of the service lift.
Fire propagation is not dealt with in this document.
1.4 The well is regarded as accessible to maintenance personnel if the opening giving access have
dimensions of at least 0,40 m x 0,50 m, and:
a) the horizontal depth of the well is greater than 1 m, or
b) the area of the well is greater than 1 m , or
c) the maintenance is intended to be carried out from the carrier roof or pit regardless the well
dimensions.
1.5 The machinery space is regarded as accessible to maintenance personnel if:
a) the openings giving access have dimensions of at least 0,60 m x 0,60 m, and
b) the height of the moving area is at least 1,80 m.
1.6 This document covers the safety requirements for service lifts with rated speeds up to 1 m/s.
1.7 This document is not applicable to service lifts which are installed before the date of its publication
as EN.
2 Normative references
The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content
constitutes requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For
undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
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cold drawn tubes
EN 10305-2:2016, Steel tubes for precision applications - Technical delivery conditions - Part 2: Welded cold
drawn tubes
EN 10305-3:2016, Steel tubes for precision applications - Technical delivery conditions - Part 3: Welded cold
sized tubes
EN 10305-4:2016, Steel tubes for precision applications - Technical delivery conditions - Part 4: Seamless
cold drawn tubes for hydraulic and pneumatic power systems
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Functional
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requirements
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linked) contacts
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3 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this document, the terms and definitions given in EN ISO 12100:2010 and the
following apply.
ISO and IEC maintain terminological databases for use in standardization at the following addresses:
— ISO Online browsing platform: available at https://www.iso.org/obp
— IEC Electropedia: available at https://www.electropedia.org/
3.1
apron
smooth vertical part extending downwards from the sill of the landing or carrier entrance
3.2
authorized person
person with the permission of the natural or legal person who has the responsibility for the operation
and use of the service lift, to access restricted areas (machine room and service lift well) for maintenance
or inspection operations
Note 1 to entry: Authorized persons should be competent for the tasks they have been authorized for.
3.3
available carrier area
area of the carr
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