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BS EN 81-2 : 1998

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SAFETY RULES FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND INSTALLATION OF LIFTS - PART 2: HYDRAULIC LIFTS

Available format(s)

Hardcopy , PDF

Language(s)

English

Published date

01-01-1998

Superseded date

31-08-2014

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Summarise this standard

Foreword
Introduction
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Definitions
4 Units and symbols
5 Lift well
6 Machinery and pulley spaces
7 Landing doors
8 Car and balancing weight
9 Suspension, precaution against free fall, descent
   with excessive speed and protection against unintended
   car movement
10 Guide rails, buffers and final limit switch
11 Clearances between car and wall facing the car entrance,
   and between car and balancing weight
12 Lift machine
13 Electric installations and appliances
14 Protection against electric faults; controls; priorities
15 Notices, markings and operating instructions
16 Examinations - Tests - Register - Maintenance
Annex A (normative) - List of the electric safety devices
Annex B(normative) - Unlocking triangle
Annex C (informative) - Technical dossier
Annex D (normative) - Examinations and tests before putting
        into service
Annex E (informative) - Periodical examinations and tests,
        examinations and tests after an important modification
        or after an accident
Annex F (normative) - Safety components - Tests procedures
        for verification of conformity
Annex G (Informative) - Proof of guide rails
Annex H (normative) - Electronic components - Failure exclusion
Annex J (normative) - Pendulum shock tests
Annex K (normative) - Calculations of rams, cylinders, rigid
        pipes and fittings
Annex L (informative) - Machinery spaces - Access
Annex M (informative) - Description of possible measures
Annex ZA (informative) - Relationship between this European
         Standard and the Essential Requirements of EU
         Directive 95/16/EC amended by 2006/42/EC

Describes the safety rules for the construction and installation of permanently installed new hydraulic lifts serving defined landing levels, having a car designed for the transportation of persons or persons and goods, suspended by jacks, ropes or chains and moving between guide rails inclined not more than 15 degrees to the vertical.

Committee
MHE/4
DevelopmentNote
Supersedes BS 5655-2(1988) which remains current. Supersedes 94/704658 DC. (04/2005) Supersedes 00/707655 DC and 00/715077 DC. (04/2006) 1998 Edition Re-Issued in March 2010 & incorporates AMD 3 2009. Supersedes 09/30187715 DC. (03/2010) Superseded by BS EN 81-20 & BS EN 81-50, but remains current and will be withdrawn on 06/08/2017. (08/2014)
DocumentType
Standard
Pages
230
PublisherName
British Standards Institution
Status
Superseded
SupersededBy
Supersedes

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