ISO 8100-1:2019

INTERNATIONAL ISO
STANDARD 8100-1
First edition
2019-03
Corrected version
2019-07
Lifts for the transport of persons and
goods —
Part 1:
Safety rules for the construction and
installation of passenger and goods
passenger lifts
Elévateurs pour le transport de personnes et d'objets —
Partie 1: Règles de sécurité pour la construction et l'installation
d'ascenseurs et d'ascenseurs de charge
Reference number
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ISO 2019
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Contents Page
Foreword .vi
Introduction .vii
1 Scope . 1
2 Normative references . 2
3 Terms and definitions . 3
4 List of significant hazards . 9
5 Safety requirements and/or protective measures .11
5.1 General .11
5.2 Well, machinery spaces and pulley rooms .11
5.2.1 General provisions.11
5.2.2 Access to well and to machinery spaces and pulley rooms .16
5.2.3 Access and emergency doors — Access trap doors — Inspection doors .17
5.2.4 Notices .18
5.2.5 Well .18
5.2.6 Machinery spaces and pulley rooms . .30
5.3 Landing doors and car doors .37
5.3.1 General provisions.37
5.3.2 Height and width of entrances .38
5.3.3 Sills, guides, door suspension .38
5.3.4 Horizontal door clearances .38
5.3.5 Strength of landings and car doors .40
5.3.6 Protection in relation to door operation .44
5.3.7 Local landing lighting and “car here” signal lights .46
5.3.8 Locking and closed landing door check .47
5.3.9 Locking and emergency unlocking of landing and car doors .47
5.3.10 Requirements common to devices for proving the locked condition and
the closed condition of the landing door .50
5.3.11 Sliding landing doors with multiple, mechanically linked panels .50
5.3.12 Closing of automatically operated landing doors .51
5.3.13 Electric safety device for proving the car doors closed .51
5.3.14 Sliding or folding car doors with multiple, mechanically linked panels .51
5.3.15 Opening the car door . .51
5.4 Car, counterweight and balancing weight .52
5.4.1 Height of car .52
5.4.2 Available car area, rated load, number of passengers .52
5.4.3 Walls, floor and roof of the car .57
5.4.4 Car door, floor, wall, ceiling and decorative materials .58
5.4.5 Apron .58
5.4.6 Emergency trap doors and emergency doors .59
5.4.7 Car roof .60
5.4.8 Equipment on top of the car .63
5.4.9 Ventilation .63
5.4.10 Lighting .64
5.4.11 Counterweight and balancing weight .64
5.5 Suspension means, compensation means and related protection means .64
5.5.1 Suspension means .64
5.5.2 Sheave, pulley, drum and rope diameter ratios, rope/chain terminations .65
5.5.3 Rope traction .65
5.5.4 Winding up of ropes for positive drive lifts .66
5.5.5 Distribution of load between the ropes or the chains .66
5.5.6 Compensation means . . .67
5.5.7 Protection for sheaves, pulleys and sprockets .67
5.5.8 Traction sheaves, pulleys and sprockets in the well .69
5.6 Precautions against free fall, excessive speed, unintended car movement and
creeping of the car.69
5.6.1 General provisions.69
5.6.2 Safety gear and its tripping means .70
5.6.3 Rupture valve .76
5.6.4 Restrictors .77
5.6.5 Pawl device .78
5.6.6 Ascending car overspeed protection means .79
5.6.7 Protection against unintended car movement .81
5.7 Guide rails .84
5.7.1 Guiding of the car, counterweight or balancing weight .84
5.7.2 Permissible stresses and deflections.84
5.7.3 Combination of loads and forces .87
5.7.4 Impact factors .87
5.8 Buffers .89
5.8.1 Car and counterweight buffers .89
5.8.2 Stroke of car and counterweight buffers .90
5.9 Lift machinery and associated equipment .91
5.9.1 General provision .91
5.9.2 Lift machine for traction lifts and positive drive lifts .92
5.9.3 Lift machine for hydraulic lifts .97
5.10 Electric installations and appliances .106
5.10.1 General provisions.106
5.10.2 Incoming supply conductor terminations .108
5.10.3 Contactors, contactor relays, components of safety circuits .108
5.10.4 Protection of electrical equipment .109
5.10.5 Main switches .110
5.10.6 Electric wiring .111
5.10.7 Lighting and socket outlets .112
5.10.8 Control of the supply for lighting and socket outlets .112
5.10.9 Protective earthing . .113
5.10.10 Electrical identification .113
5.11 Protection against electric faults; failure analysis; electric safety devices.113
5.11.1 Protection against electric faults; failure analysis .113
5.11.2 Electric safety devices .114
5.12 Controls — Final limit switches — Priorities .119
5.12.1 Control of lift operations .119
5.12.2 Final limit switches .126
5.12.3 Emergency alarm device and intercom system.127
5.12.4 Priorities and signals.128
6 Verification of the safety requirements and/or protective measures .128
6.1 Technical compliance documentation .128
6.2 Verification of design .128
6.3 Examinations and tests before putting into service .132
6.3.1 Braking system (5.9.2.2) .132
6.3.2 Electric installation .133
6.3.3 Checking of the traction (5.5.3) . .133
6.3.4 Car safety gear (5.6.2) .133
6.3.5 Counterweight or balancing weight safety gear (5.6.2) .134
6.3.6 Pawl device (5.6.5) .135
6.3.7 Buffers (5.8.1, 5.8.2) .135
6.3.8 Rupture valve (5.6.3) .135
6.3.9 Restrictor/one-way restrictor (5.6.4) .135
6.3.10 Pressure test .136
6.3.11 Ascending car overspeed protection means (5.6.6) .136
6.3.12 Stopping of the car at landings and levelling accuracy (5.12.1.1.4) .136
6.3.13 Protection against unintended car movement (5.6.7).136
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6.3.14 Protection against falling/shearing (5.3.9.3.4) .137
7 Information for use .137
7.1 General .137
7.2 Instruction manual .137
7.2.1 General.137
7.2.2 Normal use .137
7.2.3 Maintenance .137
7.2.4 Examinations and tests .138
7.3 Logbook .138
8 Use of ISO/TS 8100-3 .139
Annex A (normative) List of the electric safety devices .140
Annex B (informative) Technical compliance documentation .142
Annex C (informative) Periodic examinations and tests, examinations and tests after an
important modification or after an accident .143
Annex D (informative) Machinery spaces — Access .145
Annex E (informative) Building interfaces .146
Annex F (normative) Pit access ladder .149
Annex G (informative) Relationship between this document and ISO 8100-20 .152
Bibliography .153
Foreword
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Introduction
0.1  General
The content of this document was already published in EN 81-20:2014. This document contains only
editorial changes and update of references.
This document is a type C standard as stated in ISO 12100.
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 remarks
0.2.1  The object of this document is to define safety rules related to passenger and goods passenger
lifts with a view to safeguarding persons and objects against the risk of accidents associated with the
normal use, maintenance and emergency operation of lifts.
0.2.2  A study has been made of the various possible hazards with lifts, see Clause 4.
0.2.2.1  Persons to be safeguarded:
a) users, including passengers and competent and authorized persons, e.g. maintenance and
inspection personnel (see EN 13015);
b) persons in the surrounding area of the well, or any machine room and pulley room, who can be
effected by the lift.
0.2.2.2  Property to be safeguarded:
a) loads in car;
b) components of the lift installation;
c) building in which the lift is installed;
d) immediate surrounding area of the lift installation.
NOTE EN 81-71 gives additional requirements covering lifts resistant to acts of vandalism and EN 81-77
gives additional requirements covering lifts in seismic conditions.
0.2.3  When the weight, size and/or shape of components prevent them from being moved by hand,
they are:
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 easily be attached.
0.3  Principles
0.3.1  General
In drawing up this document, the following principles have been used:
0.3.2  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.
However, it has been necessary to establish certain requirements for good construction, either because
they are peculiar to lift manufacture or because, in the case of lift utilization, the requirements can be
more stringent than elsewhere.
0.3.3  This document states minimum rules for the installation of lifts into buildings/constructions.
There can be regulations for the construction of buildings in some countries which cannot be ignored.
Typical clauses affected by this are those defining minimum values for the height of the machine and
pulley rooms and for the dimensions of their access doors.
0.3.4  As far as possible, this document sets out only the requirements that materials and equipment
should meet in the interests of safe operation of lifts.
0.3.5  Risk analysis, terminology and technical solutions have been considered, taking into account the
methods of ISO 12100, ISO 14798 and the IEC 61508 series of standards.
0.3.6  In order for this document to be a widely applicable standard, the average weight of a person has
been determined to be 75 kg.
This document defines the maximum car area related to a specified design load in the car (rated load)
and the minimum car area to transport a corresponding number of persons, based on 75 kg per person,
in order to detect and discourage overloading.
0.4  Assumptions
0.4.1  General
In drawing up this document, the following assumptions have been made:
0.4.2  Negotiations have been made between the customer and the supplier, and an agreement was
reached about:
a) the intended use of the lift;
b) the type and mass of the handling devices intended to be used to load and unload the car, in the
case of goods passenger lifts;
c) environmental conditions such as temperature, humidity, exposure to sun or wind, snow, corrosive
atmosphere;
d) civil engineering problems (for example, building regulations);
e) other aspects related to the place of installation;
f) the dissipation of heat from the components/equipment of the lift which would require ventilation
of the well and/or the machinery space/location of equipment;
g) information about the aspects relating to noise and vibrations emitted by the equipment.
0.4.3  Relevant risks have been considered for each component that can be incorporated in a complete
lift installation and rules have been drawn up accordingly.
Components are:
a) designed in accordance with usual engineering practice (see ISO/TS 8100-21) 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 suitable quality;
d) free of defects;
e) free from harmful materials, e.g. asbestos.
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0.4.4  Components are kept in good repair and working order, so that the required dimensions remain
fulfilled despite wear. All lift components are considered as requiring inspection to ensure safe
continued operation during use.
The operational clearances specified in the standard should be maintained not only during the
examination and tests before the lift is put into service, but also throughout the life of the lift.
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 lift.
0.4.6  By design of the load bearing elements, safe normal operation of the lift is assured for loads
ranging from 0 % to 100 % of the rated load, plus any designed overload capacity (see 5.12.1.2).
0.4.7  The requirements in this document are such that the possibility of a failure of an electric safety
device (see 5.11.2) or a type tested safety component complying with all the requirements of this
document and ISO 8100-2, does not need to be taken into consideration.
0.4.8  Users need to be safeguarded against their own negligence and unwitting carelessness when
using the lift in the intended way.
0.4.9  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.
0.4.10  If in the course of maintenance work, a safety device normally not accessible to the users is
deliberately neutralized, safe operation of the lift is no longer assured, but compensatory measures are
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/or energies to consider are indicated in the applicable clauses of this
document. Typically, where not otherwise specified in this document, the energy exerted by a person
results in an equivalent static force of:
a) 300 N;
b) 1 000 N where impact can occur.
0.4.12  With the exception of the items listed below, which have been given special consideration, a
mechanical device built according to good practice and the requirements of this document (including
uncontrolled slipping of the ropes on the traction sheave) does 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:
a) breakage of the suspension;
b) breakage and slackening of all linkage by auxiliary ropes, chains and belts;
c) failure of one of the mechanical components of the electromechanical brake which take part in the
application of the braking action on the drum or disk;
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, see 6.3.10).
0.4.13  The possibility of the safety gear not engaging should the car free fall from a stationary position,
at the lowest landing before the car strikes the buffer(s), is considered acceptable.
0.4.14  When the speed of the car is linked to the electrical frequency of the mains, the speed is
assumed not to exceed 115 % of the rated speed or a corresponding lesser speed where specified in this
document for inspection control, levelling, etc.
0.4.15  Means of access are provided for the hoisting of heavy equipment [see 0.4.2 e)].
0.4.16  To ensure the correct functioning of the equipment in the well and machinery space(s), i.e.
taking into account the heat dissipated by the equipment, the ambient temperature in the well and the
machinery space(s) is assumed to be maintained between +5 °C and +40 °C.
NOTE See IEC 60364-5-51, Code AA5.
0.4.17  The well is suitably ventilated, according to national building regulation, taking into
consideration the heat output as specified by the manufacturer, the environmental conditions of the
lift and the limits given in 0.4.16, e.g. ambient temperature, humidity, direct sunlight, air quality and air
tightness of buildings due to energy saving requirements.
NOTE See 0.4.2 and E.3 for further guidance.
0.4.18  Access ways to the working areas are adequately lit (see 0.4.2).
0.4.19  Minimum passageways, corridors, fire escapes, etc. are not obstructed by the open door/trap of
the lift and/or any protection means for working areas outside of the well, where fitted according to the
maintenance instructions (see 0.4.2).
0.4.20  Where more than one person is working at the same time on a lift, an adequate means of
communication between these persons is ensured.
0.4.21  The fixing system of guards, used specifically to provide protection against mechanical,
electrical or any other hazards by means of a physical barrier, which need to be removed during regular
maintenance and inspection, remains attached to the guard or to the equipment when the guard is
removed.
0.4.22  The fluids used for the operation of hydraulic lifts are according to ISO 6743-4.
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INTERNATIONAL STANDARD ISO 8100-1:2019(E)
Lifts for the transport of persons and goods —
Part 1:
Safety rules for the construction and installation of
passenger and goods passenger lifts
1 Scope
1.1 This document specifies the safety rules for permanently installed new passenger or goods
passenger lifts, with traction, positive or hydraulic drive, serving defined landing levels, having a car
designed for the transportation of persons or persons and goods, suspended by ropes, chains or jacks
and moving between guide rails inclined not more than 15° to the vertical.
1.2 In addition to the requirements of this document, supplementary requirements need to be
considered in special cases (use of lifts by persons with disabilities, in case of fire, potentially explosive
atmosphere, extreme climate conditions, seismic conditions, transporting dangerous goods, etc.).
1.3 This document does not cover:
a) lifts with:
1) drive systems other than those stated in 1.1;
2) rated speed less than or equal to 0,15 m/s;
b) hydraulic lifts:
1) with a rated speed exceeding 1 m/s;
2) where the setting of the pressure relief valve (5.9.3.5.3) exceeds 50 MPa;
1)
c) new passenger or goods passenger lifts in existing buildings where, in some circumstances due
to limitations enforced by building constraints, some requirements of this document cannot be met
and local requirements, e.g., EN 81-21 need to be considered;
d) lifting appliances, such as paternosters, mine lifts, theatrical lifts, appliances with automatic caging,
skips, lifts and hoists for building and public works sites, ships' hoists, platforms for exploration or
drilling at sea, construction and maintenance appliances or lifts in wind turbines;
e) important modifications (see Annex C) to a lift installed before this document is brought into
application;
f) safety during operations of transport, erection, repairs, and dismantling of lifts.
However, this document can usefully be taken as a basis.
Noise and vibrations are not dealt with in this document as they are not found at levels which could be
considered harmful with regard to the safe use and maintenance of the lift (see also 0.4.2).
1.4 This document is not applicable to passenger and goods passenger lifts, which are installed before
the date of its publication.
1)  An existing building is a building which is used or was already used before the order for the lift was placed. A
building whose internal structure is completely renewed is considered a new building.
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.
ISO 1219-1, Fluid power systems and components — Graphical symbols and circuit diagrams — Part 1:
Graphical symbols for conventional use and data-processing applications
ISO 3008-2, Fire-resistance tests — Part 2: Lift landing door assemblies
ISO 4344, Steel wire ropes for lifts — Minimum requirements
ISO 8100-2:2019, Safety rules for the construction and installation of lifts — Examinations and tests —
Part 2: Design rules, calculations, examinations and tests of lift components
ISO/TS 8100-3, Requirements from Other Standards (ASME A17.1/CSA B44 and JIS A 4307-1/ JIS A 4307-2)
not included in ISO 8100-1 or ISO 8100-2
ISO 12100, Safety of machinery — General principles for design — Risk assessment and risk reduction
ISO 13857:2008, Safety of machinery — Safety distances to prevent hazard zones being reached by upper
and lower limbs
ISO 22200, Electromagnetic compatibility — Product family standard for lifts, escalators and moving
walks — Immunity
ISO 22199, Electromagnetic compatibility — Product family standard for lifts, escalators and moving
walks — Emission
ISO 29584:2015, Glass in building — Pendulum impact testing and classification of safety glass
IEC 60204-1:2006, Safety of machinery — Electrical equipment of machines — Part 1: General requirements
IEC 60227-6, Polyvinyl chloride insulated cables of rated voltages up to and including 450/750 V — Part 6:
Lift cables and cables for flexible connections
IEC 60245-5, Rubber insulated cables — Rated voltages up to and including 450/750 V — Part 5: Lift cables
IEC 60364-4-41:2005, Low voltage electrical installations — Part 4-41: Protection for safety — Protection
against electric shock
IEC 60364-4-42:2010, Low voltage electrical installations — Part 4-42: Protection for safety — Protection
against thermal effects
IEC 60364-6:2006, Low voltage electrical installations — Part 6: Verification
IEC 60417, Database — Graphical symbols for use on equipment
IEC 60529, Degrees of protection provided by enclosures (IP Code)
IEC 60617, Graphical symbols for diagrams
IEC 60664-1, Insulation coordination for equipment within low-voltage systems — Part 1: Principles,
requirements and tests
IEC 60947-4-1:2009, Low-voltage switchgear and controlgear — Part 4: Contactors and motor —
starters - Section 1: Electromechanical contactors and motor-starters
IEC 60947-5-1:2003, Low-voltage switchgear and controlgear — Part 5-1: Control circuit devices and
switching elements — Electromechanical control circuit devices
IEC 60947-5-5, Low-voltage switchgear and controlgear — Part 5-5: Control circuit devices and switching
elements — Electrical emergency stop device with mechanical latching function
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IEC 61310-3, Safety of machinery - Indication, marking and actuation — Requirements for the location and
operation of actuators
IEC 61800-5-2:2007, Adjustable speed electrical power drive systems — Part 2: Safety requirements.
Functional)
IEC 61810-1, Electromechanical elementary relays — Part 1: General requirements
EN 12385-5, Steel wire ropes — Safety — Stranded ropes for lifts
EN 81-28, Safety rules for the construction and installation of lifts — Lifts for the transport of persons and
goods — Part 28: Remote alarm on passenger and goods passenger lifts
EN 81-58, Safety rules for the construction and installation of lifts — Examinations and tests - Part 58:
Landing door fire resistance test
EN 131-2:2010, Ladders — Requirements, testing, marking
EN 1993-1-1, Eurocode 3 — Design of steel structures — Part 1-1: General rules and rules for buildings
EN 10305 (all parts), Steel tubes for precision applications — Technical delivery conditions
EN 13015, Maintenance for lifts and escalators — Rules for maintenance instructions
EN 13501-1, Fire classification of construction products and building elements — Part 1: Classification
using data from reaction to fire tests
EN 50214, Flat polyvinyl chloride sheathed flexible cables
EN 50274, Low-voltage switchgear and controlgear assemblies — Protection against electric shock —
Protection against unintentional direct contact with hazardous live parts
3 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this document, the following terms and definitions apply.
ISO and IEC maintain terminological databases for use in standardization at the following addresses:
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3.1
apron
smooth vertical part extending downwards from the sill of the landing or car 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 lift, to access restricted areas (machinery spaces, pulley rooms and lift well) for
maintenance, inspection or rescue operations
Note 1 to entry: Authorized persons should be competent for the tasks they have been authorized for (see also 3.7).
3.3
available car area
area of the car, which is available for passengers or goods during operation of the lift
3.4
balancing weight
mass which saves energy by balancing all or part of the mass of the car
3.5
buffer
resilient stop at the end of travel, and comprising a means of braking using fluids or springs (or other
similar means)
3.6
car
part of the lift which carries the passengers and/or other loads
3.7
competent person
person, suitably trained, qualified by knowledge and practical experience, provided with necessary
instructions to safely carry out the required operations for maintaining or inspecting the lift, or
rescuing users
Note 1 to entry: National regulations can require certification of competence.
3.8
counterweight
mass which ensures traction
3.9
direct acting lift
hydraulic lift where the ram or cylinder is directly attached to the car or its sling
3.10
down direction valve
electrically controlled valve in a hydraulic
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